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Some
people try
all kinds of things to change their lives but
fail, their lives are
still
the same. But others just do their normal thing and then something
life changing happens.
I
think something called “luck” could be working with our lives
sometimes.
In
Nigeria a woman doing her everyday work as a
bread
seller accidentally photo-bombed
Tinie Tempah's fashion shoot, his ancestral country. The bread seller
stole the spotlight.
A
Nigerian photographer and musician Ty Bello, photo shot a local bread
seller that suddenly appeared
next to the British singer and song writer.
She was wearing a red dress and white flip flops.
The
result of the image was amazing that the photographer decided to
track
her
down. She was also asking help from the public to help her find the
woman that appeared
on the image. She offered to help her portfolio if she can find her.
Olajumoke
Orisaguna is the name of the woman who appeared at the photo shoot.
If you look at it, it she seemed to be part of the shot. It is
really
cool.
It
did not take long before Olajumoke Orisaguna landed a modeling
contract. The 27-year-old woman ended up being shot by Bello herself
for the Nigerian magazine This
Day Style,
gracing the cover decked in red attire.
Bello
shared their amazing story in the magazine and on Instagram.
“A
hair stylist from Ire in Osun state but not making enough profit
between she and her husband, a sliding door installer in from same
village, to care for their two young children.
At
the invitation of a distant relative who knew someone operating a
bakery, she relocated to Lagos with her 14-month-old daughter to give
bread hawking a try, leaving her husband and older 5-year-old behind.
As
I listened to her, I wondered if the beauty I had seen on my screen
as I edited my image was a fluke, well until she smiled, I realized
that I was wrong, I had in fact, underestimated the beauty of this
27-year-old woman. As always, it was her eyes and of course, her
perfectly chiseled features that jumped out at you when she chuckled.
This lady belonged in front of my camera. After a conversation with
her husband telling him the story of our meeting, I decided I was
going to photograph her that very afternoon. Within an hour, Bimpe
Onakoya, one of Nigeria’s leading makeup artist, and Zubby, one of
my favourite hairstylists, were at my studio to work magic. They had
both followed the story online and were more than happy to put in
their very best for her.
Olajumoke,
with curly extensions out, revealed a short natural afro that
beautifully hugged her face. @Bimpeonakoya also had decided to keep
the make up minimal. She stepped in front of my camera and I almost
couldn’t recognize her. She moved different too. Jumoke looked
straight into my lens, emoting like she had done this all her life. I
knew we had found a star.”
Such
a lucky woman.
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