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List Of Photographers
This is a list of notable photographers. Africa Algeria * Hocine Zaourar (born 1952) Benin * Mayeul Akpovi (born 1979) Cameroon * Joseph Chila (born 1948) * Angèle Etoundi Essamba (born 1962) * Samuel Fosso (born 1962) * Jacques Toussele (1939–2017) Democratic Republic of the Congo * Gosette Lubondo (born 1993) * Joseph Makula (1929–2006) Egypt * W. Hanselman * Sherif Sonbol (born 1956) * Ayman Lotfy (born 1968) Eritrea * Senayt Samuel (born 1969) Ethiopia * Aïda Muluneh (born 1974) Gambia * Khadija Saye (1992–2017) Kenya * Mohamed Amin (1943–1996) * Mimi Cherono Ng'ok (born 1983) * Priya Ramrakha (1935–1968) Mali * Alioune Bâ (born 1959) * Seydou Keïta (1921–2001) * Malick Sidibé (1935–2016) Namibia * Margaret Courtney-Clarke (born 1949) Nigeria * George Da Costa (1853–1929) * Herzekiah Andrew Shanu (1858–1905) * Solomon Osagie Alonge (1911–1994) * J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere (1930-2014) * Tidiani S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photographer
A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographers As in other arts, the definitions of amateur and professional are not entirely categorical. An ''amateur photographer'' takes snapshots for pleasure to remember events, places or friends with no intention of selling the images to others. A ''professional photographer'' is likely to take photographs for a session and image purchase fee, by salary or through the display, resale or use of those photographs. A professional photographer may be an employee, for example of a newspaper, or may contract to cover a particular planned event such as a Wedding photography, wedding or graduation, or to illustrate an advertising, advertisement. Others, like Fine art photography, fine art photographers, are freelancers, first making an image and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priya Ramrakha
Priya Ramrakha (january 31, 1935 – october 2, 1968) was an Indo-Kenyan photojournalist. Ramrakha was one of the first Africans to have been given a contract by ''Life'' and ''Time'' magazines. After his education at the Art Center College of Los Angeles (arranged by Eliot Elisofon), Ramrakha began work at ''Life''. In 1963, Ramrakha returned to Africa to cover the independence movement in his native Kenya, as one of East Africa's first Indigenous photojournalists. Ramrakha then went on to cover political and military movements across Africa. In 1968, while covering the Nigerian Civil War with CBS correspondent Morley Safer, Ramrakha was fatally wounded in an ambush near Owerri in Imo state by Biafran soldiers. A week later, Life magazine dedicated an article to Ramrakha (Vol. 65, n°15, october 11thpage 46. The documentary film ''African Lens: The Story of Priya Ramrakha'' was released in 2022 when he came out of world war 3for the 6th time in a row In 2019, a Kicksta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Iroha Uchechukwu
James Iroha Uchechukwu is a Nigerian photographer. He was born in 1972 in Enugu. He is known for his photography, his support to young photographers, and the passing on of his knowledge to the young. He is also regarded at the beginning of the 21st century as someone that has broadened the horizon of Nigerian photography.National Gallery of Art (Nigeria)biography Study and career Uchechukwu started to study sculpture in 1990 at the Art Academy of the University of Port Harcourt. He obtained his degree in 1996, and directly afterwards continued study in what is now his current profession, photography. In his work, Uchechukwu melts together the reproduction of common reality with the creative 'language' of the imagination, whereby he extends the possibilities of photography and is giving a new direction to local art.Diary of a Modern Tuareg (8 January 2009''uche James-Iroha gets the Royal Award/ref> He is cofounder of Depth of Field (DOF), a collective of photographers, artist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akintunde Akinleye
Akintunde Akinleye (born April 19, 1971) is a photojournalist whose images centre around photo-activism and trial narrative subjects. A former Reuters photographer covering West Africa, his photography has documented Nigeria's postcolonial history. He is the first Nigerian photographer to receive the World Press Photo prize (2007), for his image of a pipeline explosion in Lagos. The same year, he received the National Geographic All Roads award. His photographs have been published in ''Time'', ''Vogue'', ''The New York Times'', and other publications. Early life Although his parents—Joel Oloruntoba and Ebuoluwa Racheal—were from Okemesi-Ekiti in southwest Nigeria, Akintunde was born and raised in Mushin, Lagos. Akintunde was considered too playful by his mother, who sought to distract him from playing football on the streets. At age 11, she was said to have gifted him a camera when she noticed that he enjoyed drawing images in the sand. He was also enrolled in an after-sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelechi Amadi-Obi
Kelechi Amadi-Obi (born December 29, 1969) is a Nigerian creative photographer, painter, artist and the publisher of Mania Magazine. His work in photography and visual art has earned him international renown featuring in many international exhibitions including Snap Judgment: New Position in contemporary African Photography, International center of photography New York (2006) He has been described as one of Nigeria's groundbreaking celebrity photographers who has "helped put Nigerian photography on the world map.". Vogue calls him "a major force in the creative scene in Nigeria." Early life and education Born in Owerri, Imo State to the family of Justice Sylvester Amadi-Obi, a high court judge, and Mrs Theresa Amadi-Obi, an educationist, Amadi-Obi is the fifth of seven children. He attended Library Avenue Primary school, Umuahia, Abia State, and went to Government College Umuahia for his secondary education. His university education was at University Nigeria Nsukka, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotimi Fani-Kayode
Oluwarotimi Adebiyi Wahab Fani-Kayode (20 April 1955 – 21 December 1989) was a Nigerian-born photographer, who moved to England at the age of 12 to escape the Nigerian Civil War. The main body of his work was created between 1982 and 1989. He explored the tensions created by sexuality, race and culture through stylised portraits and compositions. Biography Rotimi Fani-Kayode was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in April 1955, as the second child of a prominent Yoruba family ( Chief Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode and Chief Mrs. Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode) that moved to Brighton, England, in 1966, after the military coup and the ensuing civil war. Rotimi went to a number of British private schools for his secondary education, including Brighton College, Seabright College, and Millfield, then moved to the USA in 1976. He read Fine Arts and Economics at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, for his BA, continued on for his MFA in Fine Arts & Photography at the Pratt Institute, New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tam Fiofori
Tam Fiofori (born 1942), also known as "Uncle Tam","Tam Fiofiri- The Speed of Thought" The Pan African Space Station (PASS). is a documentary photographer. Notable for his albums chronicling Nigeria's history, Fiofori is also a filmmaker, writer, critic and media consultant. The subjects of his films include the Nigerian artists Biodun Olaku, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere and Olu Amoda. Much travelled, Fiofori lived in |
Tidiani Shitou
"El Hadj" Tidiani Shitou (1933–2000) was a Nigerian photographer best known for his pioneering photographs of Yoruba celebrations and his portraits of doubles in Nigeria. Personal life Shitou was born in Shaki, in the Oyo region of Nigeria in 1933. Part of the Yoruba tribe, Shitou was first employed as a tailor and merchant in Nigeria. In the mid-1950s, he began learning photography from Mama Awane, eventually moving to Mopti, Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ... in 1962. In Mali, Shitou continued his photographic education alongside Malian photographer Bosco Maiga. During this time, Shitou traveled extensively throughout the country, settling first in Gao and then in Bamako. He continued to travel throughout southern Africa in search of photographic subject ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Osagie Alonge
Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge (1911–1994) was a self-taught photographer and pioneer of Nigerian photography. He was the first official photographer for the royal court of Benin City, Nigeria, and a chief in the Iwebo palace society. Alonge's record of Nigerian royalty and social class is one of the most extensive and well-preserved collections from the period. Life Alonge was born in Benin City in 1911. He learned English at the Benin Baptist Elementary School and at the age of 14 moved to Lagos to live with an uncle to learn a profession. There, he developed an interest in photography and took on an apprenticeship. In 1930, Alonge returned to Benin and began practising photography from his home on Ugbague Street. He frequently travelled outside Benin City, taking school portraits and photographing gatherings at social clubs, sporting events, and government ceremonies. When the son of the current ''oba'', the Edo word for "ruler", took over in 1933, Alonge became his court photog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herzekiah Andrew Shanu
Herzekiah Andrew Shanu (1858 – July 1905) was an African photographer notably recognized for his involvement in the Campaign advertising, campaign against inhumane abuses in the Congo Free State. Early years He was a Yoruba people, Yoruba man, originally from Lagos in what is now Nigeria. He initially became a school teacher. He was educated at the CMS Grammar School, Lagos, Church Missionary Society Grammar School, and later in the Training Institute for Teachers, at the end of which he graduated as a teacher. For a few years, he taught at a Lagos Primary school, Primary School. However, in 1884, he entered the Colonial Service, colonial service of the Congo Free State as a clerk, rising to the rank of district sub-commissioner and a French-English translator in the office of the governor-general in Boma. Establishing himself at Boma, Kongo Central, Boma, then the capital, he opened a general store and photographic studio. In 1894, he traveled to Antwerp to attend the Exposition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Da Costa
George S. A. Da Costa (1853–1929) was a Nigerian photographer who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He documented government projects including railway construction in the colony. Life George S. A. Da Costa, an Amaro, was born in Lagos in 1853. He was educated at the CMS Grammar School, Lagos. From 1877 to 1895 he managed the Church Mission Society Bookshop in Lagos. In 1895 he invested £30.00 in special training and then opened a photography business in Lagos. He had a thriving business in the 1890s that continued into the next century. Da Costa worked as a photographer for the colonial government of Nigeria, and took many pictures that recorded government activities throughout the country, including the North. These included pictures of the construction of the railway from Lagos through Jebba to Kaduna. His studio in 1920 was at 18 Ricca Street, Lagos. He worked for Allister Macmillan that year, taking photographs for the ''Red Book of West Africa''. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Courtney-Clarke
Margaret Courtney-Clarke (born 1949) is a Namibian documentary photographer and photojournalist, living in Swakopmund. Her work "frequently explores the resilience of communities enduring the rapidly shifting landscapes of Namibia." Courtney-Clarke has made a trilogy of books on the art of African women: ''Ndebele'' (1986), ''African Canvas'' (1990), and ''Imazighen'' (1996). She has collaborated on books with David Goldblatt and Maya Angelou. In 2007, Courtney-Clarke had solo exhibitions at New York State Museum and the African American Museum in Philadelphia. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet for the book ''Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain'' (2017). Early life and education Courtney-Clarke was born in Swakopmund, in what was then South West Africa (now Namibia). Her parents were Irish and English. She received Diplomas in Graphic Design and Photography at Technikon Natal in Durban, South Africa in 1971; studied at Scuola Libera di Roma in Rome, Italy in 1974; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
