The Nollywood Reporter
About Esther
A writer who also observes through a camera.
Esther Kalu is a Lagos-based journalist, creative professional, and cultural storyteller. With a background in Mass Communication and print journalism, she has spent more than a decade writing about culture, lifestyle, entertainment, art, literature, sustainability, and human experience. Photography is her personal way of slowing down, observing, and preserving the moments that sit outside the written story.
Why photography
Photography began as a habit of paying attention — a way to keep what a story couldn't hold.
Placeholder copy for Esther to approve: it is not a second career, and it carries no client list. It is the same curiosity that shapes her reporting, pointed at whatever is in front of her — a face, a doorway, a gathering — without the pressure of a deadline.
Career snapshot
RUKENNY Inc.
The Guild Nigeria
Print journalism focus
Two ways of paying attention, one person doing the noticing.
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