We Are Not Lazy, photographed by Onyekachi Iloh
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Nigerian Photographer Exposes The Truth Behind His Instagram-Worthy Photos
Photographer: Ibor Edosa Victor
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It's Christmas Tree eating time!!
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J.D. ’Okhai Ojeikere Photographs
André Magnin, Elizabeth Akuyo Oyairo
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris 2000
Scalo Verlag, Zurich 2000, 176 pages, 26.67 x 28.58 cm, English, ISBN 978-3908247302
euro 190,00
Since the 1960s, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere has been documenting the culture of his native Nigeria in exquisite black-and-white photographs, capturing the elegance and exuberance of its celebrations, ceremonies, and daily life. He has amassed thousands of images, which together form an anthropological and ethnographic record that is considered to be a national treasure. With his keen eye for composition and attention to detail, Ojeikere finds art everywhere, as he describes: “I always wanted to record moments of beauty, moments of knowledge. Art is life.” This approach fuels his ongoing “Hairstyles” project (begun 1968), an internationally celebrated visual taxonomy of the hairstyles and headdresses worn by Nigerian women, captured at close range, often from behind. For Ojeikere, these hairstyles—from scalp-hugging braids to stunning sculptural forms—are ephemeral works of art, a notion that his photographs clearly affirm.
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A Million Dreams Self Portrait, 2022 - Patricia Ellah
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Nigerian Photographer Exposes The Truth Behind His Instagram-Worthy Photos
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