Fatoumata completed her studies at the Centre de Formation Audiovisuel Promo-Femmes before joining the Centre de Formation en Photographie (CFP) of Bamako between 2002 and 2004. Since then, internationally known, She has participated in collective exhibitions and carried out individual exhibitions as well.

As a portraitist and a social photographer, her work focuses principally on women and young generations. In 2005, she received an Africa in Creation Laureate prize (AFAA) and in 2011 she received a Laureate prize from the Blachère Foundation and from the HRA Foundation. You can see more of her work on her website: www.fatoumatadiabate.org