6 female teenage photographers who have the juice

Yagazie Emezi’s call for examples of teen black girls showing themselves across a range of fields on Twitter last week got us inspired to show off a couple of female teenage photographers who we believe have everything going right for them and are to be watched out for. Find below a list of 6 female teenage photographers who have the juice!

Amira Bankole Hamed is a 15 year old photographer who believes all things beautiful must know they’re beautiful and draws inspiration from pretty much anything from the flowers and grass people step on to the unheralded. That may explain why she takes more pictures of things rather than people. Amira loves to appreciate nature and hopes to show that through her photography.

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Instagram: AmiraBankole

Kechi Anyanwu is an 18 year old artist and photographer. She started taking pictures while in high school but only stepped it up on to a professional scale in June 2015. Kechi enjoys taking portraits as well as street photography and sees herself going in the direction of conceptual photography in the near future.

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Twitter: Kechieee

Instagram: Kechie.a

Fadekemi Tejuoso is a 15 year old self-taught photographer and artist who began taking pictures at 11. Taking photos helps her keep her father’s memory alive, for before he passed away he enjoyed recording his family’s every moment.

From Copacabana by For The Culture

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Instagram: fadekemitejuoso

Website: www.fadekemitejuoso.com

Wami Aluko is a 19 year old Philosophy and Economics student at the University of Edinburgh and. In January 2016, she launched a lifestyle website which has been home to a range of fashion photo-shoots and conceptual photography. She also intends on launching a fashion film sometime this month.

Fisayo Longe shot by Wami Aluko

Whitney Madueke at Lekki Conservation shot by Wami Aluko

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Twitter: Wami_Aluko

Instagram: Wamialuko

Website: wa-ko.com

Simisola Babalola is a 16 year old self-taught photographer who studies at Vivan Fowler Memorial College. She sees photographs as “a form of communication when words are unclear” and hopes to create a pathway for other females like herself who are passionate about different forms of art to chase their dreams.

From Felabration shot by Simisola Babalola

From Simi Babalola’s Proficient documentary

From Simi Babalola’s Proficient documentary

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Twitter: Simzsco

Instagram: Simzsco

Pearl Nzewi is a 17 year old photographer who through her pictures aims to recreate the stereotypical image of Nigeria many have. Because she doubles as a writer, she believes ‘a picture speaks a thousand words’ therefore she attempts to recreate a 2000 word essay in one picture. Although she owns a professional camera, Pearl prefers taking pictures on her iPhone.

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Twitter: PearlNzewi

Instagram: Maisputain

Written by Tomi Idowu and Olegwa Nengite