Lakin Ogunbanwo is a Nigerian fashion photographer who is trying to redefine the contemporary African cultural narrative — one photo at a time.

Lagos

"Once this space existed, the city changed. It reminds me that spaces can really affect culture."

Alára

"Lekki Art Market is always a reminder of just how many brilliant artists are out here working. They may not have the notoriety that they deserve but they do exist."

Lekki Art Market

"Itan means story in Yoruba, which is my language. It’s like a nice culinary experience with, like, an eight-course dinner. And it’s inspired by Nigerian food — or just African food — but it’s reinterpreted."

Itan Test Kitchen

"It’s this multi- floor building with just like different kinds of art, good art, bad art, cheap art, expensive art, Street Arts, elevated, like whatever it is. It’s almost like the visual representation of how I process Lagos sometimes: it is chaos."

Nike Art Gallery

"It's literally just you, your party, or whoever you're with and the ocean."

Ilashe Beach