A young Nigerian Photographer, Tom Saater’s photo has been listed among the best 100 photos of 2017 by Bloomberg.

Tom Saater made the list with a photo of a currency dealer that was taken on July 26. In the photo, a currency dealer is seeing counting bundles of naira banknotes for exchange in Lagos, Nigeria.

Tom Saater is a social documentary photographer/Photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Cinematographer from Nigeria. He focuses on reportage, urban portraits and social, cultural issues.

In December 2009 Tom was invited by the British Council to participate in a photography project called “My Home is Here”. The project involved travelling around Nigeria to produce images of Climate Change in Nigeria and, as part of this project, he won a Canon 5D Mk II camera and was selected to travel to Ethiopia to exhibit at the 2010 Addis Foto Festival in Ethiopia.

You can see more of his photos on his blog at www.tomsaater.com

Source: http://youngnaija.com/nigerian-photographer-featured-bloombergs-100-best-photos-2017/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2017-12-22/bloomberg-s-100-best-photos-of-2017

Mynd44, Lalasticlala

congratulations Tom