Welcome everybody to our model spanking new column – Via the Lens! We’re tremendous excited to deliver this new biweekly collection to you, the place we’ll be that includes essentially the most gifted NFT photographers. There are such a lot of superb photographers becoming a member of the NFT house, and it’s about time they received some recognition as nicely!
Meet Matthew Charles, popularly often known as “Inventive Nigerian,” a portrait and life-style photographer in addition to an NFT artist and collector. His award-winning images are beautiful, and every one tells and weaves a narrative of the creativeness, world, and folks.
So, let’s test it out and discover out extra about what it’s prefer to be a photographer in NFTs!
How did you get into NFTs and the way has it impacted you?
I heard about NFTs from a pal round October final yr 2021 to be particular and at first it gave the impression of a rip-off to me however after I noticed a put up of our group by a pal named teaserat who’s additionally an enormous a part of the African NFT artist neighborhood, I made a decision to do my very own analysis and dive into NFTs alone.
Up to now NFTs have had a huge effect on my life each good and dangerous however extra good. I minted my first NFT artwork round February 2022.
When did you begin your pictures journey and the way did you get good at it?
I began my pictures journey as a Phonographer (I used my cell phone). Again then all we had had been our cellular gadgets which was our greatest gadget and I’m speaking 7 years again, after I realized I had a ardour for pictures I made a decision to make it greater than only a pastime or ardour.
Which photographers encourage you essentially the most? Anybody that you simply look as much as?
I’ve so many mentors within the pictures trade however I’ve to say what evokes me must be my surroundings and tradition.
What’s the one factor you want you knew whenever you began taking photographs?
That I didn’t want essentially the most refined or costly gear to take {a photograph}.
