Jenevieve Aken

Jenevieve Aken (an haife tane a shekarar 1989)http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/03/capshortlist/ ta kasan ce kuma yar Nijeriya ce mai ɗaukar hoto da aka fi saninta da girke hotunan tarihi da shirye-shiryen, tana daukan hotunan kanta, hotunan birane, da al'adu da zamantakewar al'umma. Sau da yawa takan mai da hankali ne akan abubuwan da ta samu na sirri da kuma lamuran zamantakewar da suka shafi matsayin mata.https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/exploring-african-identity-and-ritual-at-lagos-photo-festival/  Har ila yau Aken tana taka rawar gani a matsayin abin koyi a cikin aikinta na daukan hoton kai dana waje, An nuna aikinta a Lagos Photo Festival. 

Aken a halin yanzu yana zaune a Lagos, Najeriya.  kuma yawancin lokaci tana gudanar da aikace aikacen tane a jihar Lagos. 

 Tarihin ta 
Aken ta girma ne a ƙaramin ƙauyen Ikom Aluk a jihar Kuros Riba . Ta yi fama da damuwa da kuma rashi na mutuwar mahaifiyar ta, tun tana ƙarama mahaifinta bai kasance mai tasiri a rayuwarta ba. Ita da mahaifinta sun rabu saboda ya yi imani da ilimin gargajiya ne kawai yayin da ta gwammace ta ci gaba da aikin waƙa. Ta rubuta waƙoƙi da aka yi wahayi zuwa gare su daga abubuwan da ta samu na rayuwa, waƙa ɗaya mai taken "Sanya ta Ta Tsere." Bayan gajeriyar rawar da ta taka a waka sai ta ci gaba da kokarin yin wasan amma nan da nan ta ajiye hakan shima. Daga karshe ta samu hutun farko a Vilsco Fashion Show kuma ta fahimci mummunan halin mata a masana'antar samfurin. Abubuwan da ta samu ne a ƙirar ƙirar su ne suka kawo ta ga sana'ar ɗaukar hoto. 

Ta shiga cikin bitar Kasuwancin Hotuna, Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu amma ba ta iya kammala kwasa-kwasan ba yayin da ta gano dama a cikin Gasar Misalin Modelwararrun Masarautar Burtaniya . Ta dawo gida ne don halartar Makon Tunawa da Zane na MTN Lagos. Yayin da ta daina kammala karatunta na daukar hoto, sai ta fada wa Pulse.ng "Zan koma na kammala makarantar daukar hoto. Na san daukar hoto da daukar hoto duk ayyuka ne masu nauyi wadanda zan aiwatar amma ina da sha'awar duka biyun kuma zan yi su a lokaci guda har tsawon lokacin da zan iya, "a wata hira. Aken ya ga nasara a cikin daukar hoto ba tare da la'akari da karatun kammalawa ba ta hanyar halartar Bikin Hoto na Legas. 

 Jerin daukar hoto 

 Hannaye 
Wannan jerin hotunan suna dauke da bayanan mata a cikin Berlin, Jamus yayin da suke gwagwarmaya don dacewa da matsayin "takamaiman" na mata a cikin al'umma. Hotunan suna nuna jerin mata masu neman aiki waɗanda a tarihi maza suka mamaye su. Matan da ke cikin hotunan suna jin ƙarfi game da aikinsu kuma suna da ƙarfin gwiwa kan aikin da suke yi ba tare da la'akari da bambancin jinsi ba.  

 Matan Maska 
Wannan bakar fata ne da fari, hoton kai tsaye wanda aka shirya don nuna mata da matsayinsu na al'ada a al'adun Najeriya. Hotunan suna nuna aminci da cikar rayuwar mata ba tare da nuna kyama ga mata a cikin al'adun Najeriya ba. Hotunan kuma sun binciko yadda mata za su iya jin ƙuntata saboda tunanin abin da ya kamata "mata masu dacewa" ya kamata su yi a cikin jama'a. Wadannan hotunan ana tsara su ne don nuna kwatankwacin matan da suka karya wadannan dabi'un amma suke jin keɓewa da ƙa'idodin al'umma. A cikin wannan jerin Aken yana fatan karfafawa matan Najeriya don aiwatar da theirancin su ba tare da la'akari da banbancin ra'ayi na waje ba. 

 Babban Tsammani 
Daga Charles Dickens ', Babban Tsammani, Akens ya kirkiro wannan jerin ne don nuna matsin lamba ga mata, musamman Afirka, don yin aure.   Akens na kokarin nuna yadda hatta matan da suka yi nasara za su iya jin cewa ba su yi nasara ba har sai sun yi aure saboda matsin lamba na zamantakewa.  

 Monankim 
Wannan jerin hotunan na Aken ya samo asali ne daga wata al'ada wacce ake kira Monankim wacce ta samo asali daga kabilu marasa rinjaye na Bakor. Monankim al'ada ce a cikin al'adar Bakor wacce ke yiwa mata kaciya sannan kuma a yi bikin kasancewarta alama ce ta shiga mace.  Wannan al'adar ana ganin ta haƙƙin wucewa ne kuma ana bautar mace bayan ta gama aikin.  Wannan al’adar takaddama ce  kasancewar aikin yana da haɗari da barazanar rai. Aken ya tattara ra'ayoyin akasi game da Monankim na mata a cikin al'umma.  Yayin da wasu ke ganin aikin abu ne mai kayatarwa, wasu kuwa na shakkar batun. 

 Jama'a da karfin gwiwa 
An shirya wannan jerin hotunan ne a gabar teku da ake kira Takwa Bay wanda ya kasance sanannen wuri ga ‘yan gudun hijirar da ke iyo da iyo. Takwa Bay sananne ne don barin jeri da yawa na mutane suyi ma'amala. Hotunan da ke cikin wannan jerin suna nuna yadda ake buƙatar al'umma da ƙarfin gwiwa a cikin wasanni yayin da hotunan suka nuna yara suna wasa tare ba tare da la'akari da asalin jama'a ba.  

 Lamban girma 

 Gwanar Shekarar 2011 na MTN /kungiyar  British

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