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Lagos high life<br />
“This was the earliest<br />
stage of my work on<br />
this project when<br />
I was first trying my<br />
hand at this theme.<br />
These women at the<br />
Jimmy’s Jump Off<br />
party were twins, and<br />
they looked like they<br />
were wearing a party<br />
uniform. The matching<br />
clothes, the high shoes<br />
— their style was so<br />
unique. People in the<br />
city will dress like<br />
this, with bright<br />
colours, patterns and<br />
accessories, but I’d<br />
never seen them<br />
matching it before.”<br />
“I don’t usually do wedding photography, but I wanted to explore these spaces for the project.<br />
Nigerian weddings are huge and super over-the-top, and [the top photo] is a high-end example of this.<br />
I love that it shows how people get into a state of ecstasy through music and dance. People wear<br />
traditional clothing at weddings as well as to church. Some offices let you wear it to work on Fridays.<br />
Nigeria is a multicultural society, and Friday is the day to express all our different cultural identities.<br />
“Wedding parties in Nigeria are also known for people spraying money all over the dancefloor<br />
[bottom photo]. They want to express that they’re rich and anyone who comes to the wedding can<br />
do it. Annoyingly, the government are trying to enforce a new law to stop it – they say it’s abusing the<br />
currency. This photo shows a small example compared with what a lot of people do at these parties.<br />
Sometimes the whole dancefloor will be covered in money.”<br />
THE RED BULLETIN 69
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