Adetona Omokanye is a graduate of University of Lagos with Master degree in Marine Pollution and Management. He’s a documentary photographer based in Lagos, Nigeria.
His work navigates and positions at the fore-intertwined relationship between beauty, self-acceptance, transportation, politics and environmental pollution.
He attended Foundry Photojournalism Workshop (Vll Academy) In Kigali, Rwanda (2019). He also attended the Native Creative Lab (2018). Adetona is a member of African Photojournalism Database (APJD), a joint project by the World Press Photo Foundation and Everyday Africa. His works have been published in, magazines and websites such as Getty images, Der Spiegel, Business day, Frankfurter Rundschau, Eater and Weser kurier. Recently , one of his Personal projects-Beyond 4ft 10Inch, won a Getty Images award (2019).
In the pursuit of his career as a story teller, he strongly believes that photography can light up darkness and expose ignorance if a project were properly documented.