ABOUT THE UGANDA PRESS PHOTO AWARD
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he Uganda Press Photo Award was created to recognize the individuals who record the visual history of this country, working tirelessly and sometimes taking great risks so that the rest of us can stay informed about what is happening. Established in 2012, the award aims to promote the best of today’s photojournalism in Uganda as well as encouraging a new generation of photographers. Alongside the main award and exhibition the UPPA organizes workshops and discussions, offering photographers opportunities for skills transfers and dialogue. It also seeks to remind the viewing public of the importance of a vibrant press for democratic development. The Uganda Press Photo Award was conceived by the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda and the Friedrich-EbertStiftung.
THE FILM SCREENING: “MO & ME. THE STORY OF AFRICA’S GREATEST PHOTOJOURNALIST” 6:30 PM, October 29th 2014 Goethe-Zentrum Kampala UGSC Plot 52, Bukoto Street
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alim Amin, son and only child of Mohamed “Mo” Amin, undertakes a journey of recollection and reflection into the life of the frequently absent, globetrotting father he loved, revered and feared. In his late teens, Mohamed Amin abandons his studies to pursue a career in photography that, over the course of thirty years, will turn him into a front-line cameraman extraordinaire - and, arguably, the most renowned photojournalist of his era. Training his candid lens across continents, Mo Amin’s thirst for breaking news puts him repeatedly in harm’s way - enduring weeks of torture, automatic arms fire, explosives and, ultimately, the amputation of his left arm - to become one of the most decorated news camera-man of all time. The documentary depicts Mo as an unbending, unforgiving and unapologetically rambunctious paterfamilias whose hunger for “the story” propels him to ever-greater professional heights - often at the expense of those he cherishes. The 96-minute film is underpinned by extraordinary images from the vast Amin archive.
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FRIEDRICH EBERT STIFTUNG
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he Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) is a private, non-profit German institution, which is committed to the ideas and basic values of social democracy. The FES has a network of around 100 offices worldwide with its headquarters in Germany. With its work in Sub-Sahara Africa, the FES strives to: • Support participation and democratic structures, • Promote social justice within economic development, • Encourage common basic values to guide socio-political development. FES also supports inter- and intra-regional dialogue within Africa as well as between Africa and Europe on issues such as regional integration, security and peace, trade relations, elections and social justice. The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung first started working in Uganda in 1967 and then re-opened its office in 1987. FES Uganda works with partners among civil society, government, political parties, the labor movement, academia and the youth movement.
www.fes-uganda.org
THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OF UGANDA
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he Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) is a non-profit and non-political organisation of journalists working in Uganda for foreign and international news media outlets. The Association holds regular meetings, inviting newsmakers and experts to off-the-record discussions on developments in Uganda. It also serves as a 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 Malcolm Webb (Al Jazeera) and Sarah Sakho (RFI, France 24). It is a chapter of the Nairobi-based Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa (FCAEA).
www.fcau.org
THE WINNERS
NEWS 1st 2nd 3rd HM HM
Colleb Mugume Abubaker Lubowa Richard Sanya Drake Ssentongo Godfrey Ojore
DAILY LIFE 1st 2nd 3rd HM
SPORT 1st 2nd 3rd HM
Micheal Nsubuga Norman Katende Frank Gilbert Daniels Johnson Mubiru
PORTRAIT
Abu Mwesigwa Oscar Kibuuka Mukisa Joel Nsadah Isababi Daudi Murungi
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Peter Tera Daudi Murungi Papa Shabani Wagner Wabire
CREATIVE 1st 2nd 3rd HM
NATURE 1st 2nd 3rd HM
Matthisa Mugisha Drake Ssentongo Faiswal Kasirye Kennedy Oryema
STORY
Matthias Mugisha Joel Nsadah Isababi Wasswa James Darlyne Komukama
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Daniel Edyegu Enwaku Colleb Mugume Joel Nsadah Isababi Drake Ssentongo
Carl de Souza
Katrin Peters-Klaphake
Jide Adeniyi-Jones
Micheal Tsegaye
Frédéric Noy
East Africa Chief Photographer AFP
Curator Makerere Art Gallery
Photographer www.adeniyi-jones.net
Photographer www.michealtsegaye.com
Photographer www.fredericnoy.com
Carl de Souza was born in Sweden and has 13 years of experience in photojournalism. During his career he has travelled across the world covering major breaking news stories and sports events for AFP. His work is regularly published in all the major international newspapers and magazines. Carl has won numerous awards for his work including winning entries in the prestigious NPPA awards, Carl Zeiss Awards and The Sports Journalist’s specialist portfolio award.
PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSIONS 9:30am 16 October 2014 th
Katrin Peters-Klaphake (Germany/ Uganda) is the curator at the Makerere Art Gallery/Institute for Heritage Conservation and Restoration and a lecturer in museum studies at the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts (MTSIFA), Makerere University, Kampala. Before moving to Uganda in 2009 she served as the curator for temporary exhibitions in the photography department at the German Historical Museum, Berlin. Her program at Makerere Art Gallery/IHCR focuses on creating inventive exhibitions by local and international artists as well as the preservation, documentation and research of modern and contemporary visual art in Uganda. She is a member of the curatorial team of the first Contemporary Art Festival in Kampala.
Jide Adeniyi-Jones comes from Nigeria and has been working as an independent photographer since 1973, specializing in documentary and editorial photography. He has worked for The African Guardian magazine, the BBC, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and many others. His work has been exhibited worldwide, including exhibitions in Lagos, Bamako, Milan, and Washington DC. Adeniyi is also a recipient of the prestigious 2003 Kaiser Family Foundation mini-fellowship. He lives in Nairobi.
RISKS AND RESPONSIBILITES CHALLENGES FACING PHOTOJOURNALISTS IN EAST AFRICA:
The discussions will reflect on the complex ethical, legal and physical challenges encountered by photojournalists while executing their duties and how these challenges affect the political, social and economic transformation of a state.
Michael is also a well-known photographer who focuses on social documentary and art photography. He has exhibited in various galleries in New York, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Morocco, Canada, Amsterdam, Mali, Miami, and Sao Paulo. His work can be found in a number of international magazines and various catalogues.
SESSION I: HAZARDS OF BEING A PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER.
Catherine Anite - Human Rights Networks for Journalists Uganda
Edward Echwalu - Photographer, Reuters, Uganda Michael Tsegaye - Photographer, Freelance, Ethiopia Gerald Abila - Founder, Barefoot Lawyers, Uganda
Born in 1965, Frederic Noy is a freelance photographer represented by Cosmos Agency. His photographical approach, based on a documentary process, favours the chronicle as a narrative mode. Successively living in Tanzania, Nigeria, Sudan, Chad and presently in Uganda, his essays focus on what the news forgets, on trifling and neglected stories and on the life of populations trapped in the spiral of conflict or socially excluded and stigmatized. His recent photographs from Northern Uganda documenting Nodding Syndrome, a mysterious illness with unknown cause affecting many Acholi children, were recently exhibited at Visa Pour l’Image, the international photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France.
SESSION II: GRAPHIC IMAGES IN THE PRESS. DEALING WITH ETHICAL DILEMMAS. Stefan Smith - AFP Bureau Chief, Regional Office for East Africa & Indian Ocean, Kenya Laura Mulenga Walusimbi - Photojournalist, Photo Editor and Writer, Uganda Herber Lumansi - Photo Editor, Bukedde, Uganda Frédéric Noy - Photographer, Cosmos Agency, France/ Uganda