page_title: Lukman Olaonipekun
section_title: About
hierarchical_section_title: Lukman Olaonipekun / About
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Lukman Olaonipekun with Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State
context_page_description: Lukman Olaonipekun popularly known as Lukesh is a Nigerian photojournalist born on December 7, 1975 in Itesiwaju Local Government, Oyo State, Nigeria. He began his photography career in 1998. Olaonipekun is the official personal photographer to the former governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola SAN who recently became Minister Power, Works and Housing under the new administration.
context_section_description: In 2003, he became the personal photographer to Honourable Idowu Obasa, the Onigbongbo Local Government Chairman in Ikeja, Lagos and just three years later, he became the personal photographer of the Governor of the State, His Excellency Babatunde Fashola. 
   Today, he still holds that position and his work has taken him around the globe.
  Lukman is the author of BRF: A Story in Photographs, a book which documents the life of a serving governor in Nigeria. In 2009, he took short courses at the London School of Photography, and from 2006 to 2009, he was a participant at the World Press Photo Award. Lukman is also a member of the Photojournalists Association of Nigeria and the World Photography Organisation.
  His recent book "The Fashola Years" was published in 2015 by Quramo Publishing under the Qbooks imprint.
caption: Photo of Lukman Olaonipekun with Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State
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