Every security guard at heart megastar: epic photos of hip-hop grandfathers

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Do you think you need to be young, handsome and rich to look cool and become an Internet star? As this photo shoot, about which hundreds of publications around the world have written, shows that you can be a retired, part-time security guard, and still find your finest hour. The main thing is not to say "no" to the opportunities that come up.

The idea for this shoot belongs to Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia. It seems to him that the fashion and general "coolness" of previous generations is incomparably better than today's youth. Osborne is confident that any person of the older generation can give odds to teenagers and 20-year-old guys, if only they allow these grandfathers to properly transform themselves.

For his project, Osborne brought in four retirees who work as security guards. "," - comments on his photos Osborne. Kariobandji is an informal settlement in Nairobi where the poor live. So, for sure, all four grandfathers also belong to far from the richest strata of the population.

And the stronger the contrast between who the heroes of a photo shoot are in everyday life and how they appear in photographs: in the photographs we see confident, successful elderly people who are not afraid to experiment and look extravagant. Tattoos, dashing hairstyles and many accessories - all this complements the image. The photographer tried to give retirees a look that would fully correspond to the hip-hop movement of the 1980s.

And this is a video showing how this project was created:

However, as practice shows, you can become an Internet star even without expensive accessories: a few palm leaves, slippers, wicker baskets, any piece of fabric and, most importantly, a strong sense of style - and now the whole world is talking about you, and journalists lined up, to interview. Read about the guy from Thailand in our review " 15 year old fashionista".