Aniebietabasi Ekong
"Growing up, I was always amazed by flip books, and origami. I loved how each step led to the next, functionally, and beautifully."
"Baddieani is an artist, a model and a brand. My aesthetic is a combination of fashion, photography, art and my attitude, and this makes it very unique to me. In addition to this, my art shows my interests and my feelings simultaneously. I am Baddieani, and my art is a representation of myself. My art is Baddieani. My Instagram is a story. It is my story, and I have to tell the world about myself in a grid of pictures."
"My experiences growing up in Nigeria, the U.K and the U.S definitely moulded my eye for aesthetics, while expanding my views on style. Moving around the world looking at buildings, it was obvious to me that people built things differently, I noticed that every different style had its own element of beauty in it. This made me an independent thinker, and I unknowingly started thinking about how I could make things look good, not how things could make me look good."
"Most of my outfits are made or altered by me. There are numerous amazing ways to dress up, but trends make the public look down on other styles that may not be considered 'fashion' at the time. For the most part, I disagree with trends, and my artworks project different styles in creative ways. My poses are me using my body language to non-verbally communicate my story. I have so much to say about how I feel during a shoot, and you can see I show it in my poses. When editing, I use colors that mirror my poses and outfits, of course, while remaining aesthetically pleasing.I want to incorporate viewers in my art as much as i can, and give them a great time figuring things out. Growing up, I was always amazed by flip books, and origami. I loved how each step led to the next, functionally, and beautifully."
"On my Instagram page, individually, each photo is a work of art, collectively, each row is also another artwork, and finally, all the photos link together as another work of art. Each row tells a brief story about me, and the larger connected works go on to show how I keep growing and am dependent on what I learnt and did in the past."
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