In his debut book, “Beautiful Resistance,” photographer Daniel Obasi explores the experience of queer Nigerians in Lagos—and what that might look like in an imagined utopian future.
have occurred; or as a religious epicenter filled with otherworldly elements that inform the experiences of those people inhabiting the city. However, the most striking angle Obasi explores in this book is the place of queer Nigerians in Lagos—and what that might look like in an imagined utopian future.“Lagos curates an experience that is unique to you,” Obasi tells me on a warm Wednesday afternoon. “Your experience of Lagos and my experience of Lagos are two different things.
“You could use it as a metaphor for meetings with elders where they all sit down and make these very damning decisions around the fate of young people without including young people in it.” In another image exploring the imagined queer futures, a man wearing wings on his back—his pants sagging so low that his briefs with the wordscribbled across can be seen—skates while holding a flag and wearing an emperor’s helmet.
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