Praise Hassan Nigeria
“Throughout the Mentorship, I fell in love with my camera again. We connected.”
“Before the Mentorship programme, I had been so busy with other things, and it had become easy to fall out of love with photography.
“I remembered how I loved to do long exposures and how I loved to always take light in different places and directions. So, for me, it was about remembering why I started photographing in the first place – that feeling in your hands when you hold the camera, it just came back to me.
“I loved how this project talked to me as a person, as a photographer and also as a friend. I worked with my best friend, Ife Ayobami, to do this project and I had not seen her for some years. She recently moved back to Lagos, so I took the opportunity to be with her and her family. Alongside her in the portraits are her sister, Pelumi Ayobami, her cousin, Omotoba Aanuoluwapo and her sister’s friend, Segun-Olufemi Mary.
“I felt a connection not only to her home but to her as a person and as a photographer. I felt a responsibility to take photos that show someone’s innate personal connection to home. It was very emotional.”
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