Georgina Goodwin (Photojournalism)
Georgina has no qualms about picking the camera and plunging in
the thick of things; from skirmishes in the city to documentaries in the
remotest African heartlands. “I have always loved taking photographs and
started feeling the need to consistently take images when I sailed the
Indian Ocean in 2003-2004,” says the freelancer of her beginnings. Passion
soon grew to accolades when she bagged two awards at the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year in Kenya (2005).
From then on she took photography seriously enough to
immortalize critical moments of recent Kenyan history: the 2007/8 Post Election
Violence; the Occupy Parliament demonstrations; and most recently, the Westgate
Attack in 2013. She’s currently immersed in a project with a UK Charity,
Emerging Leaders, on rape at Mugumoini slum village at the fringes of Kibera in
Southlands, Langata. The project aims to impart life skills training on
disadvantaged communities withno aid and little government support. “I never
stop striving every time I press the shutter to find ways to make it
different; finding the angles, the light, and the emotional element that
will make it even just a little different,” she emphasizes. “I’m always
striving to take award-winning images.”
For
more info, visit www.georginagoodwin.com
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