Photographer Stephen Tayo documents the fashionable twins of Nigeria. His photos explore the duality of twinship.
uses his camera to document the beauty of life in Nigeria and elsewhere in West Africa. He spotlights the effortlessness of Nigerian style, from figures sporting contemporary streetwear to traditional printed garments, in urban and rural contexts alike. His work offers a different vision of style at an international level, where Western aesthetics continue to overpower representation.
i-D spoke with the photographer—he was on his way to São Tomé, an African island close to the equator, west of Gabon—about the Nigerian art scene, his appreciation of sportsmanship, and his plans to take"Ibeji" international. I’m doing more research to explore other possibilities… Right now, I’m looking into how to get a residency in São Paolo in Brazil. Statistics show that there’s a huge number of twins there too. Some parts of Brazil speak Yoruba, which is my dialect, and also English for sure, plus I’ve been learning languages that are particular to this region, with help of media translators.
I think the best way to answer this question would be to say I’m a photographer first and foremost, without the distinctions on the"kind" of photography. My work includes all three elements—fashion, documentary, and street—which makes it more interesting. I’m of the view that a creative person should explore any form of photography to tell stories.
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