Night Market — the making of
11 min
Ada Okonkwo
@okonkwoshoots · Visual Artist
Lagos, NG · she/herOpen for bookings
Documentary photographer. Lagos and wherever the work is.
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Rio Castellanos is shooting the opening
Exhibition: Night Market
Rele Gallery, Lagos
Two years photographing the same market between 11pm and 4am.
Shooting at night without a flash
Everyone asks how. The answer is a fast lens and the patience to wait for someone to stand under a good bulb.
Feature in British Journal of Photography
Night Market — print set
Set of 6
Shortlisted — Aperture Portfolio Prize
Printing Night Market at scale
The big ones are a metre wide. At that size you can see the bulb filaments, which is the whole reason to print big.
Lagos Photo Festival
Lagos
Exhibition: Night Market
Art Twenty One, Lagos