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Photographing firefighters on the streets of Lagos
Photographing firefighters on the streets of Lagos
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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Feb 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Akintunde Akinleye is an award-winning photographer who’s spent much of his career in Lagos, Nigeria, photographing the firefighters battling pipeline explosions around the gridlocked city. One photograph of the aftermath of an explosion changed his life when he won an international photography award.
Producer: Emily Webb
Photo: A Lagos firefighter douses himself in water
Credit: Akintunde Akinleye
Producer: Emily Webb
Photo: A Lagos firefighter douses himself in water
Credit: Akintunde Akinleye
Released:
Feb 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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