Story:
I don’t think much about legacy when I create, to be frank. However, my late-maternal grandfather’s creative legacy as a journalist, political writer, traveler and photographer has run through his grandchildren. Myself, included. They say that you know you have a calling when it keeps calling to you. My creative legacy was always lingering and waiting, like a thief in the night, for the right time to make its presence known.

Unbeknownst to me, I was always fixated on watching and capturing moments through lenses of sorts. Whether it was a pair of binoculars, the 90s View Master toy, or my dad’s vintage Canon SLR, I always wanted to see through different formats. Finally, Photography came in and I’ve been held captive since. My grandfather was a historian and secretary for the first President of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and my grandfather’s archives of photos and writings has subconsciously influenced me in my creative output of conceptual photography and visual storytelling.

In some ways, I am a historian in my family. My creative legacy is simply grandfather’s. This doesn’t belong to me, so I am a vessel and, simply, a dutiful granddaughter capturing the moments that my grandfather can no longer live to experience himself.

Creative Field: Photography

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