A photographic study of Igbo masquerade traditions in southeastern Nigeria, where the human body is ritually given over to spirit, ancestor, and myth. This series follows masquerades among them the Ijele, the towering "King of Masquerades" as they move through streets, courtyards, and crowds, their concealment becoming a form of power rather than erasure. Built from cloth, raffia, cowrie shell, and carved wood, each costume transforms the wearer into a living monument: part performer, part sacred architecture. Masking as Transformation explores the moment identity dissolves and something older, larger, and communally held takes its place.
