[7] In 2018, Adetona Omokanye worked with German freelance journalist Petra Sorge to undertake a three-month-long documentary investigation exposing occupational hazards, poisoning and environmental pollution within and around lead-acid battery recycling industries in Lagos and Ogun states of Nigeria.
He earned the disability-themed grant in 2019 as a third-place winner with his project titled "Beyond 4ft-10inch" which seeks to deconstruct the socio-cultural stereotypes of dwarfs in media and advertising in Nigeria.
[19] Pieces from the collection were also part of a public art exhibition entitled "I Am Still Here: Black Joy is Resistance," which showed at Toronto's Union Station from February through May 2023.
[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] His works on life and society during the Coronavirus pandemic, digital inclusion and devolvement of technologies, food culture and several other themes and social issues in Lagos and other Nigerian cities have also appeared on other international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, Reuters, Der Spiegel, WORLD Magazine, Eater, Financial Times, CNBC Africa, TechCabal, among several others.
[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] In September 2022, Omokanye was profiled in The Globe and Mail as an important Nigerian photographer challenging the "poverty gaze" on Africa by celebrating West African fashion through his works.