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Ofulue E.E Ife

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•Abnormal multidisciplinary artist.
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The Curators Project was the first time I let these two images step into a room, after years of living only on screens, through features. Watching strangers and friends pause in front of them was different from seeing them published; it was the work breathing in public for the first time.

Thank you to everyone who came, stood still, and gave the work space to exist beyond me.
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#africa #art #mixedmediaartist #shotoniphone by @ife69

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10 months ago

Resonant Rhythms (2023)
A commissioned 3-part series by @seiartofficial , where I explored the shared cultural spirit between India and Nigeria.
Through these auctioned off pieces, I wanted to reflect the rhythms that bind us: resilience, love, and resourcefulness. Two places, worlds apart, yet echoing the same heartbeat of community.
A reminder that no matter where we stand, our stories and strengths are deeply connected.
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1. Title “Fluid Connections”
2. Title “Wheels of Nourishment”
3. Title “Navigating thread of Life”
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#africa #shotoniphone #ngo @apple @adobe @photoshop
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10 months ago

Honored to see ‘Evening Passage’ featured in @photovogue as Today’s ‘Pic of the day’.
First feature of 2025…
As I took a stroll on a path at tarkwa-bay beach Lagos, a boy walks barefoot through the sand, balancing his belongings on his head-a sky bursting with stars, trees glowing in a dreamlike hue.

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#photovogue #visualnarratives #apple #shotoniphone by @ife69

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a year ago

Ofulue Ehianu Ife, widely recognized as Ife69, is a Nigerian multidisciplinary photographer, architect and visual artist whose practice centers on the documentation of culture, everyday life, and the human experience. Ifeoluwa focuses on transforming ordinary, familiar moments into imaginative visual narratives. His philosophy rejects loud or forced socio-political commentary, choosing instead to spark a quiet form of environmental awareness through deep intentionality and presence. By taking what is directly in front of him and shifting the visual perspective slightly, his studio output encourages viewers to slow down, notice overlooked environmental and cultural rhythms, and feel the inherent honesty within the atmosphere of their own surroundings.

The physical execution of his curated work highlights a masterful approach to surreal digital collaging, mixed-media composition, and saturated color theory. Ife69 takes real-world documentary photographs and elevates them into dreamlike, cosmic spaces, seamlessly blending human subjects with otherworldly environments. His handling of color works as an emotional anchor, utilizing vivid greens, fiery oranges, and soft pink fields to alter how familiar places are interpreted. Whether framing a lone figure holding a fishing rod beneath a burning nebula or duplicating motion trails of a subject walking through a hazy, gilded atmosphere, his deliberate compositions challenge conventional print formats, proving that a subtle shift in visual attention can completely transform everyday reality into a deep record of cultural memory.

Follow @ife69 on Instagram and read more stories on our website https://lagos-meet.com/ by @ife69

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15 days ago

Inherited Hands.
(2026).

This portrait features an elder artisan who has spent his life preserving and passing down the tradition of Aṣọ Òkè weaving. What drew me to him was not just the craft itself, but the years of knowledge, history, and culture he carries with him.

Aṣọ Òkè is known for its vibrancy and richness, and I wanted those qualities to be reflected in the image while keeping him as the subject of focus m. The colors became a way of honoring both the fabric and the legacy behind it.

As I spent watching him, I thought about how traditions survive. Not through objects alone, but through people who dedicate their lives to preserving and sharing them. To me, this portrait is about heritage, continuity, and the quiet responsibility of carrying something forward for the next generation.

Culture endures because someone chooses to keep it alive.
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Shot with @apple #shotoniphone
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#ife69 #shotoniphone #pvmondayroots #madewithphotoshop by @ife69

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2 months ago

Title: Between Stops
(2026)
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A quiet moment at a petrol station captured my attention. I saw trans-state drivers pausing after a grueling journey, their trucks packed with produce and their bodies caught between deep fatigue and the drive to keep moving. They were refueling before heading back into the dark. Beyond the hard work, it was their stillness that moved me, one looking at his phone, one listening, another lost in thought. I wanted to elevate this everyday roadside scene into something cosmic. By framing them against the night sky, I hoped to spotlight the endurance, heavy burdens, and quiet beauty found on Nigerian roads every day. This fleeting, unnoticed moment.
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#shotoniphone #adobephotoshop #fineart #madewithphotoshop #pvmondaylife by @ife69

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2 months ago

The Carrier of Echoes.
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In this work, the mundane act of trade is elevated into a surreal ritual of cultural preservation. A figure traverses a landscape, where teal sands meet a burning celestial sky, carrying handcrafted Takouba swords that echo the deep-seated traditions of Northern Nigeria.
I felt a meditation on identity, labor, and the beautiful weight of carrying one’s culture forward into an uncertain horizon.
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#shotoniphone #fineart #africa #afriquenoiremagazine #lagos by @ife69

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3 months ago

Emotionally, It was a heavy beach day. At a point during the day I couldn’t carry it all, so I walked towards the water. It held me for a moment…while what looked to me as strength, labor, love, moved steadily beside it as a pair.
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#shotoniphone #water #lagos #pvmondaywaterday by @ife69

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4 months ago

Chasing Sunsets — Series II
A quiet moment where boy balancing with the wind as the sunset pulls the world and that singular moment into color. It’s motion, innocence, and light.

Chasing Sunsets —Series
I exploring innocence as momentum and sunset as destination: not an ending, but a promise. It is about the tenderness of becoming, the courage to lean into the unknown, and the way memory softens the world into something ethereal. Here, play becomes pilgrimage, and the sky holds space for dreams still in motion.
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Tarkwa Bay, Lagos
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#shotoniphone #mixedmedia #africa
#fineart #pvmondayspring by @ife69

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4 months ago

Born from a fleeting moment on a beach ( chasing sunset, sunset haven at light house tarkwa bay ) at dusk, this piece reimagines childhood play as quiet flight. A simple swing suspended in an endless, silky-pink sky, transforming motion into passage, toward light, toward possibility. The children drift forward as if surfing the air itself, carried by wonder rather than gravity.

Chasing Sunsets — Series I explores innocence as momentum and sunset as destination: not an ending, but a promise. It is about the tenderness of becoming, the courage to lean into the unknown, and the way memory softens the world into something ethereal. Here, play becomes pilgrimage, and the sky holds space for dreams still in motion.
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#shotoniphone #mixedmedia #pvmondaytobehuman #africa
#fineart by @ife69

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7 months ago

Sometime in August I photographed these sisters skipping freely, laughing and chasing sunlight hand in hand on a random afternoon in Gbagada ( Medina estate), the way childhood should always feel.
The news of yet another school abduction in Kebbi is a reminder that in parts of our country, something as ordinary as going to school is still not safe.
This piece is a call for protection, for attention, and for the right of every child to grow without fear.
‘Let kids be kids’ I
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#ife69 #journalism #photography #visualart #kebbi #contemporary #collageart #afro #african #afro #afrocentric #africanart #dreams #Shotoniphone #Africa #iphonephotooftheday #photo #painting #photooftheday #bringbackourgirls
#shotoniphone #celebrateafrica by @ife69

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8 months ago

#ThroughMyLens: Photographer and visual storyteller Ifeoluwa Ehianu Ofulue, known as @ife69 , brings intention to every frame, turning the quiet of everyday life into scenes filled with colour, emotion, and meaning.

Shaped by music, memory, travel, and the legacy of his grandfather’s Kodak cameras, IFE69 creates imagery that blends reality with imagination. His work does not just show what is there. It reveals what we often miss. Each photograph invites you to slow down, to look closer, and to feel the world differently.

Every frame holds its own presence, a soft shift in perspective, a moment reimagined through his eye.

Discover the full story on our website. Link in bio 🔗

#deedsmag #culture by @ife69

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