Artist Bio & Statement:

Sade is a Nigerian-American photographer based in NYC. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York but frequently travels worldwide with her lens, highlighting and documenting the unique stories of diverse communities and cultures. Sade works within different genres of photography including portraiture, documentary and fine art. Her visual language captures the essence of her clients and personal projects. As the visual artist collective Souls in Focus co-founder, Sade builds spaces to inspire, educate and connect the community to culture through varying visual media forms. Her works have been exhibited at the Regional Museum of Anthropology in Mexico and are currently part of the collection at The Brooklyn Museum.

 “As a photographer, my goal isn’t to create the perfect image. I aim to create images that tell a story, images that moves something in the viewer.”- Sade

Exhibitions/Publications:

Women Street Photographers Finalist, October 2021

National Public Radio NPR, September 2021

W Magazine, June 2021

BuzzFeed News x Black Women Photographers, May 2021

Insight Magazine, “Imagined Future” issue, June 2021

“2020 March on Washington” at The Outrage Hub for Activism, Washington D.C. Curated by Jasmine Campbell of Afrotographers

“Capture the Movement NYC” at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, The Salon on Kingston & The Bronx Rivers Art Center. Curated by Shawn Batey

Where Women Create Work, Autumn 2019 (Issue 6)

Panels:

B&H Photography Event Space:  Photography & Activism: Black Women Photographers in 2020