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All You Need To
know About Abuja
International Photo
Festival
T
his year, hundreds of
photographers
and
ethusaists of the art
gathered to witness the biggest
photography event out of the
FCT. BlueInk caught up with
Osaze Efe, the festival director
and he gives us an insight on the
event’s goals and what to expect
in 2019.
What is the Abuja
International Photo
Festival?
Abuja international
festival is
a
photographers
photo
platform
across
for
Africa
where we get to explore and
leverage on the power
of photography for social good.
We are promoting the idea that
beyond
events,
photography
can actually be a tool to
communicate truth, value, good
governance and the essence of
who we are as a people. So we
bring people to share thoughts, in a very deep way.
ideas, learn techniques and the
We live
in a generation where more
art of visual storytelling in a way emphasis is placed on what
that photography can be seen in we see than just what we read.
a different light.
These days, you have to be very
What does photography
mean to you?
good with words in ways that
paint pictures or simply use the
pictures. For me, it is
Photography means a lot to a strong opportunity for me
me because it gives me the to put my values and myself
opportunity to express myself out there using the power of
pictures. I started photography
and
communicate
my truth professionally in 2013 and it has
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