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Friday 6 September 2013

Nigerian Photographer Releases His Collection Of Gravity-Defying Styles From The Sixties & Seventies

Upbraided: Ojeikere took photos of the styles he saw worn by women in the street, or in offices, or at marriage celebrations

Architectural lines: Ojeikere's portraits demand to be viewed in the abstract

Buns galore: This look has a fun polka dot effect

'Sculptures for a day': Nigerian photographer J.D. Okhai Ojeikere snapped over 1,000 photos of the hairstyles he saw on the street

Celebrities and entertainers who style their hair in attention-grabbing ways (think Lady Gaga's plaited cone or Nicki Minaj's towering bouffant) are often lauded for their originality. But intricate hairstyles are far from being a contemporary development - as J.D. Okhai Ojeikere's photographs show. The photographer spent the Sixties and Seventies documenting the hairstyles of the women he encountered in his native Nigeria. He snapped over 1,000 photos of these complex coiffures, from subjects he found on the streets, in offices, and at wedding celebrations. Which of them can you rock? More when you continue ...