Participating Artists Press Agency
Thursday 28th of March 2024 – page 4
PAPA-Lab Lagos Nigeria has taken place from 7th till 28 th of September 2009. The hosting organisation is The African Artists’ Foundation. Final presentation Exhibition Initial Pattern on Friday 25th of September 2009 at African Artists’ Foundation. PAPA-Lab Lagos has worked with a mixed group of artists and photojournalists. Director: Lino Hellings Participating artists: PAPA Nigeria are: Toye Gbade, Tuoyo Omagba, Israel Ophori, Folarin Shasanya, Andrew Esiebo, Adolphus Opara, Eremina Jumbo, Babasola Bamiro , Zemaye Okediji, Godswill Ayemoba. The program has been mainly be developed on the spot.
Monday 7th of September 2009
Lagos -
GSM – Global System for Mobile communications also known as ‘General Street Madness’ in Nigeria. The image shows some people engrossed in their mobiles.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
FRAN (Free Readers Association of Nigeria) These ‘members’ gather around the newspaper and magazine stands they can find. Sometimes just to catch a glimpse of the news making the headline…
Toye Gbade –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
For the latest in space-saving furniture, your home can have an economical shoe rack like this with enough room for all the family’s footwear. Simply remove window air-conditioning unit (if…
Folarin Shasanya –
Lagos Lab
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The street salesman in this shot is trying hard to convince the man in the vehicle why he needs to buy a shoe rack from him. Check out his shoes…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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With a handfull of cables and a lot of skills Toye made it work on the slow and unreliable internet connection we have here. Apart from being a good observer…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
You cannot see it so much but this building is an artpiece in itself. The tables, chairs, the bathroom floor; all the doors are genuine artworks.
It is a pleasure…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
People dont dress up with guns like this often, infact it only happens once a year, there is obviously something responsible for this and that is the hidden force.
In…
Adolphus Opara –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
On the streets you often see people gesticulating while on their mobile phones. GSM – Global System for Mobile communications also known as ‘General Street Madness’…
Israel Ophori –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
FRAN – Free Readers Association of Nigeria The image shows people who read the dailies but do not buy the papers.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
Democratic resolution of dispute about bus fares and change given turning into a demonstration of craziness.
Babasola…
Babasola Bamiro –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
One brother leads another on the unforgiving streets of Lagos.…
Zemaye Okediji –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
The five of us where just about leaving for Lagos Mainland when a group of artists/painters of trucks and busses arrived. AAF is running a project with these ‘grass roots’…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
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Since the introduction of GSM in Nigeria almost everyone has a phone and you would find people making calls almost every where and almost all the time. Some at work…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
In every tourist guide about Lagos you read about the Area boys. Gang of men and boys who ‘own’ the place (unofficially). They supply services you have not asked for…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
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A vivid street economy in the traffic jam…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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Children trekking home from school because their school bus couldn’t get through the traffic.
Tuoyo Omagba…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
You do not have to starve in the traffic jam.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
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Around one of Lagos’ many iconic statues (this one representing the Eyo, the symbol of the city), a typical scene unfolds here at an intersection between Lagos Island and Dolphin…
Folarin Shasanya –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
Since the introduction of GSM in Nigeria almost everyone has several mobile phones, one for each of their four or five businesses. As they cannot be physically present at all…
Tuoyo Omagba –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
Unauthorised mobile pharmacy. It is cheaper and less restricted. The articles range from vitamins and painkillers to viagra and condoms. The seller carries the basket on his or her head…
Andrew Esiebo –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
How many people fit on one motorcycle? Count it for yourself…
Israel Ophori –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
Call the welder, call the plumber, call the carpenter, call the electrician etc. Other craftsmen advertise in the same way. Sometimes they make a small installation to show off their…
Lino Hellings –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
On the edges of the Lagos lagoon near Lekki, one of Lagos’ wealthiest areas and a “gated community†seemingly trying to isolate itself from the rest of the city, a…
Folarin Shasanya –
Lagos Lab
Lagos -
In every tourist guide about Lagos you can read about the ‘area boys’, gangs of men and boys who ‘own’ the place (unofficially). They supply services you have not asked…
Adolphus Opara –
Lagos Lab