Eyerusalem Jiregna (born 1993) is an Ethiopian photographer.
Career She is based in Addis Ababa and focuses on women doing non traditionally female jobs. She is known for her photos of the local women of Harar.
Jiregna attended university in the United States where she took a course on photography. She worked as a photojournalist when she returned to Ethiopia and started her own photography business. She also trained as a fashion designer. As a result, her work often focuses on fabric. Jiregna wants to portray Ethiopia as it is to the rest of the world. She has exhibited in Addis Fine Art Gallery.
Exhibitions Photoville, 2016 Africa Contemporary African Art Fair, 2017 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, 2018 Refraction: New Photography of Africa and its Diaspora, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York City, 2018 FNB Joburg Art Fair, 2018
References
External links The street photographers reframing Africa