This is something I’ve been meaning to post, but I lost the booklet I needed until now. It’s hilarious. On my last trip to Nigeria, I experienced quite the contrast in lodging. On one end of the spectrum was the Protea Hotel Ikeja in Lagos. It’s nothing short of stunning. I stayed there on my [...]
Posted on November 29th, 2009 by Climie
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I’m so happy to FINALLY get the other images from Nina and Efiom’s white wedding on the blog! This was the second of Nina & Efiom’s wedding ceremonies. This one followed their Igba Nkwu ceremony. Their white wedding was held in Calabar where they lived. I really wish I could show these images HUGE because [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Climie
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Ok peoples, this post is a long one! 128 images! Finally, here are Nina and Efiom’s Igba Nkwu Nwanyi preview images! They were married in the village of Dikenafai, Nigeria. I was there for three weeks in order to cover both their traditional (or “Trad” as they call it) ceremony as well as their Catholic [...]
Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Climie
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This post comes from my trip to Nigeria to photograph the Igba Nkwu Nwanyi and Catholic cereomony of Nina & Efiom. I think Nina’s grandmother’s smile is permanent and infectious. We visited her on our first trip to Dikenafai to prep the house for the traditional ceremony. She was just beaming at the sight of [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Climie
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Meet Efiom. Efiom Married Nina twice! Once in the village of Dikenafai and once in Calabar. This portrait was made after their Igba Nkwu ceremony at Nina’s parents’ place in Dikenafai. Most of what I’ve photographed in Nigeria has been of the Igbo tribe, which Nina is a part of. Efiom is Efik. His attire [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 by Climie
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Nigeria is a place where true apprenticeship is still appreciated. At least from what I saw, one of the noblest careers there is to be a quality tailor. I tagged along to all kinds of tailor and seamstress and clothing design shops while I was there, and there were always young apprenticed workers soaking in [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Climie
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Tagging along for 3 weeks all around Nigeria for Nina and Efiom’s Igba Nkwu, we paid a visit to Nina’s grandmother, who lives near their village of Dikenafai. Her grandmother is fantastically and infectiously happy, and her house had all these great little vignettes going on. What fun!
Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Climie
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This image is from the first of two wedding ceremonies Nina and Efiom had in Nigeria. This was her Igba Nkwu held in her family’s home village of Dikenafai. We had a few minutes between ceremonial happenings, so we did a quick portrait session inside. I can’t tell you how happy I am with this [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Climie
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So I’m buried in production and shoots and all manner of things and have not really had time to assemble any blog entries about the most recent trip to Nigeria to cover Nina and Efiom’s Igba Nkwu ceremony and their “white” wedding. I’m really looking forward to dropping some hot images on this thing. It’ll [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by Climie
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Once again, Chichi and Emeka’s wedding continues to be profiled. This time it’s Destination Weddings & Honeymoons magazine’s online Wedding of the Week. Be sure to check it out!
Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by Climie
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