Kadara Enyeasi

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Kadara Enyeasi is a Nigerian fine art photographer. [1] [2]

Career

Kadara started taking photographs of close family as a teenager in high school with a 2-megapixel Nikon camera. [3] [4] [5] He graduated from the University of Lagos with a major in architecture. [6] [7] [8]

His work has featured on the Lagos Photo Festival in 2015 and 2017. [9] [10] His work is featured in the Zeitz MOCAA exhibition, Still Here Tomorrow To High Five You Yesterday (2019). [1] His work was curated as part of the collection that was exhibited at the maiden Art X Lagos in 2016. [11] [12] His work has appeared on CNN, [13] Vogue [14] [15] and at Foam X African Artists’ Foundation by the Foam Fotografiemuseum. [16]

He was nominated for the Edwin George Prize for Photography at the Future Awards Africa 2017. [17] [18]

References

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  2. "At home with Kadara Enyeasi". Businessday NG. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  3. Ana Rosado. "Expert view: Seven leading African photographers from across the continent". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  4. Månsson, Christina. "Q&A with Kadara Enyeasi - ZAM". www.zammagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  5. "The Nigerian Photographer Redefining Selfies & The Black Body In Art". www.sleek-mag.com. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  6. "Another Avant Garde - Kadara Enyeasi". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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  8. "La New African Photography expose les nouveaux visages de la photographie africaine". Konbini Arts - Photographie et arts sans filtre par Konbini (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  9. "Regimes of Truth at LagosPhoto Festival 2017". British Journal of Photography. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  10. "Oando Promotes Socio-Economic Diversification Through Support Of Creative Industry".
  11. Tolu (2016-11-11). "ART X LAGOS: Contemporary art finds firm footing in West Africa » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  12. "ART X Lagos Founder Tokini Peterside on Celebrating Creativity and Reconnecting Art to Pop Culture". OkayAfrica. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  13. Nosmot Gbadamosi. "5 designers leading Nigeria's hyperlocal fashion revolution". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  14. Borrelli-Persson, Laird. "Lagos Space Programme Designer Adeju Thompson Is Taking Genderless Fashion Into New Dimensions". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  15. "Why City Prince/sses at the Palais de Tokyo is a must-see exhibition". Vogue Paris (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  16. "AWCA Creatives and a new wave of Nigerian photographers". British Journal of Photography. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  17. "The Future Awards Africa 2017 Nominees". The Future Awards Africa. Archived from the original on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  18. "#NigeriasNewTribe: The Future Awards Africa unveils nominees for 2017 edition -". The Eagle Online. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2020-09-06.