Bâ was born in Bamako. He started working for the Musée National du Mali (National Museum of Mali)[4] in 1983. His art focuses on the body,[5] in particular the hands and feet of his subjects.
Publications
Publications by Bâ
Alioune Ba Photographe. Les Carnets de la Création. Montreuil, France: De l Oeil, 1985. ISBN978-2912415172. With an essay by Claudie Rieu, "Le bruissement du monde".
Publications with contributions by Bâ
Photographes de Bamako: de 1935 à nos jours. Collection Soleil. Paris: Revue Noire, 1989. ISBN978-2909571218. Photographs by Bâ, Mountaga Dembélé, Seydou Keïta, Félix Diallo, Sakaly, AMAP, Emmanuel Daou, Abdourahmane Sakaly, Malick Sidibé, and others. With a text by Érika Nimis. In French and English.
