PROGRAMME
THE PROGRAMME OCTOBER 19TH – PORTFOLIO REVIEW 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM The portfolio review with some of this year’s competition judges and other industry professionals is an opportunity to seek critical advice on your photographic work. Prepare for unfiltered and unbiased feedback from experienced professionals that should help you to see your photography from a new perspective. Free and open to all; however, to participate you must visit our website for more details and sign up in advance.
OCTOBER 19TH – HANDS ON YOUR CANON 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Open to Canon camera users, this training is a chance to speak to a Canon specialist about how to optimise the usage of your equipment.
OCTOBER 19TH & 20TH - CANON CHECK & CLEAN 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM Free complete check and clean session for all Canon users- show your camera some love! While the service is completely free please note that you must book in advance and you will have to be available to drop off and pick up your equipment. Drop-Off and Collection Point: Anisuma Authorized Service Center, Plot 63, Yusuf Lule Road, Opposite Golf Course Hotel, Kampala.
OCTOBER 19TH – CAP PRIZE POP-UP EXHIBITION 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM A pop-up exhibition presenting the winners of the Contemporary African Photography (CAP) Prize 2018: Yassine Alaoui Ismaili (MA), Paul Botes (SA), Anna Boyiazis (USA), Tommaso Fiscaletti & Nic Grobler (SA), Phumzile Khanyile (SA). The CAP Prize is an exposure award and is directed at photographers whose work engages with the African continent or its diaspora. It consists of a series of exhibitions produced in collaboration with major photography festivals in Africa and the rest of the world. Join us of sundowner drinks and chilled tunes.
OCTOBER 20TH - GET YOUR WORK OUT THERE! (BUT HOW?) 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Finalizing your long-term photography project or portfolio can often present a challenge. If you're struggling with editing and sequencing your photo essays, writing compelling introductions and good captions for your photographs or knowing how to get that story published, then this one day training is for you! Participants will get an understanding of how to prepare a portfolio or a photo essay to submit to international media and photography competitions and reviews. This workshop will be led by Benjamin Füglister, artistic director of the CAP Prize, and it is targeted at mid-career photographers with some working experience.
OCTOBER 21ST - 25TH - CANON & UPPA PEOPLE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP WITH RODNEY QUARCOO 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM A workshops for photographers who are looking to develop their skills in photographing people, from friends and family to documentary, fashion and commercial shoots. Have you ever wondered how to capture emotions and personality through photography? Or wanted to learn the best camera practice for portraiture? This workshop will help you excel further in photographing people in and outside the studio.
OCTOBER 24TH - PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE HUSTLE: WORKFLOW PROCESSING 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM For the third edition of Photography On The Hustle we will address best practices when it comes to your workflow, as well as processing and archiving your images. This training and discussion is organised in collaboration with the Professional Photographers’ Association of Uganda, who will share their tips and methods as well as presenting their Association.
OCTOBER 25TH - FILM SCREENING, "THROUGH A LENS DARKLY" 7:00 - 10:00 PM “Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People” is a documentary that explores the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations and social emergence of African Americans. It probes the recesses of American history through images that have been suppressed, forgotten, and lost. Inspired by the book “Reflections in Black” by photo historian Deborah Willis, the film features examinations of works by esteemed photographic artists including Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, Anthony Barboza, Hank Willis Thomas, Coco Fusco, Gordon Parks and many others. Admission is 10,000/- | 3,000/- for students. Payment at the door.
OCTOBER 31ST - NOVEMBER 3RD - CANON & UPPA BASIC DSLR & STREET PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP WITH SUMY SADURNI 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM This training is for those who are keen on photography and want to know more about capturing great images, as well as for those who are already shooting but would like to understand the exposure triangle of how aperture, shutter speed and ISO all work together. It’s a practical workshop that will advance your photographic skills both in theory and practice, with a street photography challenge.
NOVEMBER 5TH - NOVEMBER 10TH - WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Entry-level photography workshop open to women only aimed at addressing the severe gender disparity in Uganda’s photojournalism industry. This is an opportunity for young women interested in exploring photojournalism or photography by large as a career option to learn more about the craft and its realities. Taught by a female photojournalist, Sumy Sadurni, who will share some of her knowledge , experience and enthusiasm.
NOVEMBER 7TH - PUBLIC DIALOGUE FEMALE PERSPECTIVES ON PHOTOJOURNALISM & MEDIA IN UGANDA 5:00 – 8:00 PM As the 2016 State of News Photography survey conducted by World Press Photo confirms, photojournalism is dominated by men. 85% of the 1,556 photographers from more than 100 countries who participated in the study were men. Those men are much more likely to be employed by large media companies and they will probably be better paid for doing the same job. In Uganda women account for 50.25% of the population, so it is only fair to say that women should make up a similar percentage of working photographers or journalists. How many are working as photojournalists, photographers or in media at large. What challenges do they face? The aim for this panel discussion is to have a critical look at female representation within the photography and media landscape in Uganda as well as to create a space for conversation and reflection and hopefully also action. The speakers will discuss why bringing various perspectives to journalism is important, and discuss ideas on how to shift the gender makeup of the photojournalism community in Uganda.
NOVEMBER 9TH - SAFETY TRAINING FOR WOMEN IN MEDIA 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM This advanced awareness and safety course, that has been designed specifically for female photographers and journalists. It will cover areas such as active defense, threat recognition and awareness, carjacking mitigation and survival, boda-boda attacks, striking techniques and active shooter/aggressor survival, riots and demonstrations. Interested ladies please get in touch with info@ugandapressphoto.org
NOVEMBER 13TH & 14TH - PHOTOSHOP TRAINING: UP YOUR GAME! 6:00 – 9:00 PM This intermediate level Photoshop Training, thought by Will Boase, will be an indepth 2 day session that will delve into technical focussed aspects of Photoshop as used in photojournalism and documentary photography.
It will kick off with a short discussion on ethical guidelines for photojournalists when using Photoshop. The workshop will cover export settings, captioning, tone curves, colour balance, different ways of prepping images, outputting for web vs print, overexposure/underexposure/noise, cropping to compose. Note: Participants will be required to come with a laptop with Photoshop installed & 5 of your own RAW images to work on. Price: 70,000/=
NOVEMBER 15TH - PHOTOGRAPHER’S TALK WITH MICHELE SIBILONI 7:00 - 9:00 PM Join us for a conversation with Italian photographer and videographer Michele Sibiloni. Michele covers the news in the region for international press clients, and has covered South Sudan’s independence, the Ugandan elections, the Egyptian revolution and Libyan uprising, the M23 rebellion in D.R.C. and the attempted coup d’état in Burundi in 2015, amongst other things. His personal work focuses on his “night adventures”, and since 2012 he has been documenting the nightlife of Kampala. In 2016 he compiled a book, titled “F**k It”, and this was published by Edition Patrick Frey. It has gone on to be ranked among the best photo-books of the year by Time Magazine, Internazionale, Sleek-Mag and Photo-Book Store UK.
The Winner’s exhibition is open from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily. For more information or to sign up for trainings and workshops please
visit our website www.ugandapressphoto.org or email info@ugandapressphoto.org
ALL EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE SQUARE PLACE, PLOT 10, THIRD STREET INDUSTRIAL AREA, KAMPALA UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE.
UPPA WINNERS 2018 ALEX ESAGALA OVERALL WINNER
NEWS
DAILY LIFE
1st Alex Esagala
1st Richard Sanya
2 Abubaker Lubowa
2nd Chris Dennis Rosenberg
3rd Alex Esagala
3rd Mbaleka Jonas
HM Michael Kakumirizi
HM Lovington Kambugu
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ENVIRONMENT
PEOPLE
1 Katumba Badru
1st Timothy Latim
2nd Chris Dennis Rosenberg
2nd Ronnie Rains Bwire
3 Nicholas Bamulanzeki
3rd Julius Ssekidde
HM Muhammad Hassan
HM Douglas Musunga
SPORT
URBAN
1st Richard Sanya
1st Moses Lemisa
2 Katumba Badru
2nd Richard Sanya
3rd Kagonyera Busingye
3rd Badru Katumba
HM Richard Sanya
HM Timothy Latim
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rd
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EAST AFRICAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
1st Brian Otieno (KE)
2nd Katumba Badru (UG)
3rd Thomas Mukoya (KE)
HM Simon Fidelis Luyenga (TZ)
YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD
1st Jibril Kwizera
3rd Barbara Emolot
2nd Julius Ssekidde
YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME
Emerging photographers in Uganda who are interested in documentary photography often lack the tools and guidance to develop their voices as visual storytellers. Established in 2016, the Young Photographer Award aims to help early-career photographers to boost their careers and creativity. The YPA 2017 winner, Stuart Tibaweswa, won a Canon EOS 1300D and, together with Andrew Kartende and Miriam Watsemba, he participated in a seven month long mentorship programme. Their stories, created with the support of their mentors Frèdèric Noy, Will Boase and Sumy Sadurni and sponsors Canon Central and North Africa and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, are presented in this year’s exhibition.
The Uganda Press Photo Award (UPPA) was conceived in 2012 to offer support and appreciation for Ugandan photojournalists and photographers who sometimes take great risks to document the world around us and keep us informed. Our aim is to promote the best of today’s photojournalism in Uganda and support visual literacy, as well as encouraging a new generation of photographers by focusing on photographic education through our programmes. We also seek to remind the viewing public of the importance of a vibrant press for democratic development. As of 2016 UPPA is a program of the FOTEA Foundation, which was established to provide umbrella support for the UPPA and its satellite activities. These include most recently the East African Photography Award, the Young Photographers’ Award and Young Photographer Mentorship Programme, workshops, film screenings, portfolio reviews and exhibitions. Through all of this FOTEA strives to bring together photographers and other visual storytellers to encourage unique voices that document and engage with social change. With the newly added East African Photography Award we’re looking to up the ante as we not only foster some healthy competition with our neighbours but also share our different worlds and perspectives. The winners of the Uganda Press Photo of the Year Award, the East African Photography Award and the Young Photographer Award all receive professional-level camera equipment sponsored by Canon. The prizes awarded are tools of the trade that enable the winners to continue their work and hone their skills. The winners also get exposure through the annual month-long exhibition, as well as in media both online and in print. 2017 saw UPPA take part in the Images of Current Affairs | Press Photography and Archives in Africa exhibition at the Basel University Library from 28 April - 26 August.
Jury members in 2018 YASUYOSHI CHIBA, AFP chief photographer for East Africa and Indian Ocean GEORGINA GOODWIN, Documentary Photographer MARTIN KHARUMWA, Photographer and Content Creator FRÉDÉRIC NOY, Documentary Photographer, Cosmos Agency ANNETTE SEBBA, Photography Lecturer, Makerere University, Kampala
www.ugandapressphoto.org
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) first implemented projects in Uganda at the end of the 1960s until the beginning of the 1970s. In 1987 it established an office in Kampala and has been continuously working in Uganda since then. Throughout its presence in Uganda, FES has collaborated with a wide array of partners from universities, civil society organisations, trade unions, government departments, local communities, and political parties. FES Uganda currently focuses on the following priority areas:
• Enhancing political spaces for a pluralistic debate about current policies and the fundamental principles of democracy and constitutionalism. • A Young Leaders Training Programme (Young Leaders Forum, YLF) to support young Ugandans in engaging in the social, political and/or economic development of Uganda. • Inclusion of social justice and sustainability aspects in the development process, with a focus on economic transformation towards just, equitable and sustainable development. • Strengthening social protection and the organisation of workers, especially in the informal economy, particularly by supporting Ugandan trade unions reaching out to informal economy associations. • Promoting land rights and land justice, especially of women. • Advocate for participatory and sustainable urban development and rights to the city for urban communities. • Giving a platform for conversations on citizens’ participation in matters of security through community policing dialogues and studies. • Support for the Uganda Press Photo Award (UPPA) in fostering professional photojournalists and recognising the importance of aphotojournalism and the media for Uganda’s development.
www.fes-uganda.org
Canon’s Miraisha sustainability programme started in late 2014, and is dedicated to developing imaging skills in Africa through helping local people develop livelihoods in professional photography, filmmaking or print. Miraisha provides knowledge and training experiences through various practical- and theory-based seminars and workshops by utilising Canon’s core imaging skills and heritage. Miraisha is a combination of the Japanese word ‘Mirai’, which means Future and the Swahili word ‘Maisha’, which means Livelihood. The programme has been inspired by the company’s corporate philosophy of Kyosei which embodies the ideal of living and working together for the common good. Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) is a division within Canon Middle East FZ LLC (CME), a subsidiary of Canon Europe. The formation of CCNA within CME in 2015 was a strategic step that aims to enhance Canon’s business within the African region- by strengthening Canon’s in-country presence and focus. CCNA demonstrates Canon’s commitment to operating closer to its customers and meeting their demands in the rapidly evolving African market. CCNA currently manages sales and marketing activities across 44 countries in Africa, and has more than 100 employees. Canon has been represented in the African continent for more than 15 years through distributors and partners that have successfully built a solid customer base in the region www.canon-cna.com
The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) is an organisation of journalists working in Uganda for foreign and international news media outlets. The Association holds regular meetings, inviting newsmakers and experts to off-therecord discussions on developments in Uganda. It also serves as one-stop shop for communications officers, press attachés, or anybody else who wants to make contact with Uganda’s community of foreign correspondents. FCAU is run by an elected committee, currently chaired by Catherine Byaruhanga (BBC) and Michael O’Hagan (AFP). It is a chapter of the Nairobi-based Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (FCAEA). www.fcau.org
Photo credit: Isaac Kasamani
We would like to extend special thanks to our Partners and Sponsors whose generosity and support made the 2018 edition possible.