Faces From My Past
While I was in Lagos at the end of 2015, I had the idea to take portraits of friends I reconnected with. But as I explored my childhood home and other areas I had never visited, I found myself drawn to nature, especially the flowers and trees I saw. It seemed like I was seeing flowers such as Bougainvillea, Ixora, Hibiscus and the palm tree which were very much part of my childhood, for the first time.
It dawned on me that I had missed seeing such bursts of colour and nature all around me, and I couldn’t help but take pictures of them. And with time, my initial idea developed into merging the black and white portraits I had taken with the images of the flowers. Although I used various softwares to achieve the final image, for me, it was important that any image used was taken in Nigeria. In addition, I decided to take pictures of an ankara cloth I was gifted, as it represents culture and heritage, and this can be seen in two of the portraits.
I ended up not taking as many portraits as I thought I would, but as you know, when one is having a great time catching up with friends, staging a camera set is the furthest from one’s mind.
This is a tale on friendship and memories.
Enjoy my first portrait series!
He chased me around class
We were cat and mouse
My oldest friend
The only one that made the cut from my Mason college days
I call her Onyekuzi!
My cousins from Jos
We had a thing for Kelly Clarkson
To see the original images before they were stylised click here
kelechi
May 16, 2016 at 2:15 pm
Nice one babe,lol mason days
Lize
May 18, 2016 at 9:40 am
Thanks! Yup 😉
Qutie
June 29, 2016 at 10:26 pm
Dey are rily Nice 🙂
Lize
June 29, 2016 at 10:27 pm
Thank you 🙂