Creative Direction

Work with clients to develop a vision. Responsible for overseeing the development of creative content and the creative process alongside the client.

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Beauty/Fashion

Glamour-style portraiture.

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Portrait/Lifestyle

Capturing the beauty of people, everyday events, and milestones.

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Roots and Revisions Project

Roots and Revisions was a semester long project with the purpose of highlighting the rich and powerful African Culture by looking back at our history and where we are now through the lenses of fashion. It’s a way to celebrate and showcase the different cultures present in Africa.

Model: Brandon Okiche - Nigeria, Igbo tribe Igbo Kwenu! We Igbo people stand together, united, as a collective.
Model: Chinonso Ahanonu - Nigeria, Igbo tribe “Otu Umuokpu” = "Daughters of the land" A collective group of women who are all paternal daughters of Anambra State of Nigeria. They’re daughters of a common male ancestor.
Models: Brandon Okiche - Nigeria, Igbo tribe Chinonso Ahanonu - Nigeria, Igbo tribe Igwe (Igboland royalty) and his Queen
Model: Brandon Okiche - Nigeria, Igbo tribe What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “I don’t necessarily redefine any values, but I do have two things that hold great importance in my life; famil
Model: Chinonso Ahanonu - Nigeria, Igbo tribe What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “Respect is generally important in African culture and tradition. However in our day and age we recognize the
Toyé Adesomoju - Nigeria, Yoruba tribe Omo yoruba ni mi. Translation: I Am Yoruba; representing pride in who you are and where you come from.
Toyé Adesomoju - Nigeria, Yoruba tribe Biggie man, wey no dey wear agbada
Model: Vanessa Edokpa - Nigeria, Edo Esan tribe Omo Onojie Translation: This person comes from royalty.
Vanessa Edokpa - Nigeria, Edo Esan tribe What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “It’s not necessarily a value, but redefining how mental health is viewed in the African community is important to
Model: E.B. - Gambia NAKAM Translation: “Wassup” or “How’s it going”
Model: E.B. - Gambia What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “This is a general value but especially in Gambia not greeting someone can really affect what happens next within the next few moments
Model: Mariam Haidara - Mali HAIDARA My last name is Haidara which means “lion”. Haidara was Muhammad’s strongest warrior and his cousin. The Haidara’s are known for coming from North Africa and teaching all of the western countries Islam that curre
Model: Mariam Haidara - Mali What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “I wouldn’t say these are necessarily values, but just making sure I speak to people when I walk in the room, not wearing shoe
Model: Jordan Kitio - Cameroon Meza ‘seŋ ŋgap é le tsīá á tuŋ ŋkhʉ meŋkʉɔ Translation: You can lose sight of the essentials by dwelling on the futilities. A Yemba saying
Model: Viccille - Cameroon “Je ne donne pas le lait “ Translation: I don’t play around 😉
Model: Jordan Kitio - Cameroon What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “In the African society in general, school carries a very important role in a kid’s life and sometimes it’s almost as if the
Model: Viccille - Cameroon What African values do you redefine in your day and and what do those values mean to you? "As a child, being African was one the worst things anyone could possibly be. I recieved more abuse from my African-American brothers
Model: Jessica Sita-Zola - Republic of the Congo Le fleuve qui c’est formé tout seul c’est tordu Translation = The river that formed on its own is bent. Just like a person without any help in life, you’ll get lost along the way before you get to whe
Model: Jessica Sita-Zola - Republic of the Congo What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “Family is important so making big decisions like moving or buying a house should always be discussed with
Model: Nehemiya Shiferaw - Ethiopia “ኢትዬጲያ: የሰው ልጆች መገኛ::” Translation: “Ethiopia, the origin of mankind.” Ethiopia is referred to this way because the oldest human fossil, Lucy, was found in Ethiopia.
Model: Nehemiya Shiferaw - Ethiopia What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “I don’t necessarily redefine any values, but some African values I follow are hard work and being family oriented. A s
Model: Fana Meles - Ethiopia “Kullu yihalif, fiqri yiterif” Translation: It’s a Tigrinya proverb that means everything passes; love remains. Through all the storms of life I’m reminded of my people and their love for God and how ultimately “His lov
Model: Fana Meles - Ethiopia What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? Strength. My parents are from Adwa, a town in the Ethiopian highlands. They know a life of struggle and survival that I will
Model: Hananerae Goubil - Morocco, 50% Arab 50% Berber native hananerae ان أعددت امرأة أعددت امة بكاملها ، وان أعددت رجلا أعددت شخصًا واحدًا Translation: Instruct a man, you instruct an individual. Instruct a woman, you instruct a nation.
Model: Hananerae Goubil - Morocco, 50% Arab 50% Berber native hananerae What African values do you redefine in your day and age and what do those values mean to you? “I’d like to emphasize the respect and value that is, justly, upheld for mothers in
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