The Thami Mnyele Foundation invites to one-day presentation of the work of Akintunde Akinleye

Thursday 21st October 2010, 16-19 hours
Studio Thami Mnyele Foundation
Bellamystraat 21 (2nd floor), Oud West, 1053 BE, Amsterdam

Akintunde Akinleye (Born 1971 in Lagos) lives and works in Nigeria.
Akintunde Akinleye has been selected for the Thami Mnyele Foundation artist-in-residence program by a selection committee composed by Ann Demeester (Director De Apple), Fons Welters (Director Fons Welters Gallery), Jelle Bouwhuis (Curator Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam).
He is photographer and photojournalist working in between editorial, activism and experimental documentary. Akintunde has been awarded the National Geographic "All Roads" prize and the World Press Photo in 2007.
During his six week stay Akintunde Akinleye has been working of all aspects of “Old Amsterdam”.