Produced for The New York Times
The highlife
A personal project of Andrew Esiebo exploring the vibrant partying culture of Lagos.
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Andrew E.
Lagos, Nigeria
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Born in Lagos, Nigeria. Andrew Esiebo is a visual storyteller who started out in photography by chronicling the rapid development of urban Nigeria as well as the country's rich culture and heritage. As Andrew progressed with his career he started to explore the new creative territory, integrating multimedia practice with the investigation of themes such as sexuality, gender politics, football, popular culture, migration, religion, and spirituality. He is a Winner of the Visa Pour La Creation Prize of the Institut Francais, France. He is a winner of the Musee du Quai Branly Artistic creation prize. He has been nominated for the Prix Pictet, Magnum Emergency Fund, Sovereign African Art Prize, CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography, Joop Stewart masterclass, and many others. In 2010, he was selected for the Road to twenty-ten project to form an All-Africa Dream Team of 16 journalists / Photographers to provide alternative stories from the World Cup in South Africa. His work has been exhibited at the Sao Paulo Biennial in Brazil, Dakart Biennial in Senegal, Biennale Cuvee, Linz, Austria, Photoquai biennial in France, Guangzhou Triennial in China, Chobi Mela V Photo Festival in Bangladesh, Noorderlitch Photo Festival in the Netherlands, Bamako Breda Photofestival, Photography Biennial in Mali and the Lagos Photo Festival in Nigeria and among others. His works have been published in books, magazines, and websites such as National Geographic, New York Times, Courrier International, Le Point, CNN African Voices, Washington Post Financial Times, guardian.co.uk, Marie Claire Italia, Le Monde-M Magazine, Time Out Nigeria, Mail & Guardian online, Laia Books, Geo-Lino, KIT and African style magazine Arise and Science Magazine. His attention to social issues has seen him working for several local and international institutions including The Kings College London, University of Padova, Italy, The Photographers Gallery, London, Action Aids, National Geographic, Women for Women, MSH Nigeria, World Press Photo, and several others. Andrew has been awarded a number of artistic residencies including a five-month stay in Paris under Cultures France's Visa Pour Creation, a three-month residency at the Gasworks in London as part of Africa Beyond programme, a three-month residency at the Gyeonggi Creation Center in South Korea, and a 3-month residency at the Bag factory Art residency Johannesburg, South Africa. His works are included in several public and private art collections. He is based in Nigeria from where he works around the world.
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THIS IS WHAT YOU EAT WHEN EVERYONE IS STRUGGLING FOR FOOD
The Boko Haram Militant insurgency in northeastern has displaced tens thousands in the Lake Chad region. This stark issue is highlighted in Niger's southeastern city of Diffa, where some 300,000 people — refugees from Nigeria and internally displaced people (IDP) fleeing attacks from Boko Haram within Niger — are living in informal camps, many scattered along the only tarmac road in the region. An estimated three-quarter of Diffa’s population now depends entirely on humanitarian aid to survive. Security, food, water, and mental health care come mostly from NGOs. Andrew Esiebo spent time in the settlements across Diffa, meeting families who have been forced to leave their villages and settle here. As farmers, they once had sufficient food to provide for themselves. Now, with scarce food and no prospect of jobs to earn and feed themselves, they are depending on donations, making do with what little they can find. Mothers eat their meals only after children — meaning sometimes they go without food. This is how the people are surviving amid growing food insecurity. (text extract from Monika Mark -Buzzfeed)
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'They came while we were asleep': Lagos residents tell of brutal evictions
The Otodo gbame and Itedo waterside communities are two of the largest informal fishing settlements with an estimated population of 40,000 people living on the shores of Lagos waterfront. However, residents of the Itedo community had to flee from their homes in the early hours of March 17 as some government officials came into their neighborhood and started demolition.
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