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Humbled to receive a 2025 Vilcek Foundation Prize, awarded to immigrant professionals in the arts, humanities, and biomedical sciences whose work has had a profound impact on their field, and on scholarship and society more broadly.

To be the inaugural recipient of the Vilcek Prize in Curatorial Work is deeply meaningful—not only on an individual level, but in recognition of the expansive, dynamic, vital, international field of photography.

To have one’s work recognized by a jury of esteemed colleagues is the honour of a lifetime. Deep thanks to Akili Tommasino (@akilitommasino), Ian Alteveer (@ialteveer), Carlos Basualdo (@bouche_evier), Valerie Cassel Oliver (@casseloliver), and Jane Panetta (@janepanetta) for your belief in this work. Unending gratitude to my anonymous nominator.

Three cheers for three brilliant colleagues who received Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Curatorial Work—Donna Honarpisheh (@donna_honarpisheh), Aimé Iglesias Lukin (@aimelukin), and Bernardo Mosqueira (@bernardomosqueira).

Continued thanks to the Vilcek Foundation (@vilcekfoundation) for their transformative support and ongoing commitment to those of us whose experiences exceed the boundaries of the nation state. From London (aka Lagos North) to Kano, Lagos to Johannesburg, Dar es Salaam to New York, my life has been—and always will be—shaped by migration. I am not alone. Onwards, we move 🌪️

📷: Lelanie Foster, courtesy Vilcek Foundation. Liner note for the first frame—me, thinking of Bisi in MoMA’s Sculpture Garden, standing with Simone’s Sentinel.

Culled from Tni Acp Facebook page