Volta Photo 1965-1985 / Volta Photo 1965-85

Sanlé Sory (born 1943) is a Burkinabe photographer. As a teenager, he photographed automobile accidents around Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkino-Faso, which he would race to document on his motorcycle. In 1960 he founded the Volta Photo Studio in Bobo-Dioulasso. Following this he developed a reputation as a photographer of the Burkinabe club scene in the 1960s and 70s. During this time he also organized bals poussières, or "dust balls", where he would provide a sound system and musicians for concerts stages in the countryside. Sory would roam the bals with his camera, taking photos for money.