Fashion/Styles
2011 Lagos Photo Festival
- Written by Nwakanma Chika
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The Lagos photo festival started on the 9th of October at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island. The event which is the second edition, was put together by African Artists' foundation in collaboration with the European Union National Institutes for Culture, Etisalat and Eko Hotels. The event serves as a soap box upon which upcoming photographers can showcase their talents and compete with established photographers. This year's festival themed 'What's next africa- The hidden stories', aims to address the misconceived notions of africa been projected across the globe through pictures. The Lagos photo festival would serve as an avenue for society to see the history of the city in pictures spanning through diffrent time frames, thus enabling people appreciate it better. The festival would also focus on social issues bothering the continent and would feature photographers such as Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Akintunde Akinyele, John Densny, Peter DiCampo, Judith Quax, George Osodi and Andrea Stultiens.
There would be performances from general pype, Shank, Benny P and jazz music would be played to serenade the soul.
Tickets range from N3,000-N11,000 for different categories and are available at:
Quintessence- Awolowo Road, Ikoyi.
Terrakulture- tiamiyu savage, Victoria Island.
African Artists foundation -54 Raymond Njoku Street off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi,
Dealdey.com- UTC 37 Awolowo Road, ikoyi.
Bojobiri house- 9 Maitama Sule, off Awolowo Road.
The programme of events are as follows:
Oct 9: Grand Opening and Exhibition, Eko Hotel, Victoria Island.
Oct 10-11: 11am - 5pm - Portfolio Review
Oct 15-16: Lagos Photo Party, Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island
Oct 22-23: Lagos Photo Walk
Oct 7-23: Photography Workshops
Oct 30: Fashion Photography Exhibitions/film Screenings- Freedom Park, Lagos Island.
Outdoor exhibitions will take place at Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, M.K.O Abiola park, ikeja and Prof Awojobi Park, University of lagos, Akoka, Yaba
Courtesy: thenetng
