Hairstyle Series

Categories: Photography
Written By: Jaap Proost

YOU can sculpt with marble, clay or paper mache. But why not sculpt your skull? In Africa they know to make the most of hair. Since 1968 Nigerian photographer J.D. Okhai Ojeikere roams the streets, searching for eccentric coiffures. He takes photos from the rear of the head, in profile and sometimes head on. The collection he made consist of close to a thousand photographs of the hairdos of African woman. Ojeikere calls it the Hairstyle Series. In his view the hairstyles are an art form. I guess he’s right, although architecture is sometimes also a good word.

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