Photography has served the purpose of documentation, information, education and creation of works of art. Telling stories without the illustrations such as what photography provides is somehow abstractive. Creative photography as evident in the works of Smart-Cole has aided the proliferation of images arising from improvement in technology than any other work of art. This study investigates photography through the lens of literature; how Sunmi Smart-Cole found his métier in photography and analysed moments and memories in the works of Sunmi Smart-Cole. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with Smart-Cole, and from journal articles, books, and Internet sources. Data collected were analysed using the descriptive approach of art historical research. The study argues that with photography, the world is offered a series of discrete histories and sets of anecdotes and faits divers. It concludes that Smart-Cole’s photographs generally arouse interest, desire and curiosity, they also reflect spontaneity; the narratives are useful memories that aid the remembering of diverse contexts of identity, and the socio-political history of the Nigerian nation.
Citation: Ijisakin E.T., Omolola F.S., and Olaleye-Otunla O.J. (2022) Of moments and memories: remembering and the art of photography in the works of Sunmi Smart-Cole, Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.10, No.10, pp.1-21
Keywords: Images, Moments, Photography, memories, portraiture, sunmi smart-cole
