nigerian nostalgia project.

Lagos Municipal Transport Buses at Race Course in the 70’s, Vintage Nigeria

Interior of a European textile store, Nigeria 1930s.
Vintage Nigeria

Ibadan Teaching Hospital,1950
Vintage Nigeria

via lostinurbanism

Celestial Church of Christ (Aladura), 1982Vintage Nigeria

Fishermen in Calabar, 1981
Vintage Nigeria

Children in Calabar, 1981
Vintage Nigeria

Photo by Paul Almasy. Nigeria, 1972

A beach in Apapa, 1910s
Vintage Nigeria

Twins Seven Seven/Taiwo Olaiyi Salau (his real name) - musician, actor, poet and writer. His music (as is his art) is heavily rooted in Yoruba culture and mythology.

View of Afikpo Village. Ebonyi, Nigeria. 1950
Vintage Nigeria

The Nigerian Nostalgia Project is a wonderful archive collecting photographs of Nigeria from the late 19th century to the 1990s. The blog is run by Nigerian-raised Olayemi, alongside other administrators. They write:

The Nigerian Nostalgia Project serves as a place for the estimated 6 million Nigerian users online to gather and piece together through commentary and discussion, the fragmented history of our collective recent past. In the Group, pictures are posted from a variety of sources that highlight lifestyle, achievements, values, thought processes, and standards that existed in Nigeria prior to 1980 in contrast to what holds today. This is an interactive and emotional experience for the group participants as it emphasizes what is perhaps a basis for our national pride. Parts of our history are neither comprehensively documented, nor part of the standard education curriculum nor generally understood. The group activities add value by reconnecting many people to the ideals which were present prior to, and at the inception of, the independent Nigeria. They are critical to any effort to motivate the Nigerian population as the country strives to rediscover its identity and confidence, and position itself for sustainable future growth.

Click here for more.

[photo drop] : famous faked photographs

via the Guardian.

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

john hinde: postcards.

And I'll have to stop there because I could, in all honestly, keep uploading images of John Hinde's exquisite postcards for the rest of the afternoon. A recent discovery of mine, this master of lush travelogue photography and holiday fantasy-making was just unbelievably productive in the 50s, 60s and 70s. He set up a studio in Dublin in 1956 (after working as a circus manager... no biggie) and went on to take literally thousands of photographs, which not only revolutionized the tourist industry in place like Ireland or the English seaside, but codified an image for the British public of various "exotic" places all over the world.

And still, just as seductive today as they ever were.

Read my full article here.

And go traipsing the globe with Mr. Hinde here.

norman parkinson.

Beautiful feature in today's Guardian on the much under-shown Norman Parkinson - who served, as great fashion photographers often do, as both a documentarian and an image-maker of his time.

Stylish much? I'll say.

This latest exhibition, An Eye for Fashion, runs through April at the M Shed gallery in Bristol. 

Nice one Norman. You look like a fun guy.