Contended
Year: 2017
Location: River Benue, Nigeria
Category: Documentary Photography
Along the banks of the River Benue, life flows at its own rhythm. Here, people draw their livelihood directly from the water — fishing, bathing, playing, even dredging sand and gravel to sell. To outsiders it may appear simple, even fragile. But in their routines lies a quiet form of contentment: work tied to nature, play tied to community, survival tied to the river itself.
This series reflects on what it means to live close to the source — lives shaped not by excess but by what the river gives each day.
