This event will feature
world-class professional photographers, accompanied by a 2day
exhibition. Amongst many things,these professionals will be interacting,
broadening our understanding and teaching
creative approach to present day photography.Ultimately helping you
stand out from the crowd.
In attendance will be;
Stephen
Segal: Nikon
School Photographer (South Africa). A multi-facet talented young man, who has
won several interesting awards. Stephen
will be taking us through understanding photography (The All-you need to know).
KelechiAmadi-Obi: (Nigeria)
is an house-hold name in the world of fashion photography both locally and
internationally. Kelechi can also be referred to as the king of lights, as he
paints live in itself with light. With a background in painting, Kelechi’s
areas of expertise include advertising photography, creative portraiture,
landscape photography, fine-art photography and fashion photography. Kelechi
will be taking us on how to make fashion photography pop live, using simple
light techniques.
Michael
Imomoh: (Nigeria) a.k.a the Photo Biker is very savvy with the art of
Street Photography. Having worked on projects like Gulder Ultimate Search and
Fayrouz, he has never strayed far from his passion of street photography. Michael
will be sharing his “Thinking outside the box in Photography”.
Uche
James Iroha: (Nigeria) A dynamic International photographer has received
countless international awards, like the Prince Claus award and the Elan Prize.
His work ranges from addressing wide-ranging issues like economic imperialism
to the relationships which exist between races, social class and gender. Uche will be helping us understand
what is takes to compose in a 2 dimensional world of photography, and
interpreting images in 3D.
Novo Isioro is a seasoned commercial &
documentary photographer, whose works has hit the air-waves and prints of
Le-Monde Paris, Aljazeera, BBC, This day Nigeria, South African FM, etc. She
currently is in partnership with the Nig. Government empowering NYSC members on
the basic skills of photography. Her works is influenced by reality, social
issues, and in a way uses them to tell stories about the dynamism of a society. Novo will be helping us rap up after
each session, if possible throwing more light into most that will be said.
The
Invisible Borders Trans-African Project: an
initiative led by EmekaOkereke (visual artist,
writer), is a multi-award winning project where about a dozen artists
– photographers, writers, filmmakers and performance artists – collectively
take road trips across Africa to explore the question of borders and tell the
stories of every day encounters. The organisation hopes to expand its
activities beyond issues that relate to geographic borders and other forms of
discriminating parameters using photography and art as a viable tool. If you’ve ever imagined a road trip
where it is not just about the excitement of road travel but creating
photographic works that transcends borders then you don’t want to miss this
session”.
Along
with the event, Nikon is hosting a Facebook Photo competition with the theme “I
AM ALIVE”.Upload your images with the hashtag #IAMALIVE onto our Facebook
Nikon Africa page (www.facebook.com/NikonAfrica) and stand a chance to bag up
$1000 worth of Nikon products. The contest is open from August 5th to August 16th Winners announced at the end of the
event on August 22nd.
NOTE:
Attendance for the Nikon School Special event is free but seating is limited
and based on first 500 registrations for each day. To reserve your seat visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/nikon-nigeria-photo-summit-tickets-17981832144?
Please bring a print out of the
invitation to be presented at the venue for admission.
See you there!
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