TRANSPLANTED BLUES project by @everything.uncle
A Taureg Character in a garden to stage a deliberate mismatch: Sahara instruments and songs re-rooted in humid, cultivated soil. This project isn’t pretending the desert is here - it traces how music, memory and identity move, adapt and insist on being heard. It’s a tribute to Tuareg desert-blues: its melodies, its mobility, and the quiet force of cultural continuity.
The garden becomes a testing ground - to see what survives, what shifts, and what remains unmistakably home.
Videography and editing: @mubii15
Art Direction: @everything.uncle
Model: @bashali_jr
Shot on @sonyalpha FX30 and @samyanglensglobal V-AF 24mm
YUSRA by Aliyu Gana (@everything.uncle )
Aliyu Gana is a Nigerian photographer whose work spans Afrocentric portraiture, fashion editorials, and documentary storytelling, often set within Nigeria and cinematic locations. His practice blends cultural identity with visual narrative, moving fluidly across portraits, travel, street, and videography while maintaining a strong sense of authorship and place.
In YUSRA (2025), photographed in Dutse, Jigawa State, the image presents a woman in command, a gesture speaks of power without spectacle. A portrait that reframes power as something grounded, rooted in confidence rather than force.
📍 Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria
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TRANSPLANTED BLUES. 🎸🌳
I photographed this Taureg Character in a garden to stage a deliberate mismatch: Sahara instruments and songs re-rooted in humid, cultivated soil. This project isn’t pretending the desert is here — it traces how music, memory and identity move, adapt and insist on being heard. It’s a tribute to Tuareg desert-blues: its melodies, its mobility, and the quiet force of cultural continuity. The garden becomes a testing ground — to see what survives, what shifts, and what remains unmistakably home.
Photography and editing: @everything.uncle
Art Direction: @everything.uncle
Model: @bashali_jr
Team: @mubii15@bashali_jr
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