Field Notes
Deronke Abdul's work begins with attention — returning to the spaces where life is made and maintained: homes, kitchens, clinics, classrooms, compounds, temporary shelters, and rooms where women gather to speak, work, remember, and care.
Slowly.
With permission.
Through conversation.
By noticing what happens before and after the obvious moment.
Her photography is not built around spectacle. It is built around trust — the kind that allows people to remain layered, unresolved, and fully themselves.
Deronke Abdul is a Nigerian documentary photographer and visual storyteller working across photography, writing, research, and long-form narrative. Her work explores memory, womanhood, spirituality, care, and the relationship between traditional knowledge and contemporary life.
Her practice began with photographing everyday life and gradually developed into a deeper documentary approach, shaped by observation, emotional intimacy, and a commitment to preserving African stories from within their own communities.
She photographs what might otherwise be overlooked — not to rescue it, but to honor its presence.