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PAPA-Lab Lagos Nigeria has taken place from 7th till 28 th of September 2009. The hosting organisation is The African Artists’ Foundation. Final presentation Exhibition Initial Pattern on Friday 25th of September 2009 at African Artists’ Foundation. PAPA-Lab Lagos has worked with a mixed group of artists and photojournalists. Director: Lino Hellings Participating artists: PAPA Nigeria are: Toye Gbade, Tuoyo Omagba, Israel Ophori, Folarin Shasanya, Andrew Esiebo, Adolphus Opara, Eremina Jumbo, Babasola Bamiro , Zemaye Okediji, Godswill Ayemoba. The program has been mainly be developed on the spot.
Monday 7th of September 2009
Lagos -
The street salesman in this shot is trying hard to convince the man in the vehicle why he needs to buy a shoe rack from him. Check out his shoes…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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PHCN– Power Holding Company of Nigeria, also known as ‘Please Hold Candle at Night’. The image shows people around a transformer whose cables have been stolen. Power operatives are investigating…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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A lot of the life in Lagos is performed in the streets. In the West it is considered inappropriate and it is even forbidden. Here there is a wide variety…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
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A bullion van just enters into the frame of this image of Cathedral Church in Marina Lagos. This armoured van is a potent sign of authority an ‘Hidden Forces’ such…
Adolphus Opara –
Lagos Lab
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Children trekking home from school because their school bus couldn’t get through the traffic.
Tuoyo Omagba…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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You can receive the service in the street or invite the craftsman into your home. ‘Northern Nigerians doing pedicures and manicures for the public without knowing the danger of distributing…
Israel Ophori –
Lagos Lab
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GSM – Global System for Mobile communications also known as ‘General Street Madness’ in Nigeria. The image shows some people engrossed in their mobiles.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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On the streets you often see people gesticulating while on their mobile phones. GSM – Global System for Mobile communications also known as ‘General Street Madness’…
Israel Ophori –
Lagos Lab
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Life in Lagos is completely mobile. Everything that doesn’t work in Lagos – and that is a lot – is made operative by the people themselves. The shopkeepers and…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
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One brother leads another on the unforgiving streets of Lagos.…
Zemaye Okediji –
Lagos Lab
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Street Hawkers (Mobile shops) emerge to do their trade while the hold up continues, left with them the traffic should go on as it makes them do their trade. Different…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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NFA – Nigerian Football Association or ‘No Future Ambition’. The way this man sleeps and is dressed indicates that he does not have many plans for the future.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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NTA – Nigeria Television Authority is one of the largest TV networks in Africa, also known as Nigeria Trekkers Association. The image shows school children walking home from school either…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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To finalize our research we made news about the forces in Public Space which pop up when you go slightly out of the script. In a positive and a negative…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
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This community is where Okada men (commercial bike riders), water sellers and all come to cool off at night after a hard days work.
There’s a lot of noise here…
Toye Gbade –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
For the latest in space-saving furniture, your home can have an economical shoe rack like this with enough room for all the family’s footwear. Simply remove window air-conditioning unit (if…
Folarin Shasanya –
Lagos Lab
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You often see people sleeping during working hours in small-scale business places. This habit struck me. As I tried to find out why this man was sleeping at that time…
Andrew Esiebo –
Lagos Lab
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A sea of street hawkers and vehicles, every hawker trying to sell their goods ranging from books to toys etc. Sometimes people leave their homes with money in anticipation of…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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FRAN – Free Readers Association of Nigeria The image shows people who read the dailies but do not buy the papers.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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The Nigerians have a lovely way to deal with all the institutions that deliver badly. They change the letters in the acronyms into new sayings. In this way they made…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
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This image is representative of how many Nigerians struggle to eke out a living. it is possible that this man could be a university graduate, but has to push carts…
Babasola Bamiro –
Lagos Lab
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Frustrated travelers standing in wait for their vehicles to get to where they are due to severe hold up along the major link route (at Ore , Lagos-Benin route) connecting the…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
An old man at sleeping at football pool betting office. Sleeping during working hours is often experienced in many small-scale business places. This habit struck me. As I tried to…
Andrew Esiebo –
Lagos Lab