Photographer receives Getty images creative bursary award

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January 31, 2018 3:36 PM

Emezi is one of the six recipients that received the award, which was established in October 2017 to help photographers around the world.

Nigerian photographer, Yagazie Emezi, has been selected by Getty Images for their Creative Bursary Award.

Emezi is one of the six recipients that received the award, which was established in October 2017 to help photographers around the world, with prizes ranging from two thousand to five thousand US dollars.

The winners were chosen by top industry creatives from thousands of applicants.

An excited Emezi took to her Instagram page to share this news, "Excited to announce that I am among the 6 recipients selected for the @gettyimages Creative Bursary (@gettyimagescreative) for emerging photographers! Thanks to the funds, I’ll finally have some small piece of mind to set time aside to put form to the things in my head lol. Congratulations to the rest of the recipients (it was great to see a familiar name on the list representing Kenya @findingneema)! Ready for the challenge and looking forward to seeing how we make use of this opportunity to tell more of our necessary stories."

The five other recipients are Neema Githere, Oriana Koren, Jeremy Dennis, Donavon Smallwood and Tara Sellios.

Emezi has worked on several projects including ‘Felaberation’ and the Lagos Fashion Week. In 2017, she was a participant in the World Press Photo Masterclass West Africa and is a contributor to Everyday Africa.

She has been commissioned by Al-Jazeera, New York Times, Vogue, Refinery29, Everyday Projects, and UNFPA.

The Vlogger and a graduate of Cultural Anthropology and African Studies from the University of New Mexico came into limelight for her continuous project ‘Another Tale by Moonlight’.

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