BIO Etinosa Yvonne (b. 1989) is a documentary photographer and visual artist born and brought up in Nigeria. She works with various art forms including photos and videos. Etinosa leverages on the power of storytelling to create awareness, educate, inform, question as well as express herself. She currently resides in Abuja, Nigeria.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE Freelance Photographer and Visual Artist (2017 – Present)
AWARDS/GRANTS 2020, World Press Photo 6*6 Africa Talent 2020, Finalist, Zeke Award 2020, 100 Heroines 2020, Nominee, Joop Swart Masterclass 2020, Nominee, Foam Paul Huf Award 2019, Grantee, Access Bank Art X Prize 2019, Finalist, CAP Prize 2019, Nominee, Joop Swart Masterclass 2019, Nominee Prix Pictet 2018 Recipient, National Geographic/ Lagos Photo Portfolio Award 2018, Nominee, Africa Media Works Photography Prize 2018, Grantee, Women Photograph Grantee
EXHIBITIONS 2020Through the lens of, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, the Netherlands (Group Exhibition) 2020Lumix Festival for young Visual Journalism, Hanover, Germany (Digital Exhibition) 2019Wahala Dey, Nigerian Digital Exhibition, Alliance Francaise Lagos. (Group Exhibition) 2019Whither I Stand and The Trajectory of Vision, off exhibition organized within the framework of the 12th Bamako Encounters, Bamako. (Group Exhibition) 2019Black bodies, Grey Matter. Ake Art and Book Festival, Nigeria (Group Exhibition) 2019 In Conversation: Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity. The African American Museum in Philadelphia, USA(Group Exhibition) 2019The Fence, USA (Group Exhibition) 2019 Kigali Photo Festival, Rwanda (Group Exhibition)
ASSIGNMENTS/COMMISSIONS
2020 Photo reportage for ActionAid UK Covid-19 relief intervention
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
2020 Metro UK NoWahala Magazine Bloomberg Businessweek
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.