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Winners of WACC’s photographic competition “Images of Communication”

See the winning photographs on WACC’s website here:
http://www.wacc.org.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1510

Chaired by Adrian Evans, the director of Panos Pictures, a panel judged more than 200 submissions to the competition from all over the world. Communication was illustrated in many moving ways and the quality of the submissions was high. The competition will be repeated again next year.

After much deliberation, the prizes were awarded as follows:

Overall winner ($750) 
Abir Abdullah (Bangladesh) 
‘Village Phone’‚ shows a project supported by Grameen Bank which sets up telecommunication businesses for women in rural Bangladesh. A woman uses a village phone to talk to her husband who has migrated to work in Kuwait. 

The judges felt it was a strong composition illustrating a compelling practical example of communication in development, with dimensions of overcoming the digital divide, poverty alleviation and gender inequality.

Three prizes for “highly commended photographers” ($250 each)
(in alphabetical order)

Mukunda Bogati (Nepal). 
‘Social Victim’: shows Dilbhadur BiswoKarma, a barefoot lower-caste blacksmith who is ploughing a field (for an upper-cast employer who pays him barely US$1.25 a day). He is shown being interviewed by Ramchandra Basyal for a programme on Radio Madan Pokhara examining caste-based social discrimination. 

The judges praised the image for showing how community-based media can give a voice to the voiceless, and tackle issues of social justice.

Trevor Davies (Zimbabwe). 
“Lightbox”. A striking photograph of three young women working with slides and illuminated by a lightbox. The women are taking a course of gender and photojournalism aimed at challenging conventional stereotypes and using photography for a fairer representation of Africa and its development needs.

The judges found the image visually powerful and appealing, and recommended it for showing the enjoyment of the students in exploring and learning photography.

Frederick Omondi (Kenya)
‘A picture of grief’: for cameraman Omuse, covering the funeral of the popular Kenyan Vice President Michael Wamalwa in September 2003 turned out to be more than just a professional assignment. Unable to hold back his grief, he broke down and wept as he recorded the sombre event. 

The panel was moved by the emotion of the photograph, showing the deep human involvement of journalists with the subjects they are often thought to cover impartially.


The panel of judges were sad not to be able to award prizes to many other excellent photographs, however a gallery of many other images from the competition, with details of the photographers, will be put online in the near future.

See the winning photographs on WACC’s website here:
http://www.wacc.org.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1510




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