Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko | |
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Born | 1978 ![]() Enugu ![]() |
Occupation | Photographer ![]() |
Yetunde Ayeni-Babaeko (born 1978) is a Nigerian photographer. [1]
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]