George Osodi
George Osodi is a Nigerian photographer from Ogwashi Ukwu, Delta State.
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.His works have appeared in Bloomberg, Time, The Guardian, The [New York Times], Telegraph newspapers, USA Today, CNN, and BBC Focus on Africa magazine. 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, and the The [Newark Museum of Art|Newark Museum of Art].
Osodi spent several years documenting the impact of oil extraction in the Niger Delta.