TY Bello and the magical photo shoot with bread seller-turned-'model'
music star Tinie Tempah is photographed on the
Lagos streets by ace photographer TY Bello for
This Day Style
– Interestingly, a road seller gets captured on the
set of the shoot and is fast becoming a 'star'
– A documentary on life story of lucky road seller
is reportedly being worked upon
A few weeks back when Tinie Tempah visited Nigeria,
ace photographer TY Bello met up with the British-
Nigerian rapper for a This Day Style magazine photo
shoot and it was quite a refreshing look.
It was done on the streets of Lagos and along the line
a bread-seller was somehow caught in the mix. She
has since found her way into the glossy pages of
magazine fame and Nigerian social circles
discussions.
News about Tinie Tempah, Ty Bello photo shoot and
bread seller who became famous. Credit: Instagram
On Instagram, TY Bello said of the photo session and
how the pretty bread seller that stepped in at the
right time, though unplanned, bringing magical
brilliance to the set:"I've photographed so many international celebrities
in this town.. From Beyonce to Arnold
Schwarzenegger … I was looking through my archives
the other day and said to my self .. Never again..!
Never in some fancy hotel room that could have
been anywhere else on the planet . There's no where
like Lagos and If they ever cross my path again I'll
drag them out to where they can touch and feel My
Lagos . .. And fall in love with it.
News about Tinie Tempah, Ty Bello photo shoot and
bread seller who became famous. Credit: Instagram
"So of course when I was asked to meet up with @
tiniegram at his hotel I was like ..Lai-Lai!! Abeg bring
the man to Yaba and let's shoot this something!
"I love lagos..I won't lie.. The streets are a literal
Photographer's paradise .. Every where you turn
there's a story waiting to be told, textures waiting to
be shot and characters waiting to be explored..it's
hard for me to make a bad picture when my spirit is
really open on the streets..I can just stand there and
magic walks into my frame.
"The beautiful bread seller in the red dress in one of
my edits for instance ..You know her Abi? That one
that everyone on the street wants to marry .. She's
fine and she knows it. its all over how she walks and I
know you've seen her before.
News about Tinie Tempah, Ty Bello photo shoot and
bread seller who became famous. Credit: Instagram
"She walked onto our set and magic happened ..it
wasn't planned at all ..I didn't even know I nailed the
narrative until I edited a few days later."
In the wake of this, TY talked about the coincidence of
shooting with the bread seller especially in the wake
of the buzz it has recently generated online.
She went on to explain that the lady happened to
walk past when the shoot was going on and it all
happened so fast.
News about Ty Bello photo shoot and bread seller
turned 'model'. Image credit: Instagram/ Tinie
Tempah
She also explained how she would go on to try and
find the lady as she is so beautiful and fitting she
should be a model.
As luck would have it, a few days later she found the
lady – a 27-year-old mother of two.
TY immediately shared details of this on her
Instagram on Wednesday February 3 saying:
"So I found her …our beauty from the @tiniegram
shoot and boy have I got a fantastic story to share
with you all. Right here is an amazing 27yr old
mother of two , Jumoke Sunday with an incredible
life story .I called on three amazing artists @
bimpeonakoya for beautiful makeup .. @
zubbydefinition for hair and @emaedosio to make a
short documentary about her .. Every one gave a
yes !on the spot.
News about Ty Bello photo shoot and bread seller
turned 'model'. Image credit: Instagram/ This Day
"They were all at the studio within an hour and we
had the most amazing shoot with her. I've also
spoken to a few people about the best way to help
move her forward and reunite her with her family.
News about Ty Bello photo shoot and bread seller
turned 'model'. Image credit: Instagram/ This Day
"The process has already begone and I'll figure out
the best way to have anyone who wants to be part of
the journey .Meeting and photographing her has
inspired us all and we can't wait for the good that will
come to her from all of this to unfold . She doesn't
speak English well but here ,she was explaining how
she found us.
News about Ty Bello photo shoot and bread seller
turned 'model'. Image credit: Instagram/ This Day
"I had sent an assistant , as many of you advised ,to
leave a message with the people in the area where
we photographed her… So here she is .. #Olajumoke
#tybellophotography #findingjumoke #
thebeginning."
The story kept gaining momentum and the buzz kept
simmering into a delicious meal of sorts online,
something like a Nollywood classic.Today, Sunday February 7, Olajumoke
Orisaguna the
street seller turned 'model' is on the path to further
prominence as she has appeared on the This Day
Style magazine cover.
Reports also say a documentary on her story thus far
is already in the works, it is reportedly being handled
by Ema Edosio.
Olajumoke's has been quite an interesting journey so
far, don't you think?
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