Amadou Fall & Adrien Tache, Pattern – Studio Grand Fall, 2026

Pattern centres on Studio Grand Fall and the work of photographer Amadou Fall, who documented Nouadhibou, Mauritania, from the 1960s onward. In the studio, families from the bush, the city, the region as well as  Spanish migrants, workers, merchants, and passing officials sat before the same lens, bringing with them the city’s shifting mix of cultures and aspirations. The book focuses on the visual language of portraiture, patterned fabrics, clothing, and painted backdrops.

Each book cover is unique, printed on wax fabric in West Africa. The patterns used can be found in the book, worn by the client of the studio.

It is the first book on the practice of a Mauritanian studio photographer, whose negatives have been carefully preserved for years by one of his sons, Yaguemar Fall.