BIO Etinosa Yvonne is a documentary photographer and visual artist. She considers photography to be a medium of expression and a tool to drive social change. Etinosa leverages on the power of visual storytelling to create awareness, educate and inform people about causes and issues she is passionate about.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE Freelance Photographer and Visual Artist (2017 – Present)
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS 2020 Joop Swart Nominee 2020 Foam Paul Huf Award Nominee 2019 CAP Prize shortlist 2019 Joop Swart Nominee 2019 Prix Pictet Nominee Winner of the 2018 National Geographic/ Lagos Photo Portfolio Review 2018 Africa Media Works Photography Prize Nominee
GRANTS 2019 Access Bank Art X Grant 2018 Women Photograph Grantee
EXHIBITIONS 2019
Wahala Dey, Nigerian Digital Exhibition, Alliance Francaise Lagos. (Group Exhibition)
Whither I Stand and The Trajectory of Vision, off exhibition organized within the framework of the 12th Bamako Encounters, Bamako. (Group Exhibition)
Black bodies, Grey Matter. Ake Art and Book Festival, Nigeria (Group Exhibition)
Photo reportage for Bloomberg Businessweek on Africa’s preparedness for Coronavirus
2019
Special Commission with UNFPA to create Double exposure images that reflect the impact of Gender Based violence on women
Photo reportage for Bloomberg Businessweek
Photo reportage for Obama Foundation
Photo reportage for Coffey International Development Limited
Save the Children UK photo mission in Maiduguri
Photo reportage for International Labour Organization centenary event
Photo reportage on how girl’s education affects climate change for Sierra Magazine
Photo reportage on the use of Tranexamic acid to reduce post partum haemorrhage for Wellcome Trust
ALIMA photo mission on curbing Lassa fever in Nigeria
YIAGA photo mission for 2019 general election
2018
Behind the scenes shoot for Girl Gaze
Wall Street Journal photo reportage in Northern Nigeria
Wall Street Journal photo reportage on Herdsmen conflict in Nigeria
YIAGA photo mission in Western Nigeria
De Correspondent photo reportage on the influx of migrants from Edo state
ALIMA photo mission on curbing Lassa fever in Nigeria
MSION photo mission in Northern Nigeria
2017
MSION photo mission in Northern Nigeria
YIAGA photo mission in Eastern Nigeria
PUBLICATIONS 2020
Daily Trust Newspaper, Nigeria
2019
Sierra Magazine, USA
The Guardian, UK
PDN Magazine, USA
Black & White Photography Magazine, UK
2018
Amber J Stephens Blog, USA
Culture Trip
It’s Nice That, UK
Alternatives Economiques, France
Refinery 29, UK
Daily Trust Newspaper, Nigeria
Witness, World Press Photo
National Public Radio (NPR) USA
PRESENTATION MFON + Magnum Photo Salon, New York
EDUCATION/TRAINING 2019
Electric South Immersive Media Lab, Cape-Town, South Africa
IWMF-WIN Women’s Media Leaders Bootcamp, Naivasha, Kenya
2018
FastForward Women in Photography workshop/mentorship, African Artist Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria
Women Photograph Workshop, Photoville, New York, USA
Native Creative Visual Lab, African Artist Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria
Nlele Institute Mentorship Program for emerging photographers in Nigeria
2011
B.A Theatre Arts, Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State.
Etinosa Yvonne
Etinosa Yvonne (b. 1989) is a self taught documentary photographer from Benin, Nigeria. Etinosa’s work focuses on underreported societal issues as it affects the everyday Nigerian and society at large.