Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko

Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko (born 1978) is a Nigerian photographer.[1]

Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko
Born1978 Edit this on Wikidata (age 45)
Enugu Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPhotographer Edit this on Wikidata

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 a photography apprenticeship at Studio Be in Greven. In 2005 she returned to Nigeria. In 2007 she opened her own studio, Camera Studios,[1] based in Ikeja.[2]

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.[3] Her 2019 exhibition 'White Ebony' highlighted the situation of people with albinism.[4]

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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