Eliot Elisofon and cameraman George Bracher filming renowned painter Twins Seven Seven, Oshogbo, Nigeria

The photograph depicts Eliot Elisofon and cameraman George Bracher filming renowned painter Twins Seven Seven standing by his paintings. In 1962, Uli Beier and his second wife Georgina Betts opened at Osogbo a center called the Mbari Club Osogbo, Mbari Mbayo, or Mbari Mbayo Osogbo. From this center emerged a group of artists who became well known in Nigeria, including Twins Seven Seven. This photograph was taken by Maya Bracher when she traveled to Africa from October 26, 1970 to end of March 1971. She was on assignment for Eliot Elisofon when he wrote, produced, and directed a four-hour television series for Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) titled Black African Heritage (1973). The series was divided into four segments, lasting 50 minutes each: The Congo, The Bend of the Niger, The Slave Coast, and Africa's Gift.