About

Yasuyoshi Chiba

Japan
Yasuyoshi Chiba is Agence France-Presse’s (AFP) Chief Photographer for East Africa and Indian Ocean, currently based in Nairobi, Kenya. 
 
After studying photography at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, he started working as a staff photographer for Asahi Shimbun. He became a freelance photographer and moved to Kenya in 2007, and then joined AFP in Brazil in 2011.

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Yasuyoshi Chiba on Social Media:
Instagram: @yasuyoshi_chiba
Yasuyoshi Chiba

Image credit: Shiggy Yoshida