Who is Thompson Ekong?
I’m Thompson. S. Ekong, Visual Director of Baroque Age, in Nigeria, and I create visuals using ideologies we live out in our everyday lives. The understanding of humanity is my lust in art. Orchestrating this complexity that swings in the form of human emotion, our minds of curiosity, love, faith, spirituality, and our consciousness has led to so many innovative and creative things in our world. The more we have to give in our ongoing world of proving our black skin keeps me alive every day, being part of the culture and era currently being written down in history, our generation Z, living with the responsibility of taking these shots down visually as I spread not only my world abstractions but also tell the story of minds growing by creating a change. I’m inspired every day to be highlighted with this cause, it’s more profound than anyone can through comprehend. Curating ideas with the conglomerate Baroque Age, their subsidiaries, and other companies, working with the minds of our new age, I’m doing this For the Kids.
What does photography mean to you?
Taking down timelines of life with my digital and conscious lens aesthetically.