Artist

Etinosa Yvonne

Etinosa Yvonne (b. 1989) is a documentary photographer and visual artist born and brought up in Nigeria.  She works with various art forms including photos and videos. Etinosa leverages on the power of storytelling to create awareness, educate, inform, question as well as express herself.

Etinosa currently resides in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria

The pin shows where Etinosa is from (Abuja) and the marker shows the area where she made her work (Dakace)

Reflection

  • Now that you know a little more about the artist and her ideas, do you look at the photographs differently?
  • Have your first reactions changed?
  • If you had to make a portrait, could you apply a similar approach to your own creative work?

Images © Etinosa Yvonne

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