The winner of a major photography award has refused his prize after revealing his work was created using AI. German artist Boris Eldagsen’s entry, entitled Pseudomnesia: The Electrician, won the creative open category at last week’s Sony World Photography Award.…
Dayo Adedayo completes experience centre
Award-winning photographer and documentarist, Dayo Adedayo has completed his first-of-a-kind experience centre in Lagos. Poised to change the historical, cultural, entertainment, and tourism landscape of Lagos, the innovative facility is situated along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. According to Adedayo, the Experience…
Make photography major discipline in new mass communication programmes, stakeholders urge NUC
Stakeholders in Nigerian photography have called on the National Universities Commission (NUC) to make photography an independent discipline as it plans to upgrade mass communication programmes in Nigerian universities to promote scholarship and specialisation. They made the call in a…
Invisible Borders launches iVisible project
The artist-led initiative, Invisible Borders Trans-African Photography Organisation, is pleased to announce the relaunch of its iVisible Project. Taken from its flagship Trans-African Road Trip Project, the iVisible Project’s vision is to encourage Africans and non-Africans to rethink their stereotypes…
Getty Images and APO Group announce strategic partnership to support companies in Africa and the Middle East
The strategic partnership – the first of its kind in Africa and the Middle East – brings together two leading players in their respective fields providing customers with powerful turnkey solutions. Getty Images (www.GettyImages.com), a world leader in visual communications,…
When albinos rule: Challenging assumptions with White Ebony – Toni Kan
Yetunde Babaeko’s solo exhibition, White Ebony, curated by the inimitable Sandra Obiago opened on Saturday April 25, 2019 at Temple Muse, Lagos. Comprised of 20 photographs, the show which runs for two months focuses on albinos and albinism. According to…
Tiger’s Maker Lab Exhibition: Wearable art at its finest uncaged and more
The weekend could not have gotten any better as guests and art lovers gathered in their numbers to attend the much anticipated Maker Lab exhibition powered by Tiger Beer in Lagos. The event which held on Saturday March 16 at…
The Future Awards Africa celebrates 20 outstanding young Nigerians
The Future Awards Africa last week celebrated 20 young and driven Nigerians making impact in diverse sectors of human endeavour including advocacy, media, music, technology, art, film, photography and more. The event which held at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal…
Oghobase brings What Lies Beneath to Art Twenty One
The exhibition by the photographer, Abraham Onoriode Oghobase, titled ‘Layers of Time and Place: What Lies Beneath (2018)’ will open at Art Twenty One on Friday, October 12. The artist will be present when the opening reception holds from 6pm…
The best instant cameras of 2018 (Digitaltrends)
Instant film photography has had a rough decade or two with the advent of smartphones and more affordable point-and-shoot cameras. Still, though, it persists in various formats from two notable companies, Fujifilm and Polaroid Originals (previously known as the Impossible…