Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko

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Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko (born 1978) is a Nigerian photographer. [1]

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Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko was born in Enugu, Eastern Region, Nigeria in 1978. Her father was Nigerian and her mother was German. She moved to Germany as a child, attending secondary school there and completing a photography apprenticeship at Studio Be in Greven. In 2005 she returned to Nigeria. In 2007 she opened her own studio, Camera Studios, [1] based in Ikeja. [2]

Ayeni-Babaeko's 2014 exhibition 'Eko Moves', in collaboration with the Society for Performing Arts of Nigeria (SPAN), portrayed dancers in public spaces in Lagos. [3] Her 2019 exhibition 'White Ebony' highlighted the situation of people with albinism. [4]

Yetunde is married to Steve Babaeko. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Maria Diamond, Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko, The Guardian , 23 February 2019. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  2. Elizabeth Ayoola, Meet the Boss: Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko, Camera Studios, Connect Nigeria, 21 January 2015. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  3. Connect Nigeria in Conversation with Yetunde Ayeni Babaeko on 'Eko Moves', Connect Nigeria, 8 December 2014. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  4. Photographer Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko spotlights Albinism with ‘White Ebony’, Premium Times , 23 May 2019. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  5. omotolani (1 June 2017). "Steve Babaeko is a year older today". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  6. "Babaeko Makes Bold Entry into Farming – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.