Segun Emmanuel Akinremi - What we Choose to Carry

£350.00

Photography
50 x 40 cm
2026

For me, photography is less about capturing a moment in time and more about asking a quiet question: what do we carry with us, and what do we leave behind? My practice reaches a powerful milestone in this artwork series, AJÉ OLÓKUN. Moving into a deeply personal and reflective space, I use the cowrie shell, an ancient West African currency and Yoruba symbol of prosperity, to explore what wealth really means. Rather than focusing on money or material status, my photographs look at wealth as something living (an opportunity, a gift, a responsibility, and a legacy) passed down through hands, bodies, and generations. Through thoughtful composition and striking honesty, I continue to create images that do not simply ask to be looked at, but invite us to pause, reflect, and consider what we choose to nurture in our own lives. Wealth is not only what we have. It is what we create. It is what we nurture. It is what we leave moving through the world after we are gone.

Photography
50 x 40 cm
2026

For me, photography is less about capturing a moment in time and more about asking a quiet question: what do we carry with us, and what do we leave behind? My practice reaches a powerful milestone in this artwork series, AJÉ OLÓKUN. Moving into a deeply personal and reflective space, I use the cowrie shell, an ancient West African currency and Yoruba symbol of prosperity, to explore what wealth really means. Rather than focusing on money or material status, my photographs look at wealth as something living (an opportunity, a gift, a responsibility, and a legacy) passed down through hands, bodies, and generations. Through thoughtful composition and striking honesty, I continue to create images that do not simply ask to be looked at, but invite us to pause, reflect, and consider what we choose to nurture in our own lives. Wealth is not only what we have. It is what we create. It is what we nurture. It is what we leave moving through the world after we are gone.