Nigerian national, born in Nigeria, Sep 6, 1989. Lives and works in Nigeria. Currently works as a freelance documentary photographer and visual artist.
EDUCATION/TRAINING/ RESIDENCIES 2021 Artist in Residence, Gasworks, London (July 5 – September 19, 2021) 2019 Electric South Immersive Media Lab, Cape-Town, South Africa 2019 New York Times Portfolio Review, New York, USA 2019 Blink Media Portfolio Review, New York, USA 2019 IWMF-WIN Women’s Media Leaders Bootcamp, Naivasha, Kenya 2019 National Geographic Storytellers Summit, Washington DC, USA 2018 Fast Forward Women in Photography workshop/mentorship, African Artist Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria 2018 Women Photograph Workshop, Photoville, New York, USA 2018 Native Creative Visual Lab, African Artist Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria 2018 Nlele Institute Mentorship Program for emerging photographers in Nigeria 2011 B.A Theatre Arts, Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State.
AWARDS / COMMISSIONS/ GRANTS 2021 Nominee, Prix Pictet 2020 TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2020 2020 World Press Photo 6*6 Africa Talent 2020 Creative collaboration with UN Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency, New York 2020 Finalist, Zeke Award for documentary photography 2020 100 Heroines 2020 Nominee, Foam Paul Huf Award 2019 Grantee, Access Bank Art X Prize 2019 Finalist, CAP Prize 2019 Nominee, Prix Pictet 2018 WSJ Top 100 Photos 2018 Women Photograph Top 100 Photos 2018 Recipient, National Geographic/ Lagos Photo Portfolio Review Award 2018 Nominee, Africa Media Works Photography Prize 2018 Grantee, Women Photograph Grant
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021:
Through the lens of, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, the Netherlands. 24 June 2021 – 8 January 2023. Control, Format International Photography Festival, NewArt City. 12 March – 11 April 2021 2020: Voices of the Wind, UNHCR Virtual exhibition. Sublime: Between Solid and Vapor, Rele Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria. August 4 - September 13, 2020. Through the lens of, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, the Netherlands. 1 June 2020 - 28 February 2021. Lumix Festival for young Visual Journalism, Hanover, Germany. 19 – 28 June 2020 (Digital Exhibition). 2019: Wahala Dey, Nigerian Digital Exhibition, Alliance Francaise Lagos, Nigeria. 28 November - 1 December 2019. Whither I Stand and The Trajectory of Vision, off exhibition organized within the framework of the 12th Bamako Encounters, Bamako. 1 December, 2019 – 31 January 2020. Black bodies, Grey Matter. Ake Art and Book Festival, Lagos, Nigeria. 24- 27 October 2019. In Conversation: Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity. The African American Museum in Philadelphia. 04 October 2019 - 01 March 2020 USA. Photoville’s FENCE, USA. 22 June, 2019 - September 27, 2020 In Search of Relevance: Locality and Remediation. Kigali Photo Festival, Rwanda 7 – 16 June, 2019.
ASSIGNMENTS/COMMISSIONS 2021
Photo reportage for UNESCO
Photo reportage for Nature Outlook
Photo reportage for IRC UK
Photo reportage for WHO
Photo reportage for WaterAID UK
2020
Photo reportage UNFPA, New York
Photo reportage for FAO/ENI
Photo reportage for Aljazeera English
Photo-reportage ActionAid UK
Project coordinator for ILO migration story
Photo reportage for GNDR UK
Photo/Video reportage ActionAid UK
Photo reportage for Bloomberg Businessweek on Africa’s preparedness for Coronavirus
2019
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 2021 El Pais Semanal, Traces of the Violence in Nigeria, July 2021. Oath Magazine, South Africa, April 2021 2020 NoWahala Magazine, Nigeria, November 2020 Nigeria Trending, Nigeria, November 2020 Internazionale, October 2020 Monthly Photography Magazine, South Korea, October 2020 Oath Magazine, South Africa, August, 2020 Bloomberg Businessweek, USA, January, 2020 Daily Trust Newspaper, Sunday Arts & Ideas, Nigeria, February 2, 2020 2019 SIERRA Magazine, November 2019. Black + White Photography Magazine, The Hidden Wounds, Etinosa Yvonne on the scars of conflict, pp. 08-16, UK (June 2019) 2018 Women Photograph, USA Alternatives Economiques, France Daily Trust Newspaper, Sunday Arts & Ideas, Nigeria, September 9, 2018
ARTIST TALK
2021, Talking Photography: Etinosa Yvonne in conversation with Afrika Museum, Netherlands
2019, MFON Photo Salon, Magnum Foundation, New York
MEMBERSHIPS
African Women in Photography
The Photographic Collective
Diversify Photo
Women Photograph
African Photojournalism Database
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.