Photography in Nigeria began as a profession in the late nineteenth century, attracting practitioners from across West Africa.
[2] From 1880 onwards there were professional photographic studios in Lagos, often run by Sierra Leoneans, Liberians, or Brazilians in Nigeria.
[1] Outside Lagos, Jonathan Adagogo Green (1873-1905) studied photography in Sierra Leone before returning home to establish a studio in Bonny.
[1] Yaba College of Technology in Lagos, and the Nigerian Institute of Journalism in Ibadan, provide training in photojournalism.
The daily newspaper The Guardian employs a dozen salaried photojournalists, who file photographs along with their news reports.