israel ophori Profile

Though born in the ancient city of Kano in the mid seventies, Israel Ophori, currently based in Lagos, is an indigene of ughelli South in Delta State, Nigeria. He is a practising freelance photo-journalist who believes strongly in the art of photojournalism as he speaks about it as a passion. He sees his profession as a natural visual documentation of everyday happenings around our daily life from the creator who made all things possible. Israel Ophori who studied photography at the Yaba College of Technology has worked as a photjournalist for Niger Delta Standard Newspaper, a regional print media of house based in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria, Gliterratti Magazine and 234Next Sunday Edition. His works ranges from photojournalism, artistic documentation photography of every day life and commercial photography. He participated in P.A.P.A. (Participatary Art Press Agencies) workshop that was held in lagos recently organised by the Dutch based public space artist Lino Hellings and sponsored by both the Dutch Emabassy in Nigeria and the African Artists Foundation (A.A.F.) in Ikoyi, Lagos. Contacts:tel +234 803 325 6147,+234 704 098 1824 Email:israelophorii@gmail.com