THROUGH MY EYES, Southwestern Coast of Nigeria. Portrait photograph by Tatchero Fidelis, winner of the Shoot The Frame Portrait photography award, October 2021

Winner Portrait · October 2021

THROUGH MY EYES.

We see life differently, he said. I turned, expecting to see a full fledged man, but no. He was "just" a boy, well, so I presumed. "We see life differently" he said again, this time louder and more emphatic. Like a cat, my curiosity rose like Bitcoin and I asked, tell me what you see or tell me how you see life. "I've seen a thousand lives, I've counselled more than a million souls, I have listened to the complaints and challenges of humans and all I can say is, WE LACK LOVE. "See, through my eyes I have come to understand that the most valuable thing on Earth is not money but LOVE, Pure, undiluted LOVE" I was stunned for a minute and all I could say was "can I take a picture Sir"? When I spoke to the locals I came to understand that He was a reincarnation of a thousand lives, a pure breed directly from the ancestral linage.