Adeyinka Yusuf

Photographer and Filmmaker

Faces at a Rally

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Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Nationality: Nigerian

Biography: Adeyinka Yusuf is a photographer and filmmaker from Lagos, Nigeria. In 2013, he started Street Shooters NG, a street photography collective and the following year, he was selected to lead a photowalk as part of the Nigerian Photography Expo and... MORE

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

1 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

2 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

3 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

4 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

5 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

6 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

7 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

8 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

9 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

10 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

11 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

12 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

13 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

14 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

15 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

16 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

17 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

18 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

19 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

Here's a fact I learned co...ople looking: what do you see?

20 of 20 © 2023 Adeyinka Yusuf

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreementâ€”a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions. Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not. The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the powerâ€”or ought to. And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, 'The Followers' is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process. In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

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Faces at a Rally

Copyright Adeyinka Yusuf 2023

Updated Apr 2021

Location Ogun state, Nigeria

Topics Africa, Audience, Belief, Community, Documentary, Dreams, Editorial, Elections, Emotion, Emotions, Essays, Faces, Hope, Leadership, Nigeria, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics, Senior Citizens, Spectators, Voters, West Africa, Yearning

Here's a fact I learned covering the last elections: If a politician moves her audience with words and gestures, the audience listens with its face. Consternation, comprehension, amusement, surprise, agreement—a face at a rally is a mosaic of reactions.

Each of the faces I've captured reveals its owners age, class, mood. Each face is its owners story. Sometimes, having waited hours for the politician to arrive, some potential voters gave a welcoming speech. Their faces, however, frequently conveyed a different message: We know you are here to lie to us, but we hope you will not.

The photos in this series represent a departure from my previous work, as it used to be my practice to focus on speakers, on politicians. This changed over the course of the last election because of I've come to see that it is the listening part of the political equation that possesses the power—or ought to.

And if currently, politicians wield too much power, then the spotlight should be shared by their people. In other words, Faces at a Rally is a step towards the democratisation of coverage, the photo-equivalent of the political process.

In these photos, the people are looking at their potential leaders. Take a look at the people looking: what do you see?

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