The world’s largest party- the carnival where you are the show!
Marcella, currently working in Brasil, took photographs of the Salvador, Bahia Carnival.
Listen to a Salvador da Bahia carnival song from 1931 and more here!
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Today marks International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women but also highlighting issues women face around the world. In the UK it is estimated 30,000 women a year will lose their jobs as a result of becoming pregnant.
To join in the celebration ProExposure showcases photographs of women from around the world.
E is for Ethiopia, an ancient, mountainous East African country. The source of the legendary Blue Nile rises in Lake Tana, and we have wonderful wildlife including elephants, lions and a host of beautiful birds. From coffee to Xmas, from Nets to Running, this photographic alphabet celebrates everything we love most about our country says author Ashenafi Gudeta.
ProExposure photographers Betelhem Abate, Ataklti Mulu, Dama Boru and Yenenesh Abrahim also contributed photographs to the book published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books.
The book will be on sale very soon- pre-order the book here! Joanna Lumley has been sent a copy of the book. We know she’ll like it as much as us!
“I have enjoyed working in Adrigat. It’s a place of natural beauty and the people are good, very hospitable and hardworking. From a photographer’s perspective it’s an interesting place to work because there is grassland and mountains and many churches”, says ProExposure photographer Ataklti Mulu.
Ataklti and Alem Assefa have recently finished a photo commission for Ethiopian organisation ADCS. If you would like to commission a ProExposure photographer please contact Louise Norton lnorton@proexposure.co.uk
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‘Who’s getting married in the morning?’
ProExposure photographer Ashenafi Gudeta has built up vast experience as a wedding photographer and taking photographs at graduation ceremonies.
The Addis-based ProExposure photographers Betelhem Abate, Ashenafi Damtew, Yenenesh Abraham and Ashenafi Gudeta are available for photo commissions.
Please contact lnorton@proexposure.co.uk
This week Annie has been showing her interactive multi-media piece Dementia…it’s a bit of a bugger!, as part of Transitions 9 at the Exchange in Penzance, Cornwall.
The response to the show has been very positive and quite an emotional experience for some people as it touches on their similiar experiences.
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It’s still not too late to visit the show. Annie will be at the Exchange Gallery, Penzance until the show end this Saturday.
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ProExposure photographer Betelhem Abate lives with her family, her father and three sisters in Addis, Ethiopia. She has recently completed photo commissions for a Dutch magazine, weddings and the Great Ethiopian Run.
For more information contact lnorton@proexposure.co.uk
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Betelhem has also trained in Film-making and Digital Photography and now works for GEM TV, a film production company, as a camera and sound engineer. She enjoys her work and hopes to become a film-maker as well as a professional photographer, “one day I want to be a film director and make a film about women in Ethiopia and tell their stories”.
For anyone in that area during the week of the show, you can find Annie at work in the gallery. There will be some lunchtime discussions during the week – for times and dates look at Annie’s blog
This week Marcella has been meeting face to face with CIPO about how we can work together in the future and making connections between Brazil and the UK.
CIPO is a non-profit organisation in Salvador, Bahia set up in 1999 to run photography and film projects with children and young people encouraging new skills and creative expression.
For more information contact lnorton@proexposure.co.uk and marcellahaddad@hotmail.com in Brazil.
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ProExposure photographer Alem Assefa lives and works in Adrigat, located in the northern part of Ethiopia and the regional state of Tigray.
In Adrigat farmers work very small plots of land, dependent on erratic rainfall in an area with recurrent drought, chronic soil erosion and deforestation. Drought is an annual problem. It only rains for three months and estimates say up to a million people in Tigray are still affected each year. Last year’s rain was small.
Communities are working together to conserve water in the highlands, build irrigation channels and reservoirs, dig springs, and produce crops.
This week, ProExposure photographers Ataklti Mulu, Alem Assefa and Freweini Gebre Mariam based in Mekelle and Adrigat will be photographing for a local Ethiopian organisation ADCS covering a community they work with. ADCS focus on health, soil and water conservation, emergency relief, water supply and Women in development- Gender Equality.
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Marcella, photographer and ProExposure Co-Director, is working in Brazil.
Tomorrow, Marcella will be taking photographs as Yemanjá, the Goddess of the Sea, is celebrated all along the coast of Bahia.
The largest festival in her honour takes place in Salvador on the beach in Rio Vermelho, where thousands of people come to leave their offerings perfume, bars of soap, mirrors, flowers and even jewelry at the Yemanjá House.
Marcella will also be working at the Carnival in Salvador, Bahia this month. For more information contact lnorton@proexposure.co.uk or marcellahaddad@hotmail.com.
It is the Africa Cup of Nations football final today as the young Black Stars of Ghana take on the cup holders and favourites The Pharaohs of Egypt at the 11 November Stadium in Luanda, Angola.
To celebrate ProExposure showcase their football photographs. START SLIDESHOW
GO BLACK STARS GO!
Annie has recently worked in Rwanda as a photo-trainer for AVEGA, a Rwandan NGO with a UK-based international NGO. Annie trained local staff to take photos of their work and tell visual stories about their own families and communities. Annie also trained the photographers as trainers who will be able to continue training in their communities.
The 1994 genocide in Rwanda led to the violent death of an estimated one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus in just 100 days. AVEGA is a non-profit organisation created in 1995 by 50 widows who themselves are genocide survivors and work with women affected by violence.
Odette Kayirere, one of the founders of AVEGA, won the prestigious 2009 prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life, given by the Women’s World Summit Foundation.
