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Young Photographer Award 2021

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The Young Photographer Award is an educational award geared towards passionate emerging photographers looking to cultivate a career in documentary photography or photojournalism. The winner of the competition receives a DSLR camera and, together with the runners-up, gets an opportunity to participate in an intensive Mentorship Programme. The programme is designed to give young photographers a chance to learn more about photography with our bootcamp course as well as developing a documentary photography project under the guidance of an industry professional. The photographic outcomes of the mentees are exhibited in Kampala.
Deadline: July 15, 2021

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Anna Kućma
Independent Curator + Director & Founder
Uganda Press Photo Awards / UPPA

Anna Kućma is the director of the Uganda Press Photo Award, a photography platform and annual competition for East Africa. She also works as an independent curator. Born in Krakow, Poland, she holds master degrees in Cultural Policy and... read on
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Anne Nwakalor
Founding Editor of No! Wahala Magazine


Anne Nwakalor (Alagbe) is a British-Nigerian based between Abuja and London. She is a Photo-Editor and the Founding Editor of one of Africa's first contemporary photography magazine; No! Wahala Magazine , which is a free print photography... read on
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Katie Simmonds
Business Development Manager
Canon Central and North Africa

Katie Simmonds is a photographer, visual storyteller and Business Development Manager at Canon Central and North Africa. She is responsible for the development and management of Canon’s industry programs and sustainability initiatives within... read on
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Uche Okpa-Iroha
Multidisciplinary Artist + Photographer
The Nlele Institute is a Pan-African, autonomous and non-profit visual art organization

Uche Okpa-Iroha (born in Enugu in 1972) is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist who mainly adopts photography as his preferred medium of artistic expression. He is a founding member of the Blackbox Collective and Invisible Borders Trans-African... read on
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Dennis Kimbugwe
Photographer


Dennis Kimbugwe (1997) is a Ugandan photographer based in the Czech Republic. His creative practice seeks to explore the construction and performance of identity as well as the complexity of a minoritised existence. His work has been recognized... read on