ARTIST
Ugo Nwagbala

ARTIST WEBSITE
Ugo Nwagbala

LOCATION
Riverside, CA

This project is about how beauty can be shown without the face and how color can transform a scene into an ethereal and surreal fantasyland. People with their faces obscured, turning away from the camera, and having reflections take over their face helps to create a sense of distortion, questioning of the self, and thinking of what it truly means to be. The bright colors and soft forms help to offset and challenge the hard philosophical questions that these images seek to provoke.

Ugo Nwagbala is a photographer, musician, and DJ from Riverside, California. His photographic work often features bright colors, contrast, surreal images, and scenes that invoke a sense of longing. His eclectic taste and diverse interests help fuel his work that often deals with challenging his audience to question their beliefs and perspectives.