Tag: Akintunde Akinleye

  • A Complex Self-Portrait of Africa – NYTimes.com

    A Complex Self-Portrait of Africa – NYTimes.com

    A Complex Self-Portrait of Africa A prizewinning Nigerian photographer has devoted himself to documenting his nation’s social and political growth, offering an alternative narrative to the usual story of Africans as victims. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/a-complex-self-portrait-of-africa/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog Holding a retrospective exhibit after only 15 years as a professional photographer may seem unexpected. But such was the…

  • Nigeria’s Illegal Oil Refineries

    Nigeria’s Illegal Oil Refineries via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/01/nigerias-illegal-oil-refineries/100439/ Reuters photographer Akintunde Akinleye recently gained rare access to an illegal oil refinery near the river Nun in Nigeria’s oil state of Bayelsa. There, he was able to document the secret and dangerous practice of oil bunkering, where locals hack into oil pipelines, steal the crude oil,…