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Akinbode Akinbiyi

Uzalelwe eOxford, eNgilani kubazali baseNigeria. Isikolo kunye nezifundo eNigeria, eNgilani naseJamani. BA IsiNgesi kwiYunivesithi yase-Ibadan. U-Akinbode usebenze njengomfoti ozimeleyo ukusukela ngo-1977. Ngo-1987 wafumana isibonelelo sengxelo ye-STERN ukuze asebenze kwizixeko zaseLagos, eKano naseDakar. Ngowe-1993 uAkinbiyi waseka uMZANZSI, iziko lenkcubeko kwilokishi yaseClermont, eThekwini, eMzantsi Afrika.

Ugxininiso lwefoto luka-Akinbiyi lukwizixeko ezinkulu ezithe saa. Uzulazula kwaye ajike indlela yakhe koohola bendlela kunye neendlela ezingasemva ukuze aqonde kwaye azibandakanye nemetropolis yanamhlanje. Usebenza ikakhulu kwizixeko ezine ezikhulu zaseAfrika iLagos, iCairo, iKinshasa neRhawuti, kodwa nakwezinye izixeko ezikhulu ezinjengeKhartoum, iAddis Ababa, iDakar neBamako, ukukhankanya nje ezimbalwa. Izixeko zaseYurophu, eMntla naseMzantsi Melika nazo zitsala ingqalelo yakhe, njengeSao Paulo kunye ne-2019 Chicago.

Akukho mbono enye, okanye indlela ethile yokusebenza okanye ukubhadula. Umsebenzi uvulekile kwaye uqhutywa ngumnqweno wokuphanda nzulu kangangoko kunokwenzeka kwintsingiselo kunye nokuzithoba kubomi bemihla ngemihla. U-Akinbiyi naye usebenza njengomgcini kwaye unike iindibano zocweyo zeefoto kumazwe ngamazwe, kubandakanywa eNigeria, eSudan, eSweden, eNgilani nase-USA. Uhlala kwaye usebenza eBerlin.

Imiboniso yakutsha nje - ukhetho:

– 2017 umboniso weqela e La Villette e Paris
- 2017 inxaxheba kwi-docucumenta 14, eyenzeka phantse ngaxeshanye eKassel naseAthene
- 2019 Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiChicago Architecture Biennale kunye nomsebenzi kwindawo yaseWest Side yaseNorth Lawndale, enesihloko esithi: "Kulula njengeCawa kusasa - kuMntla Lawndale".
-Umboniso wama-2020 obuyela umva eMartin Gropius Bau, eBerlin, "Iingoma ezintandathu, ezijikeleza ngobubele kwiTaut Air"
-2020 Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiHouston FotoFest-2020 Steirischer Herbst, Graz
– 2020 Vasteras Konstmuseum, Sweden
– 2021 iForam yeeFoto, eFrankfurt am Main
– 2021 ngbk Berlin

 

Ifoto: © Muhammad Salah Abdulaziz