This exhibition is a hommage as J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere passed away in February 2014.
Galerie du jour agnès b. supported his work for many years as a pionner to support african photography. His remarkable series Hair Style focuses on the art of African hairdos. Ojeikere photographed them every day, in the street, at the office and at parties; his models were shot from behind, sometimes in profile, very rarely face forward. The work is both objective and subjective, a mix of ethnographic vision and aesthetic portrayed in black and white photographs that fix a fleeting beauty.