Poetry Cover Models
Cover model for Mohawk Man
He is Richard Baffoe-Djan (pronounced Jan).
Tell me about the cover model...
Richard was born on 28th December 1986 to Ghanian parents.
He had a spectacular if short lived maritime singing career aged 17. Would You Like My Number? is currently his most widely known track.
He read an Electronics Engineering degree at university and then studied MDes Innovation and Creativity in Industry.
Richard loves pancakes and Apple Macs and architecture. He currently lives in London.
Richard's Facebook page is www.facebook.com/baffoe
Richard's website is www.baffoe.co.uk
Is the Mohawk haircut real?
Yes. Richard grew it for over two years before the photo shoot. No trick of the light. No photoshopping. Richard's hair really really does look as magnificant as you see it in the photos. When I first saw his hair I stood there staring at it for ages expecting the wig to fall off or something to wake me up. But it's real.
And I'm not the only one who cannot believe it is real. Strangers (possibly tourists) regularly photograph Richard after a few moments of pointing, smiling, gawping and general OMG-ness (Facebook speak alert!).
Is the poem and/or book about Richard then?
No. The poem was written before I first met Richard and is about another man who had a similar mohawk haircut. Believe me when I tell you that such haircuts are very rare - I had given up the search and signed off the cover then a couple of days later spotted Richard. Hence the few copies of the feather cover are now going at half price. See the Mohawk Man Facebook page for half price deal.
Is anything in the book about Richard?
No. It was all written long before I met him.
Who took the photos?
I did, the author. As it says on the FAQ page, as a self-publisher I did just about everything. See more photos of Richard here.
Did you take any other shots?
I tried a few, here is a selection of the others.
The session lasted about 2 hours and was a lot of fun - the tongue poking was Richard's idea when he thought I did not have my finger on the button! I like these shots because (left to right) the r-n-b look works well, the seated shot looks like a majestic painting, the tongue poking and eyebrow smurf-like look are striking and idiosynchratic.
