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Uganda Press Photo Award 2012
published on 08.10.2012 by admin
KAMPALA – The prestigious Uganda Press Photo Award 2012 has been won by freelance photojournalist Daniel Edyegu. He took the place of First Overall Winner with a striking image of a woman throwing herself on the ground in tears, overlooking the site of a mudslide where her loved ones had been buried alive in Bududa, Eastern Uganda.
A delighted Edyegu said, “I’m a passionate photographer, and now that I’ve won the award it will inspire me to do more. Photos are my way of conveying a message to the people.”
Edyegu remarkably also scooped up the award for Second Overall Winner, astounding the judges with another breathtaking image of a wheelchair user racing over the finish line of a marathon for people with disabilities held in Lira, Northern Uganda.
The victorious photojournalist won a brand new Nikon camera and a scholarship to study a degree in Mass Communications at Victoria University, one of the competition sponsors. His victory was announced at a glamorous ceremony held on Thursday evening at Makerere University Art Gallery in Kampala, where all the winning photographs are now being exhibited. Edyegu’s winning photograph was previously published in the New Vision Newspaper.
Photojournalist Simon Naulele was awarded the place of Third Overall Winner for a dramatic image of a woman grabbing onto a policeman’s leg, as he lashes out with a stick a crowd of music fans at a concert in Soroti, Eastern Uganda. Naulele was presented with an Apple iPad, donated by the US Mission in Uganda, at the exclusive prize-giving event. He works for the Etop vernacular newspaper in Eastern Uganda.
The Uganda Press Photo Award 2012 is the first of its kind, and attracted hundreds of images submitted by over 80 photojournalists from all over Uganda. Winners in News, Sports, Daily Life, Environment and Portrait categories represented many of the major publications, including the Daily Monitor, the New Vision, the Observer and the Red Pepper, as well as freelancers and passionate amateur photographers from other professions. All winners received T-shirts designed and donated by Definition, internet modems donated by Tangerine and solar-powered lamps from Solar Sister.
The Award was organised by the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda, plus Friedich Ebert Schtiftung, a German foundation that promotes social-democratic projects in media.
Malcolm Webb, the chair of the Foreign Correspondents’ Association and a correspondent for Al-jazeera, said, “We’re delighted with how well the awards turned out. There was tremendous enthusiasm from the photojournalists and there’s fantastic array of interesting and powerful photographs at the winners’ exhibition”.
The exhibition is at Makerere University Art Gallery, and is open to the public from Friday 9th November until Wednesday 28th November. Event organiser and exhibition curator Anna Ku?ma said, “It makes a change to show these kinds of photographs in a gallery space and not in a newspaper. It’s a great way of celebrating the award winners, and it draws attention to the artistic quality of their work.”
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PLEASE SEE ATTCHED PHOTO RELEASES OF A SELECTION OF THE WINNING PHOTGRAPHS
All images will soon be available at www.fcau.org
Winners will also be announced on Twitter by @FCAUganda with the hashtag #UPPA
For further information and interviews with winners and organisers please contact:
Anna Ku?ma, UPPA organiser +256 (0) 775 835 324
Malcolm Webb, FCAU Chair +256 (0) 775 365 876
Marlies Pilon, FCAU Communications Secretary +256 (0) 701 355 958
UGANDA PRESS PHOTO AWARDS 2012 WINNERS’
| Category | Name |
|---|---|
| Overal I | Edyegu Daniel Enwaku |
| Overal II | Edyegu Daniel Enwaku |
| Overal III | Simon Naulele |
| Daily Life Single I | Moses Waswa |
| Daily Life Single II | Simon Naulele |
| Daily Life Single III | Jjumba Martin |
| Daily Life Story I | Abdul Kinyenya |
| Daily Life Story II | Lovington Kambugu |
| Daily Life Story III | Ibrahim Mudathir.B |
| News Single I | Matthias Mugisha |
| News Single II | Onyait Odeke |
| News Single III | Richard Mpalanyi Ssentongo |
| Honourable Mention News | Simon Naulele |
| News Story I | Richard Mpalanyi Ssentongo |
| News Story II | Moses Waswa |
| News Story III | Justin Emedot |
| Enviroment Single I | Edyegu Daniel Enwaku |
| Enviroment Single II | Matthias Mugisha |
| Enviroment Single III | Matthias Mugisha |
| Enviroment Story I | Edyegu Daniel Enwaku |
| Enviroment Story II | Onyait Odeke |
| Enviroment Story III | Musiime Muramura |
| Portrait I | Joel Nsadha |
| Portrait II | Nicholas Nsubuga |
| Portrait III | Godfrey Kimono |
| Sports Story I | Godfrey Kimono |
| Sports Story II | Morgan Arafat Mwanje |
| Sports Story III | NO AWARD GIVEN |
| Sports Singles I | Edyegu Daniel Enwaku |
| Sports Singles II | Richard Mpalanyi Ssentongo |
| Sports Singles III | Michael Nsubuga |
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