Olajumoke Oisaguna si v meste Lagos v Nigérii zarábala na živobytie predajom chleba. 27-ročná žena ani len netušila, ako sa jej vďaka jedinému momentu zmení život. Stalo sa tak jedného dňa, keď neúmyselne vošla do záberu počas fotenia v uliciach. Nebolo by to ničím neobvyklé, keby sa fotenie netočilo okolo prítomného rappera, ktorým bol zhodou okolností Tinie Tempah.
Fotograf Ty Bello sa príliš nezamýšľal nad záberom, do ktorého žena náhodne vošla. Nepovažoval to za nič unikátne. Keď však začal upravovať fotky, okamžite zmenil názor a rozhodol sa ju vyhľadať, píše Metro.co.uk. Nebolo to vôbec jednoduché. „Každý sa pýtal, či je to modelka...bola to len dokonalá náhoda. Len náhodou prechádzala okolo, keď som fotografoval. Rozhodne by mala byť modelkou...Rád by som jej pomohol s portfóliom, ak by mala záujem,“ povedal ochotný Ty Bello.
Nakoniec sa mu podarilo svoju novú múzu nájsť. Zistil, že Olajumoke je matkou dvoch detí s neuveriteľným príbehom. Mladá žena bola kaderníčkou v Osune, no stále nezarábala dosť, aby mohli spolu s manželom uživiť obe ich deti. Kvôli tomu sa presťahovala spolu so svojou 14-mesačnou dcérkou do Lagosu, kde začala predávať chlieb. Manžel a druhé 5-ročné dieťa zostali v ich predošlom bydlisku.
OLAJUMOKE ORISAGUNA : GRACE. (PART 2)' Aso kan na ni mo wo kiri Lana '.. Jumoke the 'model' the Internet had been searching for speaks almost no English. She explained how she had worn the exact outfit in our photograph the day before and someone showed her her own photograph on his phone from face book. A mallam led her to my studio that morning . She narrated her journey to lagos ...A hair stylist from Ire in Osun state but not making enough profit between she and her husband , a sliding door installer in from same village ,to care for their two young children . At the invitation of a distant relative who knew someone operating a bakery , she relocated lagos with her 14 month old daughter to give bread hawking a try , leaving her husband and older 5 year old behind . As I listened to her I wandered if the beauty I had seen on my screen as I edited my image was a fluke ..well until she smiled ., I realized that I was wrong ., I had in fact ,underestimated the beauty of this 27 year old woman. As always ., it was her eyes and of course her perfectly chiseled features that jumped out at you when she chuckled .This lady belonged in front of my camera .After a conversation with her husband telling him the story of our meeting I decided I was going to photograph her that very afternoon..Within an hour ..Bimpe Onakoya , one of Nigeria's leading makeup artist and Zubby one of my favourite hairstylist were at my studio to work magic. They had both followed the story online and were more than happy to put in their very best for her. Olajumoke .., with curly extensions out ,revealed a short natural Afro that beautifully hugged her face.@Bimpeonakoya also had decided to keep the make up minimal... She stepped in front of my camera and I almost couldn't recognize her . She moved different too.Jumoke looked straight into my lens emoting like she had done this all her life .... I knew we had found a star #tybellophotography #olajumoke #makeup by @bimpeonakoya #hairby @zubbydefinition #blackbeauty shot with @phaseonephoto @profotoglobal @chimeralighting #grace #beauty
Fotka uverejnená používateľom TY Bello (@tybello),Feb 7, 2016 o 4:01 PST
Fotograf sa rozhodol vytvoriť krátky dokument o Olajumoke a zároveň ju dostal na obálku Style magazine. Pár dní po jeho ponuke už hviezdila na spomínanej obálke spolu s malou dcérkou Grace. Pred kamerou bola podľa jeho slov úplne prirodzená a fotograf pevne veril, že jeho pričinením získa prácu modelky. Tá predpoveď vyšla a mladá žena podpísala zmluvu s lokálnou modelingovou agentúrou.