Deronke Abdul · Documentary Photographer
Deronke Abdul — Keeping Girls in the Picture
REC · Chapter 01 · Keeping Girls in the Picture
2021 / Nigeria · UNESCO
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A documentary archive · Six chapters

Deronke
Abdul

Photographs on womanhood, memory, care, inherited knowledge, and the quiet lives that hold communities together.

Womanhood✦Memory✦Care✦Spirituality✦Inherited Knowledge✦Nigeria✦Documentary✦Portraiture✦
Reel · 2021 — 2026

A field of quiet evidence.

Keeping Girls in the Picture
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Keeping Girls in the Picture
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Treat Me As A Human Being
02 / 06
Treat Me As A Human Being
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CARE_AMAL Initiative
03 / 06
CARE_AMAL Initiative
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NLM
04 / 06
NLM
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Keeping Girls — portrait
05 / 06
Keeping Girls — portrait
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Community care
06 / 06
Community care
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Section 02

The Chapters

Four bodies of work — moving slowly through the territories that hold a life together.

Manifesto

“She photographs what might otherwise be overlooked — not to rescue it, but to honor its presence.”

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