Category: PHOTOGRAPHY

Description: Taiwo Aina is a Nigerian freelance photojournalist and visual storyteller based in Lagos, Nigeria. She specializes in documenting real-life experiences, often highlighting societal issues with a focus on women’s empowerment, sports, agriculture, climate change, and entrepreneurship. She has collaborated with international media and nonprofits, including The New York Times, Le Monde, Les Echos, CNN, UNICEF, Global Witness, Red Cross, Sightsavers, Oxfam, Guardian UK, the Africa Report, and Reuters. In 2022, she had her first solo exhibition documenting female boxers in Lagos, and in 2024 received the Women Photograph Grant for her project Game of Confidence. Taiwo is a member of Diversify Photo, Women Photograph, and Black Women Photographers. Indigenous Photograph, the Authority Collective, and the African Photojournalism Database.