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Victor
Adéwálé

Awardee

Country

Nigeria

Victor Adéwálé promotes free expression through media.

Themes

Environment / Climate emergency

Free expression / Civil society

Reexamining history

Disciplines

Artistic Research

Media / Journalism

Visual Art

Awards

FELLOWS Award 2023
Building Beyond

SEED Award 2021

Profile

Victor Adéwálé is a photographer, film producer, and event curator based in Lagos, Nigeria. Shaped by his early interests in literature and music and having grown up in the city of Lagos, he uses photography to visualize the stories that matter most to him but are not popular in the traditional media in Nigeria. His work is human-centric, introspective, and reflective of his community and contemporary social and environmental issues.Victor is a member of the African Photojournalism Database (APJD) and Diversify Photo. He is a 2021 Prince Claus Seed Awardee, the recipient of the Foundry Workshop Golden Scarf Award (2021), and he is a 2023 National Geographic explorer.