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/ Portraits — 2025

Ladipo & Co — Founder Portraits

Sixteen founders, each given forty minutes and a conversation rather than a shot list.

Man in an orange beanie and green roll-neck photographed on a rooftop

/ The brief

A venture firm wanted portraits of its portfolio founders that did not look like a bank's annual report. The brief was simply: make them look like themselves on a good day.

Every sitting opened with fifteen minutes and no camera. Almost every frame that ran came from the back half of the session.

/ Details

Client
Ladipo & Co
Discipline
Portraits
Year
2025
Location
Lagos & London

/ Credits

Photography
Marcella Salako
Production
Studio Salako
Grooming
Ify Nwosu
Man in a patterned shirt standing in front of a graffiti-covered wall
Man in a cap smiling, photographed on a city street
Man with curly hair and sunglasses in a teal shirt
Woman in a red dress laughing, with soft bokeh lights behind her

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Person in a denim hoodie standing against a bright teal wall