Career
He began his photography career in 1998. Olaonipekun is the official personal photographer to the former governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola SAN who recently became Minister Power, Works and Housing under the new administration. In 2003, he became the personal photographer to Honourable Idowu Obasa, the Onigbongbo Local Government Chairman in Ikeja, Lagos and just three years later, he became the personal photographer of the Governor of the State, His Excellency Babatunde Fashola.
Today, he still holds that position and his work has taken him around the globe.
Lukman is the author of BRF: A Story in Photographs, a book which documents the life of a serving governor in Nigeria. In 2009, he took short courses at the London School of Photography, and from 2006 to 2009, he was a participant at the World Press Photo Award.
His recent book "The Fashola Years" was published in 2015 by Quramo Publishing under the Qbooks imprint. 2009 - Then and Now at City Hall, Lagos Island
2013 - My Contract with Lagos at Blue Roof, Lagos
2013 - Lagos: Being and Becoming at City Hall, Lagos.