Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko

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Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko
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Occupation Photographer   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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

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Life

Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko was born in Enugu, Eastern Region, Nigeria in 1978. [2] 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. [3]

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. [4] Her 2019 exhibition 'White Ebony' highlighted the situation of people with albinism. [5]

They got married in 2006 after the most romantic proposal in Germany, where Yetunde Babaeko grew up. They now have three boys – Louis, Lamar, and Austin. [6]

Yetunde is married to Steve Babaeko. [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Maria Diamond, Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko, The Guardian , 23 February 2019. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  2. Nigeria, Guardian (23 February 2019). "Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  3. Elizabeth Ayoola, Meet the Boss: Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko, Camera Studios, Connect Nigeria, 21 January 2015. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  4. Connect Nigeria in Conversation with Yetunde Ayeni Babaeko on 'Eko Moves', Connect Nigeria, 8 December 2014. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  5. Photographer Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko spotlights Albinism with ‘White Ebony’, Premium Times , 23 May 2019. Accessed 15 May 2020.
  6. Babaeko, Steve (23 September 2020). "Steve Babaeko: How One Of Africa's Biggest Advertising Executives Is Charting A New Path In Nigeria'". Steve Babaeko. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  7. omotolani (1 June 2017). "Steve Babaeko is a year older today". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  8. "Babaeko Makes Bold Entry into Farming – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.