Born and raised in Lagos where he discovered creativity as a 4-year old, Barrett had received best art student award by the time he was 7. In secondary school, he received the best art student 3 years in row, and it was clear that Art was his path in life.
He went on to study Fine-Arts at the University of Ife ( now Obafemi Awolowo University) majoring in painting and graphics. By the end of his second year in Ife, he realized that his main passion was for visual communication...
He went on to study Fine-Arts at the University of Ife ( now Obafemi Awolowo University) majoring in painting and graphics. By the end of his second year in Ife, he realized that his main passion was for visual communication...
Gideon Okeke - Actor, Presenter, Musician, International Man of Action and General Bad Guy!
...In a magazine interview, Barrett said visual communication “was a medium that excited me and challenged my abilities more and it was in this process I was introduced to Photography. I needed to do photography to complete my major and after the course I was hooked. I couldn’t put down the camera”. 16 years after, you’d be hard pressed to find him without a camera...
J J Okocha - Footballer
...But his molding was not complete. University degree in the bag, he took the old fashioned route: studying with a master: he understudied Bruce Onobrakpeya for 5 years, mastering the legendary artist’s unique print making techniques. The influence of Onobrapkeya’s use of African Motifs and his style is obvious in Barrett’s work, and it was this period that he had his first exhibitions, being one of the first 14 artist to pioneer for the Harmattan Workshop series and moving on to many exhibitions with the National Art Gallery (then minister of culture singling out his works for attention)...
Kenny Ogungbe - Producer
...In the same tradition, he decided help bring up the next generation, teaching Illustration and Photography at Lagos City University. A chance meeting with renowned photographer Don Barber led to new recognitions for Barrett that realistic photography was truly a means of creative expression. That with a deep understanding of light and the lens, there was no limit to the possibilities in photography.
Skill, study, experience, passion and creativity all converged into one powerful focal point, and Barrett Akpokabayen Photography was born.
Ramsy Noah - Actor
...The precarious balance between photography, art and design (graphic, web and animation), which many search for and so few ever achieve, suddenly became Barrett’s reality. For Barrett, “my design and photography has fused into a unified form of expose.”
Tuface Idibia - Musician
Babara Okojie - Musician
Jnr Chukwuemeka - Designer
Denrenle Edun - Presenter
Naeto C - Musician
Dayo Adeneye - Producer/Presenter
Eyimofe Atake - Lawyer
Jazz Black - Music Producer
Pelumi Ogunpenhin - Model
Linda Ejiofor - Actor
Ohimai Atafo - Designer
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