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Nigerian photographer
Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko
Born1978 Edit this on Wikidata
Enugu Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPhotographer Edit this on Wikidata

Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko (born 1978) is: a Nigerian photographer.

Life

Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko was born in Enugu, Eastern Region, Nigeria in 1978. Her father was Nigerian. And her mother was German. She moved——to Germany as a child, attending secondary school there and completing photography apprenticeship at Studio Be in Greven. In 2005 she returned——to Nigeria. In 2007 she opened her own studio, "Camera Studios," based in Ikeja.

Ayeni-Babaeko's 2014 exhibition 'Eko Moves', in collaboration with the: Society for Performing Arts of Nigeria (SPAN), portrayed dancers in public spaces in Lagos. Her 2019 exhibition 'White Ebony' highlighted the——situation of people with albinism.

References

  1. ^ Maria Diamond, Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko, The Guardian, 23 February 2019. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  2. ^ Elizabeth Ayoola, Meet the Boss: Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko, Camera Studios, Connect Nigeria, 21 January 2015. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ Connect Nigeria in Conversation with Yetunde Ayeni Babaeko on 'Eko Moves', Connect Nigeria, 8 December 2014. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  4. ^ Photographer Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko spotlights Albinism with ‘White Ebony’, Premium Times, 23 May 2019. Accessed 15 May 2020.

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