




📷"greatness must be shown in small" — Plossu's credo
🎞️156 prints, many hand-printed by his wife
🎁Donated by Plossu to the museum in 2021
Hit the road with Bernard Plossu through 156 intimate desert portraits from his 1975-76 Sahel journey. The French photographer's "no-frills" 50mm lens captures quiet face-to-face encounters and the philosophy that "greatness must be shown in small."
French photography
desert documentary
intimate portraits
1970s vintage





📷"greatness must be shown in small" — Plossu's credo
🎞️156 prints, many hand-printed by his wife
🎁Donated by Plossu to the museum in 2021
Hit the road with Bernard Plossu through 156 intimate desert portraits from his 1975-76 Sahel journey. The French photographer's "no-frills" 50mm lens captures quiet face-to-face encounters and the philosophy that "greatness must be shown in small."
French photography
desert documentary
intimate portraits
1970s vintage