Tag: Photojournalist
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PROFILE: Akintunde Akinleye, Pioneering Nigerian Photojournalist and Visual Storyteller
Akintunde Akinleye (born 19 April 1971) is a Nigerian photojournalist whose work revolves around photo-activism and narratives of trial and adversity. A former Reuters photographer covering West Africa, his photography has chronicled Nigeria’s postcolonial history. He is the first Nigerian photographer to win the World Press Photo prize (2007) for his photograph of a pipeline…