Egbiameje Omole performs Pankere in Glitter, a work confronting the traumatic and emotional stakes faced by non-binary and queer people in Nigeria under hostile legal and social regimes. In Yoruba, pankere refers to the cane once used by guarantors to discipline children, a symbol of the violence and regulation imposed on queer bodies from childhood through adulthood. Omole’s performance reclaims this memory, transforming it into a spectacle of resilience. By drawing on the legacy of cross-dressing and queer icons of the past, the work resists erasure and insists on presence. Captured on a mist-covered hill, their red, glittering outfit vibrates against the muted landscape. The movement appears frantic, almost ritualistic, an act of defiance against invisibility, a demand for recognition. This image embodies the weight of law on queer lives in Nigeria while celebrating the persistence of joy, survival, and visibility against the forces that seek to constrain them.

In Glitter

We look to constellations for navigation, for stories etched in the cosmos. This image reimagines that idea for our own journeys. Here, a flock of birds becomes a living constellation—a new pattern of hope drawn against the warm, painterly sky of a new dawn. Each bird is a single point of light, a single dream taking flight. Together, they form a map made not of distant stars, but of collective will. I chose a soft, minimalist aesthetic to capture the feeling of a myth in the making. This is the story of migration not as a simple departure, but as the creation of our own guidance system. A new world is possible when we learn to navigate by the light of our own shared movement, following the constellation we create ourselves.

A Constellation of Wings

Portrait of my 5ive months old daughter   Bathed in soft, natural light, the scene radiates joy; mother and daughter alike, each smiles reflecting a different story, LOVE, CONNECTION and UNBREAKABLE BOND, a feeling of home and belonging.   Each face tells a unique story, yet together they weave a tapestry of love, laughter, and legacy to come.   To my wife, I love you today, tomorrow and always. To my daughter, THE WORLD IS YOURS 

The OMOBUDE’s 

What makes the Street photography so special is how photographers are able to capture rare, unplanned moments, and this picture the perfect example of that. I was crossing a bridge when this man's car broke down in the middle of the road. I stopped to observe what was going on, and while observing, I was able to capture this. 

This is Lagos 

To imagine a new Nigeria is to look at the bright side of our communities and repurpose them for a better future.  For this series I used the slum community and its young people as my case study. The slums and ghetto communities have an abundance of young talented people who are arguably an integral part of the country and its future. Despite the limitations placed on the young people from these communities, the energy of these young people never fails to prevail. The will to improve themselves and their communities which in turn impact the country as a whole. In 2019, I set out to two popular slum communities in Lagos called Oko Agbon and Makoko in Lagos Nigeria. These communities are at the centre of Lagos Nigeria and it was there that I created these images. Together with these talented young people, we projected new possibilities in the neighbourhoods looking at the bright side from the angle of Technology, education, music and modelling for good in connection to their existing way of life in the slum and the urban space. The flip side of this series highlights how importance High standard of living, low poverty rate and unemployment, high human development and technological advancement can transform our current Nigeria to another Nigeria. The image show a young man operating his iPad in the slum 

Technology 

Free Mind

The image captures the Asa Dam River in Ilorin, using red hues to highlight the pollution of its waters—a growing threat to both the environment and human life. It seeks to raise awareness about the dangers of water pollution and the urgent need to protect our natural resources.

Asa Dam 

  ‎ ‎The earliest settlers in Lagos were primarily fishermen as fishing is one of Lagos’s oldest means of subsistence. Long before the city’s skyline rose, fishermen cast their nets along its shores, sustaining families and feeding communities. ‎ ‎Today, that tradition faces new tides: polluted waters, dwindling fish stocks, and the shifting patterns of climate change.

The Fisher

We no longer wait to be seen. We create, share, and celebrate for ourselves — proof that the stories we tell each other are enough.

For Us, By Us

Named after Justin Bieber's Loved By You (Ft. Burna Boy). Loved by You is a grained shot of the tip of the Lighthouse Beach mole in high-tide. It represents everything that Tarkwa Bay (and Lighthouse Beach) has given me, which can be summed in a sentence: the freedom to make a life of my choosing. The image says “To be loved is to be imbued with desires that transcend fear, to be reminded of your bravery and an understanding that you have to seek to find, and you have to let go, to be set free.”

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