No food for lazy man explores labour in the city of lagos, with particular focus on an international automobile spare parts market in Lagos Nigeria. Labourers in Nigeria contribute strongly to the growth of the economy and unfortunately the government does not care about them.
What attracted me to this space was the energy of the workers and the various activities that go on in this space, it is highly contested and everyone is chasing something.
That exchange between the buyers and sellers, the movement of the people going back and forth seeking for their daily bread. The contributions of women in a male dominated space, and that sense of duality that we all struggle with occasionally.
The objects on display as they form elements of design and the level of organization that goes against this notion that Africa is not organized. Another interesting angle for me was how they are able to sell these recycled products from Europe and turn it into a billion-dollar economy.
Every economy in the world rely on the performance of laborers who contribute immensely to the growth of the local economy.
It’s a space with its own education, spending time in this space with these people helped me see them from a different stand point and better understand their drive. They let me into their lives which enabled me make portraits of them and their merchandise.
