George Osodi
{{Short description|Nigerian photographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
George Osodi (b.1974) is a Nigerian photographer from Ogwashi Ukwu, Delta State.{{Cite web|date=9 July 2014|title=George Osodi|url=https://zodml.org/discover-nigeria/visual-arts/george-osodi|access-date=5 September 2020|website=ZODML}}{{Cite web|title=George Osodi|url=http://www.biennial.com/2018/exhibition/artists/george-osodi|access-date=5 September 2020|website=Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127115100/https://www.biennial.com/2018/exhibition/artists/george-osodi|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|first=Sophie |last=Eastaugh |title=14 powerful photos addressing inequality|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/25/africa/unga-action-2015-photos/index.html|access-date=5 September 2020|website=CNN|date=25 September 2015}}{{Cite web|title=African Photography series to air on Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/pressoffice/2013/04/201341684616178769.html|access-date=5 September 2020|publisher=Al Jazeera English}}
Background and career
He studied business administration at the Yaba College of Technology in Lagos between 1996 and 1999. He was a photojournalist at The Comet newspaper from 1999 to 2002. He moved on to the Associated Press from 2002 to 2008. He got a Professional National Diploma in documentary making from the London Academy of Media, Film and TV in 2009.{{Cite web |date=17 April 2019|title=Meet the Panelists for The Business of Photography Conference themed 'Shaping the Narrative' {{!}} 30 April|url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2019/04/business-of-photography-conference-3/|access-date=5 September 2020|website=BellaNaija}}
His works have appeared in Bloomberg,{{Cite news|date=9 July 2020|title=Nigeria Misses Revenue Target on Low Oil Prices and Output|work=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-09/nigeria-achieved-56-revenue-target-in-first-5-months-of-2020|access-date=5 September 2020}}{{Cite news|date=1 March 2020|title=Nigeria Finds Over 100 People Exposed to First Coronavirus Case|work=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-01/nigeria-finds-over-100-people-exposed-to-first-coronavirus-case|access-date=5 September 2020}} Time,{{Cite web|title=These 5 Facts Explain the Good News About Africa|url=https://time.com/4246821/these-5-facts-explain-the-good-news-about-africa/|access-date=5 September 2020|website=Time}} The Guardian,{{Cite news|last=Osodi|first=George|date=12 August 2016|title=Kingdoms, thrones and crowns: inside the lives of Nigeria's monarchs - in pictures|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/gallery/2016/aug/12/kingdoms-thrones-and-crowns-nigerias-monarchs-pictures-george-osodi|access-date=5 September 2020|issn=0261-3077}} The New York Times,{{Cite news|author-link1=Holland Cotter|last1=Cotter|first1=Holland|last2=Heinrich|first2=Will|last3=Schwendener|first3=Martha|date=1 December 2016|title=What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week.html|access-date=5 September 2020|issn=0362-4331}} Telegraph newspapers, USA Today, CNN, and BBC Focus on Africa magazine.{{Cite news|date=13 October 2013|title=In pictures: Country of kings, Nigeria's many monarchs |work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-24492437|access-date=5 September 2020}} He is a member of Panos Pictures UK. His works have been exhibited at Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel in Germany; the Neue Galerie in New York City, US,{{Cite web|title=George Osodi |url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/person/detail/1297/george-osodi|access-date=5 September 2020|publisher=World Press Photo}}{{Cite web|title=George Osodi|url=https://www.tafeta.com/george-osodi|access-date=5 September 2020|website=TAFETA}} and the Newark Museum of Art.{{Cite web|last=Mallonee|first=Laura C.|date=16 March 2015|title=Sitting at the Thrones of Nigerian Kings|url=https://hyperallergic.com/186305/sitting-at-the-thrones-of-nigerian-kings/|access-date=6 September 2020|website=Hyperallergic}}{{Cite web|title=Royals & Regalia: Inside the Palaces of Nigeria's Monarchs |url=https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/royals-regalia-inside-palaces-nigeria%E2%80%99s-monarchs#sthash.zDbNGD8G.dpuf|access-date=6 September 2020|publisher=The Newark Museum of Art}}
Osodi spent several years documenting the impact of oil extraction in the Niger Delta.{{Cite web|title=Nigeria's Artists Fight Back Against the Oil Industry |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/nigerias-artists-fight-back-against-oil-industry|access-date=6 September 2020|website=frieze}}{{Cite web|title=No Preservatives {{!}} Looking Back to Nigeria: The Center for Contemporary Art, Lagos [Part II]|url=http://magazine.art21.org/2012/02/24/no-preservatives-looking-back-to-nigeria-the-center-for-contemporary-art-lagos-part-ii/|access-date=6 September 2020|website=Art:21}}
Awards
Osodi won first prize at the Fuji African Photojournalist of the Year competition in 2004 in the Features and Portfolio categories.{{Cite web|url=https://guardian.ng/art/osodi-okore-dele-kuku-show-at-art-x-lagos/|access-date=5 September 2020|website=The Guardian |location=Nigeria |title=Osodi, Okore, Dele-Kuku show at Art X Lagos|date=31 October 2016}}