View Photos from the LagosPhoto Festival 2013 Opening at Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos

The LagosPhoto Festival 2013 themed The Megacity and the Non-City opened on Friday 25th October 2013 at Oceanview, Victoria Island, Lagos. LagosPhoto Festival 2013 grand opening was attended by friends and supporters of LagosPhoto Foundation. The event was a pleasant evening celebrating remarkable photography from local and international photographers.

Launched in 2010, LagosPhoto in a month long program, held events including exhibitions, workshops, artist presentations, discussions, and large scale outdoor prints displayed throughout the city with the aim of reclaiming public spaces and engaging the general public with multifaceted stories of Africa.

This year’s theme, The Megacity and the Non-City, explores how the development of urban centres in Africa and the technical advance of photography have transformed our sense of place in a globally connected world.

Activities of LagosPhoto Festival 2013 will spread across outdoor spaces in Lagos such as Muri Okunola Park, Freedom Park (Ojota), MKO Abiola Park, Falomo roundabout, Oworonshoki /Alapere Median and gallery spaces at African Artists’ Foundation, A White Space-Lagos, Omenka Gallery, Stranger , Federal Printing Press, Lagos, Makoko Floating School, British Council and Goethe-Institute, Lagos.

The Festival runs from Friday 25th October 2013 till the end of November 2013.

LagosPhoto Festival 2013 exhibition includes photographic projects from Kelechi Amadi-Obi and Hauwa R. Mukan (Nigeria), Jerome Delay (France), Nicola Lo Calzo (Italy), Ayana V. Jackson (USA), Jan Hoek (Switzerland), Akintunde Akinleye (Nigeria), Cyrus Kabiru (Kenya), Uche Okpa Iroha (Nigeria), Samuel Fosso (Cameroun), Cristina de Middel (Spain), Lakin Ogunbanwo (Nigeria), POPCAP 13’, World Press Photo 13’ traveling exhibitions and many more.

Linda Sawyer

Charlie

Medina Dugger (Curator, LagosPhoto Foundation)

Yegwa Ukpo of Stranger

Oliver Nwonwu and Titi

Hauwa Mukan (LagosPhoto 2013 Exhibiting Photographer) and Ezinne Chinkata

Medina Dugger and Zainab Ashadu

Nibi Lawson

Zashadu and Azu Nwagbogu

Uche Uzorka and Caline Chagoury

Mohammodou Sow (Exhibiting LagosPhoto Photographer) and Raquel Sow

Maki Osakwe & Lakin Ogunbanwo

Hauwa Bello & Mariya Shehu

Caline Chagoury

Ayana V. Jackson (LagosPhoto 2013 exhibiting Photographer) and Azu Nwagbogu

Brianne & Ebi Atawodi

Wunika Mukan (Brand DIrector, LagosPhoto Foundation) , Ohimai Atafo and guest

Joseph Gergel (Curator, LagosPhoto Foundation)

Claus Becker, Azu Nwagbogu (Director, LagosPhoto Foundation) and Tari Sikoki

Alafuro Sikoki-Coleman(Creative Director, LagosPhoto Foundation), Zedeye, Tari Sikoki and Arigbim Ajumogobia

Lisa Leigh Okojie and ChinOkeke

Images by Nicola Lo Calzo(LagosPhoto 2013 exhibiting photographer

Sandra Obianefo

Yegwa Ukpo and Lakin Ogunbanwo (LagosPhoto 2013 Exhibiting Photographer)

Seun Kuti performing at LagosPhoto Festival 2013 Grand opening

Marc Andre-Schmatel

Zorana Musikic and Jenevieve Aken

Teun van der Heijden and Hans Willschut

Claus Becker, Azu Nwagbogu (Director, LagosPhoto Foundation) and Tari Sikoki

Please visit the website on www.lagosphotofestival.com for enquiries and more information on workshops and openings.
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