Adolphus Opara
Lagos, Nigeria
With over 13 years of working experience, Adolphus Opara’s work is induced by encounters with people and their daily effort to exist amidst obstacles that define and situate their individual locality. He uses visual storytelling with the aid of pictures to show his emotional connection to the issues he confronts.
Opara’s works has been exhibited severally both locally and Internationally, notably amongst which are; Photo-Africa Exhibition, Spain. “LAGOSPHOTO”, Lagos. “African Lace” at the Museum fur Vulkerkunde, Vienna, Austria. National Museum, Lagos. Bonhams, London. Tate Modern, London. Bamako Encounters, Bamako – Mali. Tiwani Contemporary, London. The Guardian gallery, London. Brundyn and Gonsalves, Cape town, South Africa. Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos. PHOTO QUAI Biennale, Paris – France. Vorarlberg Museum, Bregenz – Austria. Obscura Festival, Malaysia, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (BOZA) – Belgium, The Neil L. and Angelica Zander Rudenstine Gallery, Hutchins Centre for African and African America Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
Adolphus has worked for several local and international media and organizations and his works have been published both in print and electronic media in notable publications, a few of which are; Bloomberg TV, Financial Times (FT), Guardian London, PRIVATE magazine, TIMEOUT Nigeria, World Press Photo ENTER, WINGS, Klang Sehen, HIGHLIFE (British airways inflight magazine), John Hopkins University Journal, The New York Times and The ECONIMIST.
Opara has lectured in several photography workshops and classes including; the UNICEF workshop on “Child right reporting” for media professionals, The Silent Majority Project” Lagos and Yuganda, The Nnlele Institute Lagos (African Centre for photography), Silent Majority Prison workshop (at the Kirikiri Maximum prison Lagos, Nigeria), The Nigerian institute of journalism Lagos, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge USA
2007 - 2007 to 2012 awards and nominations
- Advertising
- Architecture
- Arts
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Fashion
- Interior
- Portrait
Corporate photoshoot for financial Institution
Adolphus Opara
This is a selection of images from several clients assignments and personal projects that cuts across Documentary, portraiture, Corporate, Industry and Property photography
Office complex in Banana Island, Lagos
Adolphus Opara
This is a selection of images from several clients assignments and personal projects that cuts across Documentary, portraiture, Corporate, Industry and Property photography
Gas plant Nigeria
Adolphus Opara
This is a selection of images from several clients assignments and personal projects that cuts across Documentary, portraiture, Corporate, Industry and Property photography
