Chance meeting?A domestic help is transformed in an artsy makeover from celebrity photographer; Anny Roberts!
A domestic help; Amaka gets an artistic makeover from celebrity photographer; Anny Roberts in new edit.
The celebrity photographer who's worked with MI, Chris Attoh, Muna, Lola Rae, Noble Igwe amongst others spotted the help who incidentally had been dreaming of becoming a model.
"The girl who was captured in these spectacular
shots was Amaka; A house help who had been dreaming of becoming a model
and practiced often in front of the mirror as her only source of
motivation. Growing up in dire poverty, she recounts going days without
food and water in the village, she describes her displaced siblings who
she hasn’t seen in years as they had gone on to become maids in the
major cities to avoid starving to death. She also opted to move to
Lagos in search of a life, any kind of life.
Her
modelling dreams would become a reality when Anny Robert visited a
friend meaning to drop off a birthday gift. Amaka unwittingly walked
past him to her Aunt’s flat with a crate of eggs on her head dressed
down in a black vest and jeans; an idea was birthed!
Anny couldn’t quite place what was so endearing about her but as he
studied her profile while he knocked, he decided he wanted to take a few
portrait shots of her. He asked her to come to his studio but she shyly
declined stating she wasn’t allowed and had no money but he noticed
the glint in her eyes. He informed his friend who in turn took on
liability for Amaka and made sure she got to Anny’s studio and back" a rep for Roberts dished on how the shoot was birthed.
Courtesy of Pulse.ng
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