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“I want to bring the narrative back to us”: Omofolarin Omolayole brings visibility to the Black queer community
Diversity, representation and inclusivity are what drives this photographer’s work to great lengths.
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When Omofolarin Omolayole reflects on his past, he notices how the things he was most interested in are still heavily linked to his work today. The photographer was born in Nigeria, grew up in Lagos and moved to New York for school in 2016, before pursuing further studies in screen and photography at Parsons School of Design. “Around nursery and primary school, I was quite different from other kids,” he tells It’s Nice That. “When boys wanted to play soccer and liked the colour blue, I was interested in the complete opposite; when everyone was learning their time’s table, I just couldn’t get a hold of it. Academics were not my strong point and neither was fitting in with my peers; at such a young and impressionable age, it was tough – not