Black Joy Through Food: The Vegan Nigerian
I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of a Nigerian plant-based diet. It was hard for me to imagine how it would work considering so many of our dishes contain meats of all kinds as well as fish, crayfish, and other seafood. To get the inside scoop, I spent an afternoon with Tomi Makanjuola, the Nigerian-born, London-based creator of The Vegan Nigerian. It’s a platform where Makanjuola shares traditional Nigerian recipes adapted for veganism.
Mother’s Day 2022 Features
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone celebrating today! Here are some of my Mother’s Day features alongside some really amazing photographers documenting our versions of motherhood.
Volunteering with Colourful Beginnings
A couple of weeks ago, I volunteered with Colourful Beginnings (CB), a charity that supports families of premature and sick babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). One of the ways they support is by sending care packages to families during their hospital stay. The aim is to provide some comfort to the families while they are going through this life-changing experience.
Offspring: Motherhood Stories from the Perspective of Black Mothers in the UK.
Offspring explores the physical and psychological changes that occur with the transition into motherhood from the perspective of Black mothers in the UK. The photographs of more visible physical changes like stretch marks, wrinkles, scars, or mementoes of early motherhood serve as a backdrop for visualising and discussing less obvious physiological changes and mental health issues that are taboo or tend to be swept under the carpet.
Top Tips For Black and White Portrait Photography
For Mercy, capturing her family in the black & white medium has been a transition from when her photography journey started on black & white film. ‘It just stuck with me,’ she says. ‘It has really defined how I see the world. It also appeals to the minimalist in me, and helps me distil the focus down to the exact moment or story I’m trying to tell.
If I Were A Wedding Photographer…
A little while ago, I was invited by a planner to document behind the scenes of a wedding they were working on. They also wanted me to capture some black and white images of the bride getting ready. So I packed up my digital equipment for the venue set up and my trusty Canon EOS 300x with two rolls of 35mm Ilford HP5 for the bridal prep.
“Moments in Time” Exhibition at Creative Health Camden
My two ongoing projects ”This is Home” and “Offspring” are currently showing alongside the work of Lucy Levene in “Moments in Time” exhibition at the Free Space Project.
Portrait of Britain 2021 Winner
Very excited to announce that one of my favourite photographs of 2021 has been selected as one of the winners of Portrait of Britain 2021!
A Tribute to my Mother
There is an African proverb that says, "What an elder sees sitting down, a young person cannot see standing up." When I was younger, my mother repeated that proverb whenever she wanted me to understand that she had a better perspective because she'd already gone through so much in life. At the time, I hated to hear it. Now, after years of my own experience, I have to admit that she was almost always right..