But where others see trash, 37-year-old Nigerian artist Chibuike Ifedilichukwu sees opportunity.
He creates portraits of celebrities from discarded aluminum cans, making a bold statement about waste management in the country.
One day in 2021, while accompanying his wife to an antenatal clinic, Ifedilichukwu says he stumbled upon a pile of dumped plastic strips.
I found that nobody does this pattern of art,” Ifedilichukwu told CNN.
Although he wears gloves when he works, he says he’s been cut many times by sharp-edged cans, craft knives, scissors, needles and steel wire.
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