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Rut. IV I've been suffering from a rut for some time now,... #rut #creativerut #creativeblock #photographingthesimplethings . . . 😏 #saturdayarchitecture #documentinglagosarchitecture #buildinglagos #lagosarchitecture #nigerianarchitecture #abstractarchitecture #architecturalphotography #architecturephotographer #architecturalphotographer #documentaryphotography #nigerianarchitecturalphotographer #blackandwhitearchitecture #architectureinafrica #blackandwhite #documentary #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #symmetry #geometry #rhythm #nigeria #lagos #art #yení (at Lagos, Nigeria)

I think I have only just realised (as of two days ago) one of the reasons I shoot the way I shoot. Without the human factor, I am very interested in the elements that make up a building. To try to piece them apart, and bring them back holistically to context, whether it's entranceways, openings, roofs, roof water drains, signage, etc. It tends to feel like these elements call out to me. In this instance, it was the strange trapezoid opening on the façade of this uncompleted church building combined with the way the partly visible stairs gives the false impression that it is a half-turn or dog-leg staircase leading into the roof's ceiling. Of course it wasn't leading into the ceiling! 😅 I made sure to confirm. Unfortunately I couldn't allay their fears enough to allow me take pictures inside. The interior was less impressive — unpainted and unrendered with plaster, just brute concrete and floors covered with fine cement dust — but it featured the typical galleries suspended on columns to either flanks of a church's nave. Ikot Efa Area, Calabar Field, along Murtala Mohammed Highway, Calabar, Cross River State. 2020. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #architettura #architektur #facade #calabar #yení #art (at Calabar Municipal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq5BAOqMFhz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The Apostolic Church Nigeria. Ikot Efa Area, Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2020. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #calabar #yení #art (at Calabar Municipal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq3qL6DMbCW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It's Easter! Another time to know and ponder about the love, and significance of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Apostolic Church Nigeria. Ikot Efa Area, Murtala Muhammed Highway, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 2020. Happy Easter! 🎉 #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #calabararchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #calabar #yení #art #easter (at Calabar Municipal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq1AzaXMtmE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

IMR building. Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. 2022. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #lagos #yení https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqe_A3gMufo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Everyday Buildings — Surulere. Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. 2022. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #arquitectura #lagos #yení (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqaF7Q2sBzV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Everyday Buildings - Contrived Reality Ìkòròdú, Lagos, Nigeria. 2023. Midjourney's AI tries to construct what I think contains different aspects of Nigerian architecture. From the crawling vegetation on the overhanging roof shading a red painted wall with shops, that feels like its from South East or Mid Western Nigeria. First floor reminds of empty abandoned buildings on Lagos Island and many parts of Nigeria really. 2nd floor; I'm not quite sure where to place it... 🤔 70/80s factory styled buildings that have had their use typology changed. Reminds me of a bunch building in Calabar tho. I didn't set much parameters. Just "everyday buildings, Ikorodu and Nigeria". #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #lagos #yení #art #AIart #midjourney #midjourneyart #experimentation (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVOX7-MlOn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria 2022. #everydaybuildings #architecturalphotography #nigerianarchitecture #architectureinafrica #lagosarchitecture #everydayafrica #architecture #Ikorodu #lagos #yení #art (at Lagos, Nigeria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgBlqEsY0r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=