The daughter of the Jagitay family photographed under torchlight in the small border town of Gbindi, not far from Guinea. The town has now electricity, as do not most places outside the couple biggest cities, and after nightfall people have to use candles, lanterns, and torches in order to see.
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EDUCATION
2009 BA Photojournalism, Swansea Metropolitan University
2006 Master of Arts in Politics and International Relations. Aberdeen University
EXHIBITIONS
Swansea Metropolitan University BA Photojournalism Degree Show in Free Range in London 11-15 June 2009.
Ctrl.Alt.Shift (group) exhibition at Association of Photographers gallery in London 18-28 February 2009.
Foto8 Summer Show 2008 (group) exhibition. London. July-August 2008.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Runner-Up Prize in Guardian newspaper’s Student Photographer of the Year 2009 competition. November 2009.
Shortlisted in New York Photo Awards 2009 in the Student Social Documentary Essay category
Shortlisted in PDN Annual 2009 competition in the Student Series category
Shortlisted for Sir Leslie Joseph Young Artist Award, given to a young artist resident in Wales. December 2008.
PUBLICATIONS
Sierra Leone work shown in Visura Magazine’s Spotlight feature. March 2010 [online]
Verve Photo : New Breed of Documentary Photographers feature. March 2010.
Lebanon image published in Photo District News May 2009 issue.
Sierra Leone photograph published in Vice Magazine as part of the Ctrl. Alt. Shift competition December 2008.
Sierra Leone work published in Finnish Refugee Council’s ‘Pakolainen’ (‘refugee’) Magazine’s 3/08 issue. August 2008.
One Sierra Leone image licensed to Canadian ‘Border’ TV-series. August 2008.