#J.D.'Okhai Ojeikere

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J.D. ’Okhai Ojeikere Photographs  

André Magnin, Elizabeth Akuyo Oyairo

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris 2000

Scalo Verlag, Zurich 2000, 176 pages,  26.67 x 28.58 cm, English, ISBN  978-3908247302

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Since the 1960s, J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere has been documenting the culture of his native Nigeria in exquisite black-and-white photographs, capturing the elegance and exuberance of its celebrations, ceremonies, and daily life. He has amassed thousands of images, which together form an anthropological and ethnographic record that is considered to be a national treasure. With his keen eye for composition and attention to detail, Ojeikere finds art everywhere, as he describes: “I always wanted to record moments of beauty, moments of knowledge. Art is life.” This approach fuels his ongoing “Hairstyles” project (begun 1968), an internationally celebrated visual taxonomy of the hairstyles and headdresses worn by Nigerian women, captured at close range, often from behind. For Ojeikere, these hairstyles—from scalp-hugging braids to stunning sculptural forms—are ephemeral works of art, a notion that his photographs clearly affirm.

01/03/23

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🌀J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere🌀

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Seydou Keïta's "Untitled" (1952–55) is from Events of the Social: Portraiture and Collective Agency, African Photography from The @walthercollect⁠ ⁠ @edyanganiose⁠ writes: "For the modern subject, the studio is a space of transformation. Individual and group portraiture, both in the studio and on the street, is a space of actively searching for typologies and narrations in one’s immediate context. It was the main instrument available to photographers like Seydou Keïta, Malick Sidibé and J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere to break down mythical preconceptions of everyday life and culture in cities across the African continent. For example, Ojeikere’s hairstyles and Sidibé’s portraits are both gestures of taxonomy and serialization that sought to see the poetic in the mundane—a more conceptual than anthropological exploration, which signaled a revolutionary change in the formulation of Black subjectivity."⁠ ⁠ Published by @steidlverlag⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ #eventsofthesocial #africanportraiture #portraiture #africanphotography #seydoukeita https://www.instagram.com/p/CnzuUOUpj5m/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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FIFTY ONE : Sandro Miller & J.D. Okhai Ojeikere : Mes Cheveux, Mon Âme, Ma Liberté

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J.D. Okhai Ojeikere Sculptures for a day

https://doorofperception.com/2015/12/j-d-okhai-ojeikere-sculptures-for-a-day/

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Seydou Keïta's "Untitled" (1952–55) is from Events of the Social: Portraiture and Collective Agency, African Photography from The @walthercollect⁠ ⁠ @edyanganiose⁠ writes: "For the modern subject, the studio is a space of transformation. Individual and group portraiture, both in the studio and on the street, is a space of actively searching for typologies and narrations in one’s immediate context. It was the main instrument available to photographers like Seydou Keïta, Malick Sidibé and J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere to break down mythical preconceptions of everyday life and culture in cities across the African continent. For example, Ojeikere’s hairstyles and Sidibé’s portraits are both gestures of taxonomy and serialization that sought to see the poetic in the mundane—a more conceptual than anthropological exploration, which signaled a revolutionary change in the formulation of Black subjectivity."⁠ ⁠ Published by @steidlverlag⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ #eventsofthesocial #africanportraiture #portraiture #africanphotography #seydoukeita https://www.instagram.com/p/CnzuNG7JxNz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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HAIRSTYLES ”FROM THE NIGERIA OF THE 1960s   Johnson Donatus Aihumekeokhai Ojeikere (1930 – 2 February 2014), known as J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, was a Nigerian photographer known for his work with unique hairstyles found in Nigeria.

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J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere

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Nigerian coiffure [J.D. Okhai Ojeikere]

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J.D. Okhai Ojeikere's photographs of the hairstyles worn by Nigerian women (1968) 

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J.D. Okhai Ojeikere

Sculptures for a day

https://doorofperception.com/2015/12/j-d-okhai-ojeikere-sculptures-for-a-day/

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From the series ‘Chroma: An Ode to J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere’, 2017-Ongoing. This is an ongoing series by Medina Sage Dugger which celebrates women’s hair styles in Nigeria through a fanciful contemporary lens.

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By the greatest J.D Okhai Ojeikere

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J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere

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Images.  Medina Dugger Celebrates Black Hair and Pays Tribute to J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere with 'Chroma.'

"Chroma: An Ode to J.D. Okhai Ojeikere," is a celebration of traditional and contemporary braiding methods. The series takes more of a conceptual approach to Ojeikere’s documentary style and recontextualizes some of Ojeikere’s (and other) hairstyles to highlight current and imagined hair designs, celebrating the art of Nigerian hair culture.

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Chromatin #23 Fractal design. Photo by Medina Dugger, gif by Francois Beaurain #gif