In this breathtakingly beautiful, first published book of photography, Maïmouna Guerresi presents her photographic work, permeated by her vision of a shared humanity where social, cultural, and religious boundaries are transcended. Combining Afro-Asian symbolism with classical, Western iconography, Maïmouna has created a hybrid, visual language through which people of all backgrounds can communicate and understand one another, embracing cultural diversity in our increasingly globalized world. Carefully arranging her compositions, Maïmouna constructs her subjects’ costumes by hand from fabrics collected on her travels, creating garments that are stunning in their sculptural, large-scale artistry. Linked both to Italy and Senegal, to Western culture and Sufi philosophy, Maïmouna’s works reflect a dual culture and a dual belonging, and above all, the search for equilibrium between these two worlds. Inner Constellations is populated by human forms, at once earthly and divine, occupying a space where inner and outer worlds collide in great, cosmic unity.
