OMO NIGERIA
Dublin Core
Title
OMO NIGERIA
Shelfmark - 513.POR.SAMUEL
Subject
Portraiture
Description
‘Omo’ means child in Yorùbá.
In 2019, Rubee Samuel self-funded a trip to Lagos to teach photography at two primary schools.
During her workshops she introduced the children to the work of established West African photographers and to the ideas behind fashion stories: styling and storytelling through photography.
With props, clothes and simple film cameras, she enabled the children to enter the fantasy world of dressing up within the grown-up conceptual world of an editorial fashion story.
Omo Nigeria is Rubee Samuel’s first book and depicts the results of her teachings: the fashion stories, concepted, styled and shot by the children themselves as well as her portrait sessions with the children.
“I believe that early exposure to the arts is vital to building the next new generation of creatives and image-makers.”
In 2019, Rubee Samuel self-funded a trip to Lagos to teach photography at two primary schools.
During her workshops she introduced the children to the work of established West African photographers and to the ideas behind fashion stories: styling and storytelling through photography.
With props, clothes and simple film cameras, she enabled the children to enter the fantasy world of dressing up within the grown-up conceptual world of an editorial fashion story.
Omo Nigeria is Rubee Samuel’s first book and depicts the results of her teachings: the fashion stories, concepted, styled and shot by the children themselves as well as her portrait sessions with the children.
“I believe that early exposure to the arts is vital to building the next new generation of creatives and image-makers.”
Creator
RUBEE SAMUEL
Publisher
Twentyfour Thirtysix
Date
2022
Format
Hardback, case bound, with 150gsm Arctic Volume pages
PPC Cover - 170gsm silk
Endpapers - 120gsm Wibalin Natural Paris Blue 569
PPC Cover - 170gsm silk
Endpapers - 120gsm Wibalin Natural Paris Blue 569
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
25.6cm x 21.0cm
Number of Pages
104 pages
Number of images
75
Edition Size
250
Place of Publication
London, UK
Designer
www.wearesoftpower.com
Editor
Shiraz Randeria and Rubee Samuel
Printer
Gomer Press
ISBN
978-1-9153480-0-5
Website
URL Link to project
Where to buy
Links to reviews
Collection
Citation
2436, “OMO NIGERIA,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/513.