The yam farmer

This photograph is a coming-of-age story, told through the journey of a simple bucket. Moments before this scene, these buckets held the water used for a baptism—a ritual of cleansing. Here, in the second act, the very same vessels are thrust into the bonfire. They are no longer passive containers for water, but active instruments for gathering fire. They scoop up the flames to anoint the path forward. This transformation is the narrative. It is the story of a generation that has passed through the cleansing rain and now chooses to carry the fire of purpose and passion. It is an act of defiance, a declaration that they are unafraid of the elements. "Come Rain, Come Fire" is their creed.

Come Rain, Come Fire

This photograph captures a straightforward view of my hostel's laundry side, a place of daily routine. Clothes hang on long lines, drying in the open air, set against the green trees and the building. The image also includes the trash collected nearby, showing the unpolished, real-life environment. It’s an honest snapshot of this particular landscape, capturing a typical aspect of student life in Nigeria.

HOSTEL LIFE

 To imagine a new Nigeria is to look at the bright side of our communities and repurpose them for a better future.  For this series I used the slum community and its young people as my case study. The slums and ghetto communities have an abundance of young talented people who are arguably an integral part of the country and its future. Despite the limitations placed on the young people from these communities, the energy of these young people never fails to prevail. The will to improve themselves and their communities which in turn impact the country as a whole. In 2019, I set out to two popular slum communities in Lagos called Oko Agbon and Makoko in Lagos Nigeria. These communities are at the centre of Lagos Nigeria and it was there that I created these images. Together with these talented young people, we projected new possibilities in the neighbourhoods looking at the bright side from the angle of Technology, education, music and modelling for good in connection to their existing way of life in the slum and the urban space. The flip side of this series highlights how importance High standard of living, low poverty rate and unemployment, high human development and technological advancement can transform our current Nigeria to another Nigeria. The images show young Lazy standing elegantly in the middle of the slum 

Modeling 

Park VIEW

A captivating landscape shot featuring a prominent flat-topped mountain partially veiled by a thick layer of morning mist. The contrast between the dark, silhouetted ridge and the soft white clouds creates a moody, ethereal atmosphere, set against the quiet backdrop of a local township.

Mist-Capped Plateau at Dawn

Egbiameje Omole performs Pankere in Glitter, a work confronting the traumatic and emotional stakes faced by non-binary and queer people in Nigeria under hostile legal and social regimes. In Yoruba, pankere refers to the cane once used by guarantors to discipline children, a symbol of the violence and regulation imposed on queer bodies from childhood through adulthood. Omole’s performance reclaims this memory, transforming it into a spectacle of resilience. By drawing on the legacy of cross-dressing and queer icons of the past, the work resists erasure and insists on presence. Captured on a mist-covered hill, their red, glittering outfit vibrates against the muted landscape. The movement appears frantic, almost ritualistic, an act of defiance against invisibility, a demand for recognition. This image embodies the weight of law on queer lives in Nigeria while celebrating the persistence of joy, survival, and visibility against the forces that seek to constrain them.

In Glitter VI 

Free Mind

a young man pauses beside his wheelbarrow of beans as a tax officer demands his daily ticket. It’s a familiar scene — where even the smallest earners pay to survive. The image reflects another side of Nigeria: a country where hustle meets hardship, and dignity persists amid the weight of everyday systems.

The Price of Survival

A faded street-side structure bearing traces of a former Football Club in Accra, Ghana. Corrugated metal gates lean against worn walls beneath open electrical lines, documenting the residue of public advertisement, neighborhood recreation, and urban transition in West Africa.

Keep Fit Club — Accra, Ghana

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