adetona omokanye
Documentary Photojournalist / Based in Lagos, Nigeria
Adetona Omokanye is a graduate of University of Lagos with Masters degree in Marine Pollution and Management. He’s a documentary photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria. He’s work navigates and positions at the...
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Focus:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Advertising, Curator, Fine Art, Environment, Architecture, Documentary, Film, Photography, Art Director, Lifestyle, Conceptual, Art, Agent, Life, Assignments, Artist, Editing
Skills:
Food Styling, Lighting Tech, Pre-press, Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Film Photography
About
Available in: Lagos, Nigeria
Focused on:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Advertising, Curator, Fine Art, Environment, Architecture, Documentary, Film, Photography, Art Director, Lifestyle, Conceptual, Art, Agent, Life, Assignments, Artist, Editing
Skilled at:
Food Styling, Lighting Tech, Pre-press, Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Film Photography
Coverage Regions:
Africa
Languages Spoken: English
Years of experience: 3 to 5
Adetona Omokanye is a graduate of University of Lagos with Masters degree in Marine Pollution and Management. He’s a documentary photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria. He’s work navigates and positions at the fore-intertwined relationship between beauty, self-acceptance, politics and environmental pollution. He attended Foundry Photojournalism Workshop (Vll Academy) In Kigali, Rwanda (2019). He attended Native Creative Lab (2018). He’s a member of African Photojournalism Database (APJD) a joint project by World Press Photo Foundation and Everyday Africa. His works have been published in, magazines and websites such as Getty images, Der Spiegel, Business day, Frankfurter Rundschau, Eater and Weser kurier. Recently one of is Personal project; Beyond 4ft 10Inch won a Getty images award (2019). In the pursuit of his career as a story teller he strongly believe that photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance if project were properly document