Ebunoluwa Akinbo is a Nigerian visual artist born in 1994. She explores the themes of memory, identity, and migration in her work. She uses the camera as her primary tool in communicating these themes in a figurative and abstract form to captivate her audience, constantly unraveling the non-literality of photography in her work. Eb, as she is fondly called, started her career as a self-taught photographer, working primarily in the area of documentary, photojournalism and conceptual photography. With a Bachelor's degree in Sociology, Eb combines her background in sociology with her education in Fine Arts in exploring different human experiences in her evolving practice.
Since starting out in 2018, Akinbo has worked on commissioned and personal projects, exhibited locally and internationally, won awards, grants, and has had her work collected by Bournemouth University, United Kingdom. She is the 2023 recipient of the Narwhal Bipoc
Fellowship Grant, and she is a mentee of through the lens collective.

 Archive of semblance for remembrance

You are just like me; you remind me of myself as a hardworking young lady. This was also how I walked around the city of Lagos and beyond, my job took me all over. I was also this slim, dark-skinned, pretty, ambitious, and a goal-getter.’ - Roseline Akinbo
Archives of Semblance for Remembrance; is an archival project that delves into the duplication of a mother in her daughter. Like a mirror, I stood in front of my mother as a reflection of her, a rebirth of sorts.
Despite hearing family remarks on our similarities, it was initially difficult for me to perceive. I am young, full of life, and still blossoming, while she is aging, developing wrinkles, and brimming with memories.
However, as I turned the pages of sepia photos capturing her youthful smile, I began to see myself. It was a realization deeper than her words had conveyed yet truer than I had imagined. Bringing her into the studio, I set out to reproduce her image. Just as I learned growing up that
an original document is best duplicated with blue carbon paper, I chose a blue backdrop to represent this process. Beyond sharing the same figure, skin tone, eyes, and energy, I discovered glimpses of her ambitious spirit in her eyes and traces of the sojourner trait in the
locations she posed. This project celebrates the entirety of semblance between parents and their children, whether
physical or psychological, conspicuous or subtle.

Etuagie, 2021

Resting Pose, 2021

Portrait in a Flowery Dress, 2021