Stunning photos from Seyi Shay’s Editorial, “The Corruption of Eve”

 Top Nigerian songstress Seyi Shay has released glamorous new photos in a photo editorial called “The Corruption of Eve”. This photo editorial which was shot  at the Lekki conservation Centre, Lagos  was directed by fast rising photographer, Remi Adetiba.

 This photo editorial was recently showcased at the 2015 edition of the Lagos Photo Festival amongst selected iconic photographs that are of symbolic stature in Nigerian music. The Corruption of Eve reconstructs the story of the fall of man in a more modern light with Seyi Shay staring as the first woman “Eve”. There are four major scenes in this photo editorial; the first depicts Adam and Eve in the innocence of their unclothedness. Seyi Shay is dressed in a flowy, ethereal gown, whose Unclad tone closely matches her skin colour to give a less obvious interpretation of Eve’s Unclothedness.

 In the second scene, we witness the dramatic emergence of the serpent, played by a striking male model in a full snakeskin suit, seducing Eve and tempting her with the forbidden fruit. The Final Scenes depict our Eve fleeing the garden after succumbing to the serpent’s proposal. Her innocence is lost and she can no longer remain in its purity. She is dressed in gorgeous, dramatically movement-friendly garments with leaf prints/appliques signifying her covering her unclothedness. The photo editorial ends with Eve, having fully accepted her fall from grace; she is seen in a luxury car (ostensibly in the present day), wearing a sexy snake-print dress. She and her corrupter are now one.