Adebayo Abayomi is a documentary photographer from Kwara State, Nigeria. He is passionate about storytelling, publicizing underreported issues, and documenting health, social, environmental, political, and cultural stories in local communities.

He has worked on projects that have successfully given a voice to marginalized and vulnerable communities. Abayomi holds a degree in Industrial Chemistry from Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State. He has covered Intriguing cultural stories such as Durbar Festival in Kano and Kwara; Olojo Festival in Osun; Awon Mass Wedding Festival in Kwara; Osun Osogbo Festival; Voodoo Festival in Benin Republic. He has also covered social stories like the Leprosarium Project, where he curated stories of individuals affected by leprosy and neglected by society. “Survival,” an IDP camp story that showcased the struggle that camp inhabitants went through before getting a place to call home again after years of unending war, is another notable story by Adebayo Abayomi.

As a photographer, Abayomi holds firm the belief that photography is a way to capture stories that can stand the test of time. Over the years, he has been a part of local exhibitions in Kwara state, Ogun state, Lagos, and Abuja, some of which are Fotoclique (2017), The Rookie Club (2018), KUTA’s exhibition (2019), ArtXlagos (2020), Colors of Hope (2021). He is an Author of an e-book titled “A World with Different Stories,” which was published in 2017.

Abayomi has done several humanitarian projects like “A Dream,” a project centered on getting primary school children back to school, and has worked for both Local and International Organizations on health, society, and political related stories.