ABOUT ME

I'm a Finnish-Nigerian documentary filmmaker, cinematographer & photographer based in New York City, US and Helsinki, Finland. I work from a documentary style approach, bringing my experience within the field to anything ranging from documentary film to commercials and music videos.

In my personal work I try to expand the ways in which we understand blackness by challenging the traditional framework of its visual representation and by telling the stories of people that in many cases are ignored. The central themes of my work revolve around questions of identity and belonging. I believe it’s vital to understand the ways in which narratives shape our understanding of reality and how they can be re-envisioned to create a platform for the people whose lives have been affected by reductive and simplistic portrayals.

I've graduated from the graduate program in Documentary Media Studies at The New School and have a Bachelor's degree in Photojournalism from the University of Tampere.