Originality doesn’t always come from finding a new subject. Sometimes it comes from asking a different question about a familiar one. Every major cultural event has its obvious photographs; you know, those photographs everyone wants to make: The grand entrance, the elaborate clothes, the dramatic processions, the colourful crowds, the beautifully adorned horses, the spectacle,...
How a simple branding session became a conversation about identity, upbringing and the stories we carry. A few weeks ago, Hakeem Quadri came into the studio for a branding portrait session. Hakeem is the founder of Atupa, a startup, and the brief was fairly straightforward: he needed a collection of photographs for his social media,...
There are some events you attend as a photographer, and then there are events that are actually moments you step into where observation becomes immersion, and the line between documenting and experiencing begins to blur. Photographing the 2026 edition of the Fanti Carnival at the Tafawa Balewa Square and in parts of Lagos Island felt...