https://www.louisecontino.com/equator-prize-2019-new-economy daily 0.75 2020-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586809213961-YIP9676QCSV0MYP3WF5T/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - California, USA: Yurok Tribe Forming an unprecedented alliance with the government of California to auction carbon credits from their sustainably managed forests through the state’s cap-and-trade program, the Yurok Tribe has secured new finance to purchase over 22,200 hectares of their ancestral lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586809213961-YIP9676QCSV0MYP3WF5T/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - California, USA: Yurok Tribe Forming an unprecedented alliance with the government of California to auction carbon credits from their sustainably managed forests through the state’s cap-and-trade program, the Yurok Tribe has secured new finance to purchase over 22,200 hectares of their ancestral lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586809205083-IZ9YPNLMTK4IB1FC674M/image-asset.octet-stream Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586809625828-ZML7579GLXEICUZBYM2X/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - Tanzania: Yaeda Valley Project In the Yaeda Valley of Tanzania, the 10,000-year-old hunter-gatherer Hadzabe tribe has safeguarded over 20,000 hectares of territory through a historic land tenure campaign coupled with an innovative carbon offset scheme, effective community monitoring, and inclusive governance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586809742118-CCGKGTFKBZXCA4ATGNFC/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - Australia: Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils Pty. Ltd. An innovative partnership involving the Kutkabubba aboriginal community in Western Australia, Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils Pty Ltd promotes cultural identity and supports local livelihoods through the sustainable harvest of sandalwood oil for the global luxury perfume market, including Estée Lauder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586809984008-9ISRMLUENQJZ4F1JZOBV/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - Asociación de Productores Kemito ‒ Ene (Peru), New Economy, Equator Prize 2019 Spotlight A model for sustainable commodity supply chains worldwide, this indigenous social business enterprise has enabled 300 Asháninka families to break into the international market and directly export 90 tons of sustainably produced, organic cacao annually, while conserving their forests and creating a peaceful economic alternative in a previously war-torn land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586809326781-Z84HYOYJ37JMA3RH6SBG/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - Vanuatu: Ser-Thiac The first indigenous-owned accredited forest carbon project in the Pacific Islands, Ser-Thiac has reduced approximately 15,000 tons of CO2 emissions to date and offers a powerful new model for carbon credits based on indigenous land rights, stewardship, and climate resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586810282959-N9AC7GT8560MM5SA7M8U/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - Nigeria: Environmental Management & Development Trust (EMADET) Environmental Management and Development Trust supports a dynamic network of women promoting cacao agroforestry and the production of the so-called “miracle fruit” as an alternative to single-use plastics for local markets in southwestern Nigeria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586810197046-VU527LPV5U5INOTQ3RVM/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - Kenya: Solar Freeze In rural Kenya, this initiative is pioneering the production of portable solar cold rooms that reduce post-harvest losses of food grown primarily by women smallholder farmers by 90 percent, increase household incomes, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through food loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586810333799-1ZK27O5TVTIGXS0FOJ9I/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - New Economy - Community Statement: New Economy Category Winners, Equator Prize 2019 Live from the Town Hall Theater in Manhattan, New York City on 24 September 2019. Felixto Cabanillas Contreras, President, Producers' Association Kemito ‒ Ene, gives the community statement on behalf of all the prize winners in the New Economy category. https://www.louisecontino.com/equatorprize2019 daily 0.75 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586713699113-3LT53O989KC9GQ303HC8/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Indonesia: Indigenous Group of Dayak Iban Sungai Utik Long House From their 214-metre long house in West Kalimantan, the Dayak Iban have protected an estimated 1.31 million tons of carbon in their 9,504-hectare customary forest. For decades they have fought against corporate interests, following the dictate that nature is more important than monetary wealth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586713699113-3LT53O989KC9GQ303HC8/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Indonesia: Indigenous Group of Dayak Iban Sungai Utik Long House From their 214-metre long house in West Kalimantan, the Dayak Iban have protected an estimated 1.31 million tons of carbon in their 9,504-hectare customary forest. For decades they have fought against corporate interests, following the dictate that nature is more important than monetary wealth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586714010560-KRMHQSYRUCXXYLQRTOJV/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Peru: ECA de la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri Ejecutor de Contrato de Administración Tuntanain brings together 23 indigenous groups and the Peruvian government to co-manage 94,967 hectares of forest in an impressive partnership that has increased local income 160 percent, protected the headwaters of three rivers essential for regional water security, reduced food insecurity, and fostered climate resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586714056584-L1STNXNQ8CU45JG7JX6F/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Peru: ECA Tuntanain Guardians of the largest Communal Reserve in Peru, Ejecutor de Contrato de Administración de la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri demonstrates the power of indigenous-government co-management for climate change mitigation by successfully protecting 402,335 hectares of forest while providing alternative livelihoods to local communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586714580037-ITDY9KIF2G7VJK94MS50/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Peru: Comunidades nativas de Nuevo Saposoa y Patria Nueva de Mediación Calleria Harnessing innovative satellite and mobile phone technology for community-led monitoring, these two indigenous Shipibo Peruvian communities have secured rights to 15,000 hectares of ancestral lands and completely eliminated illegal deforestation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1583880601273-AXJ51SJB4G08KWUAA0XI/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - ECA Tuntanain (Peru), Climate Change Mitigation, Equator Prize 2019 Spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586713950663-JMJGDOKX1ECK4C5WKS7Z/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Brasil: Associação Indígena Kisêdjê Located in one of Brazil’s most deforested states, this association of Kisêdjê indigenous people has transformed the status quo by reclaiming their traditional lands and developing an innovative entrepreneurial model that uses the native pequi tree to restore landscapes, foster food security, and develop products for local and national markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586714134196-W5MXQQQ2V00TQNU3D2MO/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch Cameroon, Climate Change Mitigation, Equator Prize 2019 In the Kilum-Ijim Forest of Cameroon, the Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW) organization has planted over 75,000 bee-friendly African cherry trees, trained 1,700 farmers in beekeeping and agroforestry, and empowered over 1,500 women to lead their own businesses, providing locally-grounded solutions for economic development, climate change mitigation, and biodiversity conservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586713623640-S0RSQVCHHJEOCPMYN65T/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Pakistan: Kasa Ghar Cluster Community Based Organization By creating a successful value-added market model for Chilghoza pine nuts, this group has conserved 26,000 hectares of vulnerable forest in the Sulaiman Range of Pakistan and sustained the well-being of approximately 12,000 people from 100 villages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1583878487284-V1IJMNRBHB673WJSQND7/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - ECA de la Reserva Comunal Amarakaeri (Peru), Climate Change Mitigation, Equator Prize 2019 Spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586714416571-3I2YBLNGSO1IDEZT6YFG/image-asset.png EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Guinea Bissau: Conselho de gestão da área marinha protegida comunitária Urok In the Bijagós Archipelago off the western coast of Guinea-Bissau, this management council uses traditional knowledge to protect 54,500 hectares of critical marine and mangrove ecosystems in order to mitigate climate change, reduce coastal erosion, and ensure sustainable livelihoods for the Bijagós indigenous community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586805058549-1SGWV1X941THQ238I425/image-asset.jpeg EP2019: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners - Community Statement: Climate Change Mitigation Category Winners, Equator Prize 2019 Live from the Town Hall Theater in Manhattan, New York City on 24 September 2019. Ernestine Leikeki, Social and Environmental Officer, Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW) gives the community statement on behalf of all Equator Prize 2019 winners in the Climate Change Mitigation prize category. https://www.louisecontino.com/equator-prize-adaptation daily 0.75 2020-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586805982716-XVI5DP16E220K6DIB6PG/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Benin: CREDI-ONG (Centre Régional de Recherche et d’Education pour un Développement Intégré) Putting youth at the centre of efforts to mitigate climate change and promote community resilience, CREDI-ONG has created an agroecological farm and 67,000-hectare Community Natural Park to enable 150,000 people to live in harmony with nature in South Benin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586805982716-XVI5DP16E220K6DIB6PG/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Benin: CREDI-ONG (Centre Régional de Recherche et d’Education pour un Développement Intégré) Putting youth at the centre of efforts to mitigate climate change and promote community resilience, CREDI-ONG has created an agroecological farm and 67,000-hectare Community Natural Park to enable 150,000 people to live in harmony with nature in South Benin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586807643706-LEOSRH1AF6WBJZBB0JE1/image-asset.png Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Ecuador: Fondo de Páramos Tungurahua y Lucha contra la Pobreza In the mountains of Ecuador, this public-private-community partnership uses innovative financial mechanisms to conserve the paramo ecosystem, ensure water security, store carbon, and enhance the quality of life for indigenous communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586806900402-2D669STP87EKV9D9WT5G/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Brasil: Conselho Indígena de Roraima In the Roraima state of Brazil, this indigenous alliance has secured rights to 1.7 million hectares of traditional land for 55,000 indigenous peoples while promoting ecological and social resilience through the conservation of traditional crop varieties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586808386938-NDUQCJL7ILVK5Y9601XQ/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - India: Deccan Development Society In the Zaheerabad region of India, Deccan Development Society promotes women-led regenerative agriculture and community-seed banks to empower Dalit and tribal women, promote sustainable land use, and achieve food security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586805843712-W813OINMJ3OXBWF951YA/image-asset.octet-stream Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586807891555-M1IC2QZFLBZA6S0R5ZXQ/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Hawai'i, USA: Hui Mālama o Moʻomomi Hui Mālama o Moʻomomi, a native Hawaiian grassroots initiative on the island of Molokai, uses traditional ecological management practices such as the art of kilo and pono fishing to sustainably manage their nearshore fisheries in the face of climate change for generations to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586807993999-2QBQ44NHPF88UJJU6LSP/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Hawai'i, USA: Hui Maka'āinana o Makana This native Hawaiian grassroots initiative has woven together traditional, place-based knowledge and policy advocacy to sustainably manage their near-shore fisheries, resulting in the official designation of the first community co-managed fishery in the state of Hawai’i. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586808521239-84U6K5MOBMLFMLW7KAUR/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Micronesia: Tamil Resources Conservation Trust As climate change impacts the communities and ecosystems of the Pacific, this organization fosters ridge-to-reef climate resilience through watershed-wide restoration, family farming, a community nursery, and systematic marine conservation planning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586808574707-5YQAPY1HDHX0YR4KD1NG/image-asset.jpeg Equator Prize 2019 - Adaptation - Community Statement: Climate Change Adaptation Category Winners, Equator Prize 2019 Live from the Town Hall Theater in Manhattan, New York City on 24 September 2019. Rosa Elena Jerez Mazaquiza, Indigenous Leader of the Kichwa and the Campesino Peoples of Tungurahua gives the community statement on behalf of all the prize winners in the Climate Change Adaptation category. https://www.louisecontino.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586893184147-GTOS7GYASXWAESO4W8S1/beso%2Bschool%2Bfamily.jpeg Portfolio Photographers: Anyango Florence (left) Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. (Anyango Florence, left) Mpiima Zacharious (middle) Age: 13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. (Mpiima Zacharious, center) Athieno Vena (right) Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School. WPC members Anyango Florence, Mpiima Zacharious, and Athieno Vena standing in front of the beginnings of a new building for the upper school students attending the BESO Junior School, the first ever school in the community of Wanteete. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586903788875-JJEDMBA0BL9D7F2LFQ86/florence%2B2%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "I wanted to show how our students at BESO Junior School focus in class. Some are super attentive. They squeeze onto the seats. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586903863059-0OG6800103X4HDUJ7P1Z/Florence+8-+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This elder, Kafuka, was coming home from her garden very exhausted. She is a hard working old woman who still farms to survive." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586903936965-NDLEW2LE2YHUB6W2SQSI/florence+1+-+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is my self-portrait, which I took with the first roll of film I ever received." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904000067-I6HTBWUXL5AH12ODG168/Florence%2B24_11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This young woman was stretching hard to collect water from the source. It was risky for her because of the ground height and the water source height. Additionally there was a bush surrounding that was full of snakes!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904197913-IRANDB6O5KA95CNH4O5G/Florence+9+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is one of my students in the Baby Class at BESO Junior School. She is inside the first classroom that we ever built with the microgrant from Spark in 2010. Today, through our community efforts, we have expanded our school significantly and have three brick buildings with more permanent classrooms. We are so proud of the progress we have made." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904133527-EZUR610I3KNBJQU1E05F/Florence-37.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This picture is a double negative, meaning two photos exposed on top of each other. I did not mean for this to happen, but it is a happy and magical accident!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904259050-8ZUKA5XDLJFUQ3ZC5GWN/florence%2B11%2B-%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "It is so nice to see a father and his children together. Sometimes in our community the women are left alone to care for their children without much support from the father. It is a big problem. All children need their father's and I am happy that this man is so loving." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904305611-8JUS8Q94YT4HRLSMW2R4/Florence+27+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "These two men are off to fertilize our pineapple gardens. The fertilizer is a new and improved type that the community is trialing thanks to agricultural supports provided by BESO. Wanteete is in the Kayunga district, which grows the best pineapples in all of Uganda. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904422036-G2VQ71UP1SASLOIGW5SB/Florence%2B14%2B-%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This lady was using a lot of energy to grind her ground nuts. This is our common grinding mechanism for the source. It is one of the staples of our diet in the Buganda kingdom, and this photo shows the very traditional way of life that we lead here in the village." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904497331-DJEAHZTS90AVIFACGG5L/florence+16+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This picture shows our traditional clothes in our Baganda culture. 75% of our women wear this type of dress, the Gomez." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904572576-LGQNCBK14H5V5G1ULJOV/Florence+19+11-17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occipation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "This is a portrait of one of my best friends standing so humbly in her simple kitchen. We make the most of what little we have for our children." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904631903-VAYT7FH90YFYX8Z1VBGH/Florence+26+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Anyango Florence. Age: 29 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "These are Muslims and I loved how they respect their religion by wearing veils at a tender age. They are smart. Our community is very mixed and we have many Catholics and Muslims that live happily side by side." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904678167-1M4UTUOVQVUC0XFQYURK/Mpiima+1+-+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Mpiima Zacharious. Age:13 years. Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. "These are my very best friends. The bicycle allows us to have so much fun on our way to and fro school." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904734219-56O9TK9QHULSG7CCY4VW/Vena_11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Vena Athieno. Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School. "I took this photo because it was so hungry I pitied the animal. There was no food for it and it was very sunny. It looked thirsty." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586904773782-XBP2H4JBY9LWH0CV2ZHK/Vena+4+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer; Athieno Vena. Age: 34 years. Occupation: Headmistress at BESO Junior School. "This is my teacher Madam Betty's husband. He asked me to take a photo of him. He was constructing his house in the traditional way, with mud and wood." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586893872894-G42JTQ0EQMSZZQKJCEIP/Jamadah%2BWPC.jpeg Portfolio Photographer: Jamadah Mawoni Age 21 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. Jamadah Mawoni standing outside his home after his workday as a teacher at BESO Junior School down the road. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586902039088-PPBWO38DLHSL1SOAX1JZ/Jamadah%2B1_11x17.jpg Portfolio “Do you see that child? There is love in his eyes. There is love in this photo. This child is mine and he is holding his JaJa’s [Grandmother’s] hand. I am a single father working full time and I could not raise my son to be a strong man without JaJa’s help.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586902967247-ITK7B1S8HRXS1J9H2YWE/Jamadah-1.jpg Portfolio “Even the grandparents can dig. We work hard to get a meal. I am a single father and my grandmother helps me to raise my child. Through her hardships we get a meal. She is the number one woman in my life. I love her.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586902636691-IBF22BMVDI6J7PD6OKH8/Jamadadh%2B13%2B-%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio "Alcohol abuse is a big problem with men in our community. This man is drunk and he doesn't help my grandmother (JaJa) or our family. He is very strong but he won't work." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586902947035-6DZCNRVA8NGOQ01YP7W8/Jamadah%2B7-%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio “Meet Madame Betty, one of my fellow teachers at BESO Junior School. She teaches the little ones in baby class and all the children love her so much.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586902574388-91ND20ZEJ5FXPDMWK6EX/Jamadah+4+11x17.jpg Portfolio “I took this picture to show you our local fashions. When I walk around the village I see so many half-naked children. This is a problem. It means that the parents cannot afford to buy good clothes for their children.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586892816429-1KN16N2NF1Z0RBRNPTC0/Robinah%2BWPC.jpeg Portfolio Photographer: Robinah Kafuko Age: 15 years Occupation: Student at BESO Junior School. Robinah Kafuko Namulodo in the courtyard of her home at sunset. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586897403206-OPQ5L1MTBIVY3ZPJ1361/robinah%2B23.jpg Portfolio "I took this photo of my fellow pupils doing their exams. Madame Bilabwa is our teacher and these are my Primary Four friends. I also wanted to show that we are assessed after studying in our classrooms." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586897416504-PK670TIV5N5XSMYFVT6Z/Robinah%2B8%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio "I took this picture of Jack, Joan and Jane, to show that at school we keep hygiene and we help with washing our cups we use for porridge during the school mean program at breakfast. We even have baskets to keep them safe and clean. I chose this school because we study different things outside the classroom, like vocational skills and now even photography. Our teachers are more serious than those at my previous government school." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586822633532-GGWQ3Z40L4XRJQX0T5S1/NALONGO_Bukenya.jpeg Portfolio Photographer: Nalongo Bukenya Age: 46 Occupation: Farmer Nalongo Bukenya standing in front of her home. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586895458586-235AI28UEHA0X70DEJAQ/Nalongo%2B5_11x17.jpg Portfolio “My children, mostly girls, walk long distances to help me collect water for domestic use though it is fetched from far distances. They carry it home on their heads because it is the easiest way to walk with the heavy water for such a long time.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586900627634-WUBUT9EJ8BG603PMMAGK/Nalongo-3+%281%29.jpg Portfolio "I took this picture because my children asked me to show how they are friendly with their friend in the middle studying at a different school but we are neighbours. Their friend asked them that I should take a photo showing their friendship." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586896239593-CVLQRBE3XEGNGUJ9L8L0/nalongo%2B55.jpg Portfolio "It is risky for my children to go alone to collect water for domestic use because of snakes and men who may harm them. So they go as a group with the neighbours. I am happy that we have jerry cans.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586896418276-6NT415AJ5AGOTDXPA1X0/Nalongo%2B9_11x17.jpg Portfolio “These are my girls tending to our goats, which are important contributors to our livelihoods.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586895620558-IFRRO3IW22LSXC0RLYCP/Nalongo%2B1.jpg Portfolio "I usually accommodate children even if they don’t belong to me. I provide them with their scholastic needs, and in return they help with domestic work and farming and even cooking at home during holidays.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586914441080-MHU4ABSLGKI0P89UDWVW/Waiswa%2BWPC%2BPresident%2Bsmiles.jpeg Portfolio WPC President Waiswa John standing in front of his corn fields. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586915204593-8D96J3P8YES06V50QWRR/Atheino%2BJane%2Band%2BWaiswa%2BJohn%2BWPC.jpeg Portfolio - PICTURING WANTEETE COLLABORATIVE STORYTELLING IN RURAL UGANDA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916042852-CUJZ5FRV4B7CVLYILMFJ/image-asset.jpeg Portfolio Nalongo Bukenya crafting compositions of her children and grandchildren, her favorite subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916061856-LCH5SPUMO54A9QE5YQ4O/IMG_0431.jpeg Portfolio Here I am with Athieno Jane, my host mother whenever I stayed for multiple days in Wanteete. On other days, I stayed with Aaron Bukenya’s family in an outter neighborhood of Kampala called Nabweru. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916049996-NKQOIX3OXNMFAJA7F0FA/IMG_0146.jpg Portfolio This is one of my favorite “behind the scenes” photos… What was supposed to be a personal meeting with one WPC member would often turn into a big community sharing session because so many community members of Wanteete were engaged with this project. People in Wanteete were fascinated by the computer screens and camera equipment because most people in the remote rural community had never seen such technology before. Here I’m reviewing the photos of WPC member Nassali Marriam with her (she is featured in the pink head cover), and all of Nassali's and the neighbors' children have come to watch the work appear on the computer screen as well. I would make rounds, visiting each WPC member on a weekly basis at their home, to give in-depth one-on-one feedback about their photography to support their development and growth as documentarians and artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916009713-Z5VBD9803CPUJD5DYGA9/beso%2Bteam.jpg Portfolio Featured here are the three leaders of BESO Foundation, the local community based organization I partnered with for project facilitation. From left to right: Kaaka Hussein, Aaron Bukenya and Esther Nakityo Kamanzi. These three individuals provided incredible support to the project, including all logistical support on the ground, from transportation to translation. Without them, Picturing Wanteete would not have been possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973672410-O0HEYA4IL2JW6XV7MNR3/director.jpg Portfolio Aaron Bukenya is the Director and Founder of BESO Foundation. He is from Wanteete originally and was the first person from his community to earn a college degree. He is proud of his success and life achievements and wants every child in Uganda to have the same opportunities. Aaron is well respected in his community and he was an essential liaison between me and the community, helping to build peoples’ trust in me and bridge cultural gaps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973687815-YD6AOOP3G7OHVTGY3Q5R/Kaaka.jpg Portfolio Kaaka is the Education program officer at BESO Foundation. He served as the primary translator for the project, interpreting my English into Luganda—the local language—and vice versa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973708198-AKE39LEG5C0HKIBTJJ6I/town+meeting.jpg Portfolio The first step to forming the WPC was to host a town meeting to inform the entire community about the plans and introduce me to the people of Wanteete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973646974-XRZ6CHKVPSY6V26MRBI4/community+elder.jpg Portfolio During the Town Hall community meeting, different community members spoke up and shared their well-wishes, hopes, concerns and questions with me. This was important step in creating community buy-in and trust before starting the workshop process or inviting anyone to join the WPC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973677239-268PZ7E2TZJKZ8TVBJS0/group+shot+opening+ceremony1.jpg Portfolio Kaaka Hussein (right) and Aaron Bukenya (left), leaders of BESO Foundation, sharing some laughs during the entertainment portion of the Town Hall meeting to introduce the WPC concept to the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973665145-SZV3PWXUSNH3QY8IYOW2/dancers.JPG Portfolio The local school children showed us their best dance moves during the Town Hall community meeting. It was a way to welcome me to the community. They’ve got some great moves! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973695427-IITTNLZS3TPCYKL4EJF1/kids2.jpg Portfolio The local school children showed us their best dance moves during the Town Hall community meeting. It was a way to welcome me to the community. Getting funky! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973702233-CJNFEPNSLA4E9JJ9A69V/teachers.jpg Portfolio BESO Foundation Executive Director, Aaron Bukenya, with his mentor and former teacher, Mr. Egesa Enock, who did become one of the WPC members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916078182-1Z2MEDSIFU0SDRW56D93/IMG_3407.jpeg Portfolio These are the cameras that were distributed to the Wanteete Photo Collective for the project duration. They were primarily Pentax K-1000 models from the 1980s. We shot entirely Kodak Tri-X film. All supplies were generously donated by the Film Photography Project, one of our main sponsors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973681736-7U5YQ14MCZR7HWRZINCB/jane-the-elder.jpg Portfolio The next step after the Town Hall meeting was to make individual house calls to people we were interested in having join the WPC. This is a picture of Athieno Jane in her home during that house visit when we formally introduced me and invited her to join the WPC. She said yes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916130277-SOSQ991NCI4Y37Q72S2O/louise_03-1.jpg Portfolio Here I am on the inaugural day of the Wanteete Photo Collective (WPC). I’m donning all of the cameras that were distributed to WPC members for use throughout the project duration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916123039-ULLUZCFYZFZ2T00ZWX5K/Louise_05.jpg Portfolio This is me featured in the opening WPC ceremony where we distributed cameras to all of the WPC members. For almost all the members, this was the first time they had ever owned their own camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973677286-39LPBN4Z4ZKM4DADDFK4/1324.JPG Portfolio Here’s a group photo including the whole WPC and supporting team members, including a project supporter from Brazil named Bruno Feder who worked as my project assistant during the beginning of the workshop process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973706160-JHD05Q5LDMYATY3I14WS/team+meeting.jpg Portfolio Every week the WPC met after-hours inside one of the school classrooms for 2-3 hour workshop lessons, and then again on Fridays for a critique session to review their photos, gain new insights on their work, and improve technically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916006163-9GH0M13MY4XDT76QYDAB/1970632_10152348770641241_121341238_n.jpg Portfolio Me showing the WPC and visitors the photographs that were developed from their most recent rolls of exposed film. Each week the WPC would meet on Mondays for workshop lesson and on Fridays for a critique. In the meantime, I would manually process and develop the rolls of film that each member had shot throughout the previous week in response to the previous lesson. After each roll of film was developed and dried, I would digitally scan each negative into a small film scanner and create digital images from each negative. These pictures would the be brought to the WPC in Wanteete each Friday for critique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916108196-3FJ1WNM4HIWUT14NA60L/jane%2Band%2Bkaaka.jpg Portfolio Here is Kaaka Hussein working with Athieno Jane on the first day she received her camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916015921-3DMT0JTJEBV2FV3JKYW9/collective-in-action.jpg Portfolio The WPC shoots back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916010880-LGC97M5HST5A0ZABFXRT/collective-shoots-back.jpg Portfolio Lesson Number One: Focusing on your subject! Everyone started at the same horizontal line and then practiced shooting the same subject from identical focal lengths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586915995858-4W0P8689H7PYTDQEY6O8/_MG_0661.jpeg Portfolio Here I am working one-on-one during a home visit with WPC member Babigumira Florence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586915990109-Z136Z20TUDBECNY32ABF/_MG_0672.jpeg Portfolio Having a great time putting those photographic skills to work! Here is a picture featuring me shooting in the field with WPC Member Babigumira Florence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586915997326-1IMQAS1VQQ3LYD28AQMQ/_MG_0686.jpeg Portfolio WPC Member Babigumira Florence learning to become confident with using her camera on her own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586915996576-50MWDZZRCDAI0B31B9F0/_MG_0692.jpeg Portfolio Lesson Two: Learning to look for light, the essence of photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916000654-EJYLX5MKP6D94I56TTHP/_MG_0712.jpeg Portfolio This photo illustrates how the lens was turned both ways in this participatory photography project. WPC members explored what it felt like to be the photographer, casting their glance on a scene or person(s), and what it felt like to be the subject of another's gaze. I gave each WPC member their own camera and in return asked each of them to pose for an environmental portrait of my design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916002821-XZ55RPZWUMGJQKCE9TFL/_MG_0733.jpeg Portfolio It was always so exciting for participants to view and use digital cameras because of the instantaneous color photos. Black and white analogue film was used for the making of Picturing Wanteete, which made for an entirely different photographic experience than digital. An experience of mystery and delayed gratification. To learn more about the choice to use black and white film, visit the FAQ section on my website devoted to this project specifically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916004071-RM81U6B9FAZH9O8BWD2D/_MG_0788.jpeg Portfolio Nalongo Bukenya manually loading a roll of back and white film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916006766-9XBV8H8ZMON2LNZE9AGI/_MG_0803.jpeg Portfolio Nalongo Bukenya organizing her subjects, learning how to assume the role of creative director of her own vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972293793-TOL1FE7PD4TCF94JD7O4/_MG_0822.jpeg Portfolio WPC Members Mawoni Jamadah, Babigumira Florence, and Nalongo Bukenya with Project Director Louise Contino (me) on a "photowalk" through Wanteete. Often I would work with a small group of the collective to provide in-depth feedback and help each member develop their range of photographic skills. The work we did to create Picturing Wanteete was always a very collaborative effort. I would work closely with members of the collective who could translate from Luganda into English, and relay on other collective members to help bridge cultural gaps and bring me in closer into the social worlds of Wanteete. Without such collaboration and inclusion this work would have been impossible to create. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973702883-GWVHYZHWH53W97LTNFBN/nalongo+and+kids.jpg Portfolio Nalongo Bukenya sitting with her children and grandchildren, her favorite subjects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916107678-XIMUG97I3T8YRHLWKJG3/learning%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Bmasters.jpg Portfolio WPC members Mpiima and Jane "learning from the masters". Collective members studied classic, canonized works of fine art black and white photography to deepen their understanding and appreciation of the art of photography. In return, their photographic skills were strengthened and their breadth of knowledge about the possibilities of the camera as a tool for expression widened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916154887-51P18U1BTJLD0A1HHTZR/vena%2Bthe%2Bphotographers%2Beye.jpg Portfolio As in the previous slide, here are two WPC members-- Atheino Vena and Waiswa John, "learning from the masters". They are studying photographic prints published in John Szarkowski's 20th Century classic The Photographer's Eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916007435-KCCPVTZTJP8S9G7ZJ55X/10171760_10152348770876241_1697799579_n.jpg Portfolio Here I am, standing before all of the film processing equipment and supplies. Without a proper darkroom or adequate temperature control, film processing for this project was always done in an improvised and makeshift way. Sometimes it was developed in the village, other times in Aaron Bukenya’s backyard in the city Kampala, or other times while on the road in hotel bathroom to friend's kitchen. It was a labor of love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972293478-RJXI25K2CBY1GAWCAHWR/1979498_10152348771146241_1651865756_n.jpg Portfolio Proof #1- film can be processed anywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916005711-5C22B4A92XQT5JGX4WRH/374542_10152348771211241_2132560714_n.jpg Portfolio Proof #2- film can be processed anywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916105370-UZA3D58YXUUSCZOSMVGE/IMG_3801.jpg Portfolio Work in progress -- drying film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916112361-SOLUYYMJ3AKO6BTUWLFN/LOU.jpg Portfolio Film processing in Aaron Bukenya’s front yard in Nabweru, Kampala. Proof #3- film can be processed anywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916142945-J1SJKY4BL0VBX90I4RTG/me-and-the-gang.jpg Portfolio Here I am facilitating the WPC in their first workshop in hand-processed film development. I developed most of the film on my own by hand because it was such a time consuming and technical process; however, it was important to me that all the WPC members comprehended the process of film photography from start to finish, so we did do some rolls together during one of our weekly workshops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916151487-4G9APDVEBNX2WKLR2YF7/nalongo-and-daisy.jpg Portfolio We used "jerry cans" (empty containers that once held cooking oil) to contain the chemical solutions needed to develop film (developer, stop, fixer and permawash). Here you see members of the WPC pouring the chemical washes into their light-safe film developing tanks for their first time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916132110-IACLWJJHZD5ZC112H2VD/madame-florence.jpg Portfolio Pouring out and measuring the chemicals to develop film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916152468-66QEB32UUFHSW4QMJ8XJ/teaching.jpg Portfolio Teaching the WPC how to properly agitate their film during the development process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916030080-62GC4N75R2YOUA4WMLZ8/developers.jpg Portfolio Agitating the film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916029876-BB3VNZFTL6NVCG17V357/developing-film.jpg Portfolio Washing the film after the developing process is over. Due to the lack of running water we did the "quick wash" system and filled large jerry cans with water and did 20+ rinse washes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916135483-PICKAPWFLZ3QYSIYDTTB/madame-vera-develops.jpg Portfolio Film washing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916157325-BVDDC37KHZY5BXPBK9D7/the-developers.jpg Portfolio The film developing is complete. Success! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916030463-NN3ZHP53VAAN654W9DSQ/film-developing.jpg Portfolio WPC President Waiswa John pulling his first roll of film tha the personally developed off the reel to dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916159472-OWLGTMP6T34SR5XJO2EZ/waiswa-and-the-ladies-unreeling-film.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916132661-PH5WL82IO218XJEERH6I/margaret-and-nalongo-with-film.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916134388-OAAG0ZMQ4046ZZJKK4O9/margaret-develops.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916136083-RX0NM12W6SKPCZXVWXTV/margaret-film.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916137510-K44520BX4B53GVOYOUUJ/margaret-hanging-film.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916019126-IVUU2VUQDR7DPV3RY4QY/critique-4.jpg Portfolio After all the film was developed the WPC would then reconvene and go through the process of archival methods to store the film properly, and do an initial read on their negatives to understand which pictures the had made were successful and which ones needed improvement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916036785-3Z5OJ0H4K8L9C9PEL22P/group-critique-2.jpg Portfolio The WPC would gather in the Junior School classrooms designed and managed by their local CBO (community based organization) BESO Foundation. Here the group is looking at their negatives, which they just hand developed for their first time. The magic of film nestles in this important moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916022104-YA7ISL47JBH5VY5Q1I0S/critique1A.jpg Portfolio Learning to look at film negatives— how to read and interpret them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973697481-49QT5BL4H5JAN04IOMN3/madame-vera.jpg Portfolio Athieno Vena, the headmistress of BESO Junior School and a WPC member, looking contemplative during a workshop session. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972294140-G4LLK60GI4KE78S64DKM/critique-1.jpg Portfolio The WPC would gather in the Junior School classrooms designed and managed by their local CBO (community based organization) BESO Foundation. Here the group is looking at their negatives, which they just hand developed for their first time. The magic of film nestles in this important moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586977925152-MMWOV3Z0NDO8OVY3LX0X/group-critique-5.jpg Portfolio The magic of film photography at work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916041967-662M2U27T5TV6UEG082E/group-critique-4.jpg Portfolio Looking closely. Learning to look critically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916036223-GFVAC0OYMXHSZDPZQ37V/group-critique-3.jpg Portfolio WPC member Robinah catching my eye as the film review process is documented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916040146-JUADU0CBWJSLLC5C610B/group-critique-7.jpg Portfolio Using a loupe to look even more closely . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916017005-OVJ6XPPAM7IUUUEQPIOK/critique.jpg Portfolio The WPC gathered together for a group critique session. I would print out 4"x6" copies of the WPC's digitally scanned negatives and bring them to class for review and critique every Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916071090-8XTS9F4AL42BQBO7Q8P7/IMG_3135.jpg Portfolio Here I am facilitating one of the final workshops where each WPC member was given copies of their images and asked to provide a caption for each photograph they selected for exhibition that states why they choose to take that particular image and/pr what it means to them individually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586977921833-K28KMQWKIO50UOTH5XY1/IMG_0321.jpg Portfolio WPC member Anyango Florence looking at her photographs in her home and selecting which ones she wishes to exhibit in the permanent collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916071621-2ENRI6PJ4G6WDR678QI3/IMG_3199.jpeg Portfolio One of the greatest things that this project accomplished for all participants was to strengthen community ties and nurture new and old friendships. Featured here are two WPC members, Nalongo Bukenya and Achieng Margaret (from left to right), posing for the camera after a Picturing Wanteete workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916078953-6ZL7K01MFLYTO0YX0DTO/IMG_3431.jpeg Portfolio At the close of the project, in May 2014, before Project Director Louise Contino returned stateside to her home in New York City, the WPC members came together and exhibited their work at Prunes Cafe in Kampala, Uganda. This was a wonderful opportunity to bring all of the participants together for a public showcase of their efforts and endeavors. For many in the WPC it was the first visit ever to a big, modern city such as Kampala, their nation's capital. Kampala is about a two hour drive from Wanteete, but for most in the WPC the transportation costs were too high to make the journey. It was exciting to bring everyone together to celebrate their hard work in such an urban and modern location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916071912-EPYZH1K3LGSV9WR80M4L/IMG_3398.jpeg Portfolio Installation shot of the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916105697-F2QCNYBTD8VVMRPNA0R8/IMG_3591.jpeg Portfolio WPC member Athieno Jane and I share some collective joy over the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition in May of 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916085386-2CWHCAAJYEBBMLMR4J7M/IMG_3439.jpeg Portfolio WPC member Athieno Jane in front of the WPC's photographic works presented at the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition in May of 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916078834-CT5QMJZARKA40KG91S9V/IMG_3413.jpeg Portfolio Installation shot of the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916086070-WSUI1PASQFHWCEUF8K3W/IMG_3445.jpeg Portfolio WPC members working with me to hang their prints for the show before the crowds arrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916091944-TLXGSNQHVMUKZ2N8Y9O3/IMG_3475.jpeg Portfolio BESO Foundaiton Facillitator and Accountant Esther Nakityo striking a pose at the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916092083-VR75BWWY522NOV1OOMEG/IMG_3494.jpeg Portfolio WPC member Kibirigie Nalongo in front of the WPC's photographic works presented at the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition in May of 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916098331-Q8ZHB0JW6WYKSDG9QNA3/IMG_3503.jpeg Portfolio WPC member Robinah Kafuko in front of the WPC's photographic works presented at the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition in May of 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916098529-RRBCTH6S6ZOXP9PSQ1WP/IMG_3509.jpeg Portfolio WPC member Achieng Margaret in front of the WPC's photographic works presented at the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition in May of 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916100060-XVXQQMJMK8KR2TGPM9L4/IMG_3594.jpeg Portfolio WPC member Anyango Florence and me embrace estatically at the Picturing Wanteete Kampala Exhibition in May of 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586916061694-PNMJFVIRI9G5BCE9DDN9/IMG_0428.jpeg Portfolio Me at sunset in front of my medium format camera that was used to shoot all environmental portraits of the WPC members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586892969340-R8T2O6WQISCK0SPK85NE/Athieno%2BJane%2BWPC.jpeg Portfolio Photographer: Athieno Jane. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer & BESO Junior School Cook. Athieno Jane in her kitchen frying kabalagala (banana pancakes) to sell at market for supplemental income. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586969010972-CLJILFHEG9W1WCMA8D7D/Jane%2B17%2B%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio “These are some of the students at BESO Junior School that we support. They are playing in the schoolyard after hours.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586966949372-BPZEQ32LKYEB3QTIVNHC/Jane%2B20_11x17.jpg Portfolio "We want to invest in our children because they are the future. They bring us joy. Here are children are playing along their road to school after a long session of examinations." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586967336020-I9U65QV05HMEA9NGHM79/Jane%2B19%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio "There is nothing that gives me greater joy than seeing children playing after a long and hardworking day at school." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586967670923-MK80DXP7TAY8LTRHTR2Y/Jane%2B25_11x17.jpg Portfolio “The boys were looking for fish from the swamp because their parents cannot provide food at home. It is difficult to manage the demands of school with the demands of home life, but our children can do this because they are hardworking and determined.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586968641255-ZIJW5W2QR7PMX0T3YXMK/jane%2B28_11x17.jpg Portfolio "We are based on farming and we show it to our children right from childhood. Farming is the best way we know how to earn an income that allows us pay school fees.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586968881782-T578147IGTW9HTKVMDQ3/Jane%2B26_11x17.jpg Portfolio “This man [Waiswa John] was helping me in my farm garden. Since I am sick with HIV I get someone to help me.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973488434-WYE1RIAGXMGPALIXO1SG/NYC+save+the+date+card+1-1.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973489578-5RTM2ST9UURM1XWYCQN9/image1+%281%29.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973488615-VX99LV0DD4BGEKTS45JT/NYC+promo+card+front+back+VERSION+2.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972537507-Y1ZKDQLS40UPGBO8SXOZ/full%2Bgallery%2Bview.jpg Portfolio Installation shot of the Picturing Wanteete Exhibition at the Brian Morris Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City (USA), Spring 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972536164-6WJFBLI790F0X0WJLD6W/BrianMorrisGalleryLContinoPicturingWanteete1.jpg Portfolio Installation detail from the Picturing Wanteete Exhibition at the Brian Morris Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City (USA), Spring 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972535202-75G65RWAYXUDBYJPU4PI/wall%2Bview%2Btwo.jpg Portfolio Installation shot of the Picturing Wanteete Exhibition at the Brian Morris Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City (USA), Spring 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972536552-RHDS6AF3M1Q4R2MNFVJR/table%2Bview.jpg Portfolio Interactive table display at the Picturing Wanteete Exhibition at the Brian Morris Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City (USA), Spring 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586972537035-PAM7SOXBILKJ9MYKJKGU/wall%2Bview%2B1.jpg Portfolio View of one walls arrangement of WPC photos from the Picturing Wanteete Exhibition at the Brian Morris Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City (USA), Spring 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586973492514-L8ER776HPVFA1WPRT5SL/NYC+promo+card+front+back+1.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586897600108-AAHA3HAKLU9TFD25YIQQ/Rose%2B8_11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Welcome to our community of Wanteete, look closely and you will see that love surrounds every inch of this place." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894851144-YK5HOO4RSNWN1W5Y95MK/Babigumira%2B1.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Babigumira Florence. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my kitchen, and my daughters are preparing dinner. I am planning to improve my kitchen with the additional money that I will get this farming season with the agriculture improvements from BESO Foundation." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894927885-CDOYYP43VH6XYPG89QSA/babigumira%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Babigumira Florence. Age; 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Meet my beautiful daughter, Namugaya Esther. I am so proud of her because she has passed her entrance exams and will go on to senior primary schooling at a boarding school in Kampala next Fall. We could not have done this without the educational supports provided to us by Aaron Bukenya and his BESO team. We feel so blessed." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586900556740-2Q0CEKEUNCZE7R7DC8WQ/Gladys%2B2_11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Gladys Namugaya. Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer. "My baby girl enjoys playing with my neighbor's daughter. They are friends at that very little age. It's adorable." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894959225-DJ25C9VHNW0KQAZSTOPF/cassava%2BROSE%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer "This is my neighbor's girl drying cassava for flour. This is one of our staple foods." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894995155-IOO0WQ0SH2OVYDAYZY5F/Egesa%2B1%2B-%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Egesa Enock. Age: 56 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "These are my beautiful girls collecting firewood and water to help us prepare our days meals. You will not find harder working girls in all of Uganda." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586895034740-0EVF6ZBP7PSMEE67IBSD/Egesa%2B2%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Egesa Enock. Age: 56 years. Occupation: Teacher at BESO Junior School. "Here is my happy family taking care of each other in our compound.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894901711-UT6Q0QVDS9ELYX6VPK8S/Babigumira%2B7%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Babigumira Florence. Age: 42 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I found this man on his tailoring machine. He was very sick but trying hard to get an income. He helps with our clothes knitting." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586900896330-VJF7QF0AVT452NSJ2KH4/Gladys%2B5_11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Gladys Namugaya. Age: 30 years. Occupation: Farmer. "My son Bakaki Bright who goes to BESO Junior School was practicing how to ride a bicycle. He is five and a half years old. He is happy because he is in school. And I am happy because we now have access to affordable education at a nearby school. " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586900960523-2Y8WDSACW5G6U973E4MM/Kibirige%2B12%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Kibirige Nalongo. Age: 40 years. Occupation: Farmer and Preacher. "These are my two sons farming after school. They work so hard to help our big family. They are very good boys." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586901017201-7BWPMU8Y9F9ZE175JHD9/Margaret%2B1.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Achieng Margaret. Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer. "This is my beautiful saucepan that I use for preparing meals for my children. Here I am preparing matoke wrapped in banana leaves, the traditional food of the Buganda Kingdom." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586901076199-ZG98AKJKSMIFVBYXLP31/Margaret%2B2%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Achieng Margaret. Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Here my sister feeds her baby while our brother listens to our Kabaka [Baganda King] Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II on the radio.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586897839128-U09OKL4F06KKIMQ3H4UE/Margaret%2B3%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Achieng Margaret. Age: 24 years. Occupation: Farmer. "Water. Water. Water. So much of our days are spent fetching water for cooking, washing, drinking and farming. It is difficult to access and heavy to carry so far from the source to home." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894751057-4ADZDG2S640DQIMQMVZD/margaret+65.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "We have a lot of mouths to feed in our village.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586897504133-X5QQRBTWTYIWMH72P7LQ/Rose+9+cropped+11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "When I took this picture my grandson was carrying water on a bicycle. It is easier to carry water on our bicycle than on our heads. But it still takes over one hour to fetch water." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586901498896-OG9GVDQYXFWDXG3OU4VQ/nabunya%252Brose%252B1%252B11x17.jpg Portfolio Photographer: Nabunya Rose. Age: 52 years. Occupation: Farmer. "I took this picture because my son had come home to visit us and I was so glad to see him again. He stays near our home and helps with some work, milking my cow." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894326139-B3DOKMNHJXDPQNZLZWZO/Nassali%2Band%2BAnnet%2BWPC.jpeg Portfolio Photographer: Nassali Marriam (right). Age: 39 years. Occupation: Farmer. Also featured: Nalubowa Annet (left), Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer. Nalubowa Annet and Nassali Marriam along the back path leading to their gardens, posed under a "fene" (jackfruit) tree. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586970957833-OTJITUY62LMNZ6GQD3ZO/Nassali%2Band%2BAnnet%2B4%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio "This is a portrait of my neighbor and best friend, Nalubowa Annet. She is serving maize porridge to her children for breakfast before they leave to go to the BESO Jr. School. She works hard to provide all these meals for her boys." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586901857477-HEP6FU310G2JFOYGS67V/nassali%2B15_11x17.jpg Portfolio "These are my girls acting silly at dinner time. They are good girls." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894437030-PO73M61RTIRITUFRWOMJ/Nassali+8+11x17.jpg Portfolio "Here in our community our children have a variety of access to fruits, they can go searching for them whenever they are hungry. I also wanted to show that during hunger seasons, my child substitutes food with fruits. This fruit is called "Ffene" (Jackfruit) and it is one of our favorites.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586892599058-QBSM434S0VL9CABXC1BA/Waiswa%2BJohn%2BWanteete.jpeg Portfolio Photographer: Waiswa John Age: 53 years. Occupation: Farmer, WPC President, Community Agricultural Facilitator and Local Council Member. Waiswa John presenting a chicken to the photographer, as a birthday gift on 13 May 2014. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586896664651-2GOY3QESPWCTZ9R377RA/waiswa%2B5.jpg Portfolio "My cow means so much to me. It represents all that I have worked for in my life and makes me a very wealthy man." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586897014452-2WE8GEWT497HC3DXQXJ2/rose%2B24%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio "This is my self-portrait that I took with the assistance of my neighbor and good friend Nabunya Rose. I wanted you to know that I am a humble man that does not mind eating outside next to my animals, which I love so much." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586896860703-L26MOMQYMQ3U9NVHCKXS/Waiswa%2B5%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio “My people of Wanteete are very hardworking. Everyday we must collect twigs and sticks from the forest brush to make our wood fires for cooking. It is very difficult work. Here I am carrying a heavy load of firewood with pride.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586894498442-5396NI5UM7ISNZ15STQE/Annet.jpeg Portfolio Photographer: Nalubowa Annet Age: 32 years. Occupation: Farmer. Nalubowa Annet transplanting pumpkins. Photographed by: Louise Rita Contino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586970417091-A5WWTYOJGEGOAXPGH3ZY/Annet%2B5_11x17.jpg Portfolio “My neighbor and best friend, Nassali is preparing banana juice to sell at the nearby market. This is one of the many ways that she works extra hard to earn additional money to afford the school fees to send all children to BESO Junior School. As they grow older, she will need to work even harder to send them to good secondary schools in Kampala to finish their education.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586970770028-K3SB4D8GLAMJUMRMVNR8/Nassali%2Band%2BAnnet%2B3_11x17.jpg Portfolio “The disabled or elderly people in our community are so vulnerable and struggle so much because they cannot be catered to by others. This man struggles to do simple tasks such as carry water for bathing. He cooks for himself sometimes. He sometimes digs for himself. He never produced children. My heart goes out to him. It is a very difficult life.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586971373667-QC6GUQWD7EISXR0NDWGR/Annet%2B2%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio “For our kids, the woods is their kingdom. These boys have so much fun running along the roads and fields, playing their silly games. Here in Wanteete, we work outside, cook outside, play outside, wash outside. We do almost everything outside except sleep and eat.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e68095c1565b752afb9aff6/1586971479356-Q4EFTN0KBG7O9YX3REFO/Nassali%2Band%2BAnnet%2B1%2B11x17.jpg Portfolio "These farmers are working so hard to cultivate our fields with natural fertilizers. The bags they carry are filled with coffee bean husks that are discarded when the coffee bean is shelled for market. 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