Samuel Fosso strikes a jaunty pose in this self-portrait from his teenage years. In 1975, at the age of 13, Fosso opened the first African-owned photography studio in Bangui, the capital of the newly independent Central African Republic. During the day, he took portraits of the city’s residents. At night, he used whatever leftover film he had from the day—at the time, each roll had 12 exposures—to play for the camera, making images of himself that “were beautiful or represented how I felt inside.” Look for another work by Fosso—from two decades later—in the nearby exhibition "Shapeshifting: Transformations on Paper."