Despite being a self-taught artist, Matthew Eguavoen, a full-time contemporary painter from Nigeria, has placed himself in the glorified league of professionally trained Black artists.…
Let’s begin with these heart-wrenching images from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. A “Say No To War” collection was launched by DepositPhotos and VistaCreate, as Russia…
Harry Odunze, a photographer and creative director from Benin, Nigeria, started photography because he fell in love with its vocabulary. While he was a student…
For Bertha Onyekachi, creativity is a lifestyle. She has always been very crafty and artsy. As a kid, her dad was mostly away at work,…
While the majority of boys his age were mindlessly flying paper kites and choosing ‘sets’ for their street football team, Martin experienced a deep call…
It’s not always easy to choose the appropriate path in life. Abena Appiah, a London native, has always been fascinated by imagery and the visual…
The paintings of Njideka Akunyili Crosby, a Los Angeles-based artist, are simple at first glance, featuring home and commonplace situations of herself, her family, friends,…
Barber culture is something of a phenomena in West Africa. Andrew Esiebo, whose images focus on social and cultural transformations in his home Nigeria, was…
Ikeorah Chisom Chi-Fada sets his characters in “an atmosphere that respects them” and “a space that reveres them in and through culture and time” in…
George Osodi, a veteran photojournalist from Nigeria, is a master of his craft. The Lagos-based artist has spent a significant amount of time on the…
Abe Odedina, a professional architect, abandoned his career in architecture to pursue a second, less restrictive artistic path as a painter. No one can comment…
Stephen Tayo is a true flaneur who roams the streets of Lagos, observing and examining everyone he encounters. The young documentary photographer holds a philosophy…
