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PHOTOJOURNALISM NIGHTS: Vudi Xhymshiti and Sascha Klamp

June 9, 2023 admin Photojournalism Nights

Join us for an exciting night of PHOTOJOURNALISM! Our online event starts on Wed Jun 21 2023 at 7:00 PM BST. To book: HERE

This event will showcase the works of talented photojournalists Vudi Xhymshiti and Sascha Klamp. Get ready to be inspired by their captivating images and stories. Vudi a renowned photojournalist will share stories from war torn Ukraine where he has been reporting from over 7 months and Sascha who is a multi awarded filmmaker will be speaking about his latest work in Armenia.

During the event, you’ll have the opportunity to interact with the photographers and learn about their experiences in the field. You’ll also get a chance to ask questions and share your own thoughts on the power of photojournalism.

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with two great photojournalists, documentary photographers and filmmakers with and connect with a peer community. Register now and get ready for a night that will inspire.

Vudi Xhymshiti is a photographer and journalist based in London, who has covered major world events since 2007, with his work appearing in prestigious news outlets such as The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Times and the Sunday Times of London, CNN, BBC, DW etc. His assignments have taken him to the frontlines of the Arab Spring, the Syrian and Libyan Civil Wars, and the aftermath of the Armenian-Azerbaijani armed conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. Throughout 2022, he reported on the Russian military aggression in Ukraine and travelled to Moldova to observe and report on the impact of Russian territorial expansionist foreign policy on neighbouring countries. He also spent four months familiarising himself with rising tensions in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, following Serbia’s alignment of its Foreign Policy with the Russian Federation. Xhymshiti is not only a talented journalist, but also the founder of VX Pictures and an educator in the visual journalism industry. Don’t miss out on his insights and coverage – visit his website https://vudixhymshiti.uk/ to learn more about him, read his blog https://vudixhymshiti.uk/blog/, and view his latest work on https://vximages.com/.

Sascha Klamp is a British/German multi-award winning Documentary Filmmaker, Photo-documentary Journalist and Producer based in London, UK. He spent the majority of his career as an investor and entrepreneur which enabled him to travel across frontier and emerging markets. His photography practice centres on highlighting social impact and social justice affairs which is deeply rooted in his curiosity to learn more of the world around him. He tells frontline human and community stories based on empathy for the situation and the people involved. His thinking is informed by his interest in ethnology and anthropology. Sascha exhibited a small selection of his The Art of Seeing, The Art of Remembering project in London in November 2022. His work was highly commended by the TPF Social Documentary Awards (Professional Category, Series) for his The Art of Seeing, The Art of Remembering work. Sascha completed his MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography studies at the University of the Arts (Distinction), London. He also holds an MBA (Bayes Business School, London) and a Masters in Law, LLM (King’s College, London), and a BSc International Securities, Investment & Banking from Henley Business School (ICMA Centre). He is married with three daughters. Filmography: “The Art of Seeing, The Art of Remembering” (2022), “The Blockade” (2023)

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About Me, and my Community – Issue 4

May 15, 2023 admin Older People Projects

We are pleased to present the 4th issue of ‘Me, and my Community’, a photography magazine produced by a group of senior residents of Hammersmith & Fulham.

In this issue, the group has continued to explore their individual ideas and projects on communities and their lives within. We present photo stories that document the impact of regeneration in the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, street photography exploring life through shop windows, eco-community and sustainable living at Meanwhile Gardens, Ravenscourt Park and much more.

We hope you enjoy this issue.

Prints

May 5, 2023 admin Prints, SHOP

A collection of social justice and human rights issue driven photographic prints supporting photojournalists and documentary photographers who courageously and truthfully work to effect change.

Maria Tomas Rodriguez

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Young girl after school.
Photo taken in Kenya, 2019. In many places, when Christmas holidays are over, girls are back to their homework routines, classes, and perhaps midterm exams. In some Kenyan villages, girls aged between 9-17 years old returning to school after the Christmas break means that they will be subjected to pregnancy tests and examined for female genital mutilation – FGM – by trained medical professionals in local schools and clinics. The tests have been put in place as many girls are forced to undergo FGM during the Christmas vacation, and pregnancies following it are not uncommon.

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Celebration day.
Photo taken in Senegal, 2016. This woman lives in the Ossouye, a small village in the Casamance, Senegal’s south. On this day, new young men circumcisions were taking place and women were out dressed up in their best outfits.

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Bedik woman.
Photo taken in Senegal 2016. The Bedik tribe lives in the south-eastern corner of Senegal, near the Guinean border and close to the headwaters of the Gambia River. They arrived at different times between the 11th and 19th centuries. The area remains remote and many of the cultural adaptations of the people, including their agro-pastoral, social, ritual and spiritual practices persist to this day.

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Traditional celebration.
Photo taken in Senegal 2017. Male circumcision is one of the oldest and most widespread surgical procedures in the world performed in pre-pubertal boys, adolescents or adults. In Senegal, male circumcision is considered essential for becoming a full member of society and it is a major festivity across the community with big celebrations for which men wear their traditional outfits.

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Boats of shame. Photo taken in Canary islands, Spain, in 2021. In 2020/21, around 45,000 illegal immigrants from West Africa arrived by boat to the Canary Islands (Spain, EU). This route is the deadliest migratory path: 1 out of 20 migrants dies on the attempt to reach European soil. Poorly equipped boats travel distances of up to 1,500 kms. The engines break often, leaving the passengers adrift for days or weeks in which food and water run out. Frequently the occupants die during the crossing. Those who remain alive throw the corpses into the ocean to save on fuel. Ports on the Canary Islands are these days plagued with hundreds of these abandoned boats.

Maria Tomas Rodriguez
Maria Tomas-Rodriguez is a Spanish born photographer living in UK for the last 22 years. Her photography work has always been black and white social – documentary photography, although recently, with the pandemic and domestic lockdown, she started exploring colour photography. Maria combines her current university academic job with her interest in photography and travelling for documenting social matters and people’s cultures & traditions. She collaborates on regular basis with Baolar, a charity based in Senegal as an active member and photographer. Her major photography work concerns the modern-slavery conditions of children and the harsh working conditions of fishermen, both works in Senegal. She also has documented the Afar salt miners work in Ethiopia just a few months before the war started in the Eritrean border.
Her main interest is to contribute to raise awareness on injustices and social inequalities. Some of her work has been published in UK online magazines and Spanish local newspapers. In parallel to her interest in documentary photography, she is very keen on water sports and has
developed a still ongoing portfolio on wind and water sports, attending major championships and documenting the training of professionals of these sports. Her work has been recognized at several international photography awards and exhibited in the last
years, both individual and group exhibitions.
Instagram @photomtr

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Mohammed Salim Khan

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Children in the camp don’t have toys to play like most other children outside the refugee camp

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We don’t have any ambulances and during an emergency we need to walk to the nearest primary level hospital, which is very far from the camp.

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Conflagrations are common in the camp. In one of these events a mother was separated from her son in the ensuing chaos. They were reunited a day later.

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Genocide remembrance day.

Mohammed Salim Khan
Mohammed Salim Khan, I am a 28 years old photographer. My family became refugees and fled from Myanmar in 1991. I grew up in Kutupalong refugee Camp in Bangladesh. I am a person, who has never ever seen his own country and home village. I have been capturing lives and emotions of my community who has been fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar for decades and now are dispersed in refugee camps.
My photos have been published in several Bangladeshi and international media, including The Guardian, The Independent, ABC news, Reuters, Al Jazeera, NPR, The Washington Post, AFP, South China Morning Post to name a few, as well as been presented in many international exhibitions in Italy, Japan, and the UK, including featured in the Oxford Human Rights Festival, UK

Ségolène Ragu

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Semiramis
Like Beirut itself, the Semiramis building is falling into ruin. Built in the 1960s, it was a luxury building decorated with rich mosaics and statues of lions at the entrance. It used to host rich tourists from the Gulf in furnished flats. Today, the owners no longer want to maintain it. With the soaring devaluation of the Lebanese pound (which has lost 98% of its value in three years), they are now only receiving symbolic rents. They are therefore trying to evict the current tenants in order to resell the building or destroy it.

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Like Beirut itself, the Semiramis building is falling into ruin. Built in the 1960s, it was a luxury building decorated with rich mosaics and statues of lions at the entrance. It used to host rich tourists from the Gulf in furnished flats. Today, the owners no longer want to maintain it. With the soaring devaluation of the Lebanese pound (which has lost 98% of its value in three years), they are now only receiving symbolic rents. They are therefore trying to evict the current tenants in order to resell the building or destroy it.

Ségolène Ragu is a French-Lebanese photojournalist based between Paris and Beirut. After a professional experience in cultural desk research and audiovisual, she completed a training course in documentary photojournalism at EMI-CFD in Paris. Since then, she has been documenting the consequences of the economic, political, and social crisis in Lebanon through personal projects and assignments.

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Capturing Crisis

April 17, 2023 admin Magazines & ZInes, Youth Magazine

We are incredibly pleased to present the fourth edition of Capturing Crisis photography and reporting magazine produced by the group of youths of the ‘Stories, Reporting Mag, Photography Course’ project.

Responding to the cost of living crisis, the young photographers have covered with photo stories and photographs themes and topics that expose social justice issues as well as current social and environmental changes.

Some of the stories cover the impact of living crisis on restaurants owned by minority groups, the relationship of the UK to the past through the relationship of people to monuments, the emergency and emergence of food banks. Some have taken up street photography as a means to document the reality of London.

We are very proud for the commitment, talent and drive demonstrated by the young participants.

PHOTOJOURNALISM NIGHTS 32nd edition (online)

March 7, 2023 admin Photojournalism Nights

22nd March 2023 18:30 – 20:30 pm (UK) ONLINE
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Photojournalism Hub is very pleased to welcome Mohammed Salim Khan and Ségolène Ragu to the 32nd edition of the Photojournalism Nights event. Both photographers work on stories very challenging and seldom accessed. Being a Rohingya, Mohammed is documenting the lives of the refugees confined in camps with an unparalleled access and closeness, whilst similarly, Ségolène has documented the realities faced as a consequence of the war in Lebanon with photographs and stories that highlight her courage and determination.

Mohammed Salim Khan‘s family is originally from Buthidaung, Myanmar. His parents became refugees in 1991 at the start of a brutal campaign against Rohingya in Myanmar. Mohammed has grown up in Kutupalong registered Camp in Bangladesh. As a photographer, Mohammed has won an award from Rohingya Photography Competition, and his photos have been published in journals including Dhaka Tribune, South East Asia Globe, AFP, Al Jazeera, Unheard project Borderless 360 and in an edition of Doc Sábbá – a Rohingya arts and photography Zine. Further, The Business Standard published one of Salim’s powerful portraits in August 2021. In September 2021, Salim took part in the “The Next Generation – Young Rohingya Refugees” Oxford Human Rights Festival exhibition, which in October toured to Tap Social in Botley til the end of 2021. In January of 2022, Salim’s work was exhibited online by Rohingya Action North East, England, UK. In July 2022, Salim published a report in the Unheard Journalism Project about Covid in the camps. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Exhibition, Exhibition 18-31 October ( Inauguration on 17th October) Exhibition in Verona, Italy 24 November to 17 December. Mohammed’ photographs have been exhibited in Japan, where they were paid a visit from the UN high commissioner for refugee Mr Fillippo Grandi in November 10th 2022.

Ségolène Ragu is a French-Lebanese photojournalist. After working in cultural desk research and in the audiovisual field, she studied documentary photojournalism at EMI-Cfd in Paris. She is a member of Sillages collective and is part of Diversify Photo’s Up Next photographers. She focuses mainly on societal issues and the consequences of the civil war in Lebanon.

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Consider becoming a member of the Photojournalism Hub and receive the benefits of free access to events, Photojournalism Hub resources, premier editorial content, portfolio reviews, photography exhibitions, discounts on our courses and training, whilst you will be supporting our work advocating, advancing social justice and human rights. If there were ever a time to join us, it is now. Support the Photojournalism Hub from as little as £1 every month. If you can, please consider supporting us with a regular amount each month. Thank you. JOIN US HERE

ABOUT ME, AND MY COMMUNITY – ISSUE 3

February 20, 2023 admin Magazines & ZInes, Older People Projects

We are pleased to present the 3rd issue of ‘About Me, and my Community’, a photography magazine produced by a group of senior residents of Hammersmith & Fulham.

In this issue, the group has continued to explore their individual ideas and projects on communities and their lives within.

We have photographs that document groups activities taking place within Hammersmith and Fulham, the regeneration taking place and the impact on the local community.

We hope you enjoy this issue.

We are thankful for the support:

Capturing Crisis

February 17, 2023 admin Magazines & ZInes, Youth Magazine

We are incredibly pleased to present the third edition of ‘Capturing Crisis’ photography and reporting magazine produced by the group of youths of the ‘Stories, Reporting Mag, Photography Course’ project. Responding to the cost of living crisis, the young photographers have covered with photo stories and photographs themes and topics that expose social justice issues as well as current social and environmental changes. Some of the stories cover the impact of living crisis on restaurants owned by minority groups, the relationship of the UK to the past through the relationship of people to monuments, protests demanding fair pay and rights for NHS staff and much more. We are very proud for the commitment, talent and drive demonstrated by the young participants.
We would like to thank Hammersmith & Fulham Borough and the National Lottery for their support and to the young people for their commitment, talent and drive demonstrated.

Photojournalism Nights 30th edition

January 19, 2023 admin Photojournalism Nights

25th January 2023, 18:30 – 21:30
The Invention Rooms
Imperial College Door C
68 Wood Lane
London W12 7T

More info, and to book HERE

Photojournalism Hub presents Natisha Mallick and Samira Oulaillah to the 30th edition of the Photojournalism Nights event at The Invention Rooms, Imperial College London.

Both award winning photographers work on under-reported topics that need incredible courage and access to be able to tell, including Natisha’ stories on Muslim men being falsely implicated in terror cases and the challenges of child birth in India, and Samira’s project ‘Breaking the Silence’, exploring the testimonies of former Israeli soldiers who quit the army to join an organization called “Breaking the Silence” – founded in 1995 by former soldiers- who decided to testify against their own actions in the occupied territories.

Natisha Mallick is a computer engineer by education and a documentary photographer who focused her work on under-reported stories in India. She hopes that her images contribute to the public enhancement of unbalanced situations. Her work has been published in Spiegel Online, The Wire, The Quint, Fountain Ink Magazine, The Irish Times, Scroll, Catch News, Private Photo Review and L’ oeil de la photographie. Shortlisted twice for the Marilyn Stafford Foto Reportage Award in 2018 & 2017 for her work on Muslim Men falsely implicated in terror cases. Natisha’s work on Child Births in Rural India was awarded the Child Survival Media Award by National Foundation for India and Save the children and was also shortlisted for the Photocrati Fund. She was the recipient of the Neel Dongre Grant by India Photo Archive Foundation and the Oslo University College Grant. Interested in Data Stories, Natisha is transitioning into the tech/data space and presently working towards her Masters in Big Data Science from Queen Mary University of London. http://natishamallick.com/

Samira Oulaillah, a French filmmaker and documentary photographer, has extensively worked in the last ten years on global issues related to war, refugees, gender issues, child poverty and racial discrimination, producing numerous documentaries for international cable television and presenting documentary photography for various media outlets and NGOs. She has widely travelled across the world to shoot hard-hitting documentaries and immersive photographic reportages that give a voice to the voiceless and a face to the forgotten. Samira holds an MA in Documentary Photography & Photojournalism (UAL London College of Communication) and an MA in Social History (Winchester University). She is currently preparing a PhD with the Sorbonne University in Paris and working on the impact of white colonial photography in West Africa on the representation of native people and the revival of African identity and collective memory through the work of contemporary Malian photographer Malick Sidibé and Senegalese photographer Oumar Ly. https://samira.photoshelter.com/

CAPTURING CRISIS

January 18, 2023 admin Community Photojournalism Projects

We are very pleased to present the second edition of Capturing Crisis photography and reporting magazine produced by the group of youths attending the ‘Stories, Reporting Mag, Photography Course’ course.

In this edition, you can find photo stories and articles that highlight and reflect on dramatic environmental changes in west London. Furthermore, the impact of living crisis on restaurants owned by minority groups, the life of a taxi driver, visual documentation of the world of teens crossing into adulthood and much more.

We would like to thank Hammersmith & Fulham Borough and the National Lottery for their support and to the young people for their commitment, talent and drive demonstrated.

Capturing Crisis is a youth documentary and photojournalism magazine. All features and photographs are created by participants of ‘Stories, Reporting Mag, Photography Course’.
The magazine provides the opportunity for youths who never had access to, to share their photography and photo stories to a large audience. Photojournalism Hub is committed to providing opportunities and support to youths, enabling equality in accessing opportunities for further education and work in the photo industry.
Capturing Crisis magazine is a testament of the great work and inspiring contribution of our youths.

The project is supported by the NHS west London trust, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Sobus and National Lottery Community Fund.

Photojournalism Hub Calendar 2026

January 5, 2023 admin SHOP

The Photojournalism Hub Calendar 2026 showcasing the incredible work of photojournalists and documentary photographers who have contributed to our mission.

We are proud to present a striking collection of images that tell powerful stories from across the globe.
This year’s calendar features outstanding work by acclaimed photographers Mahmoud Abu Al-Qaraya, Masoud Amin Naji, Mark Chapman, Cinzia D’Ambrosi, Manuela Federl, Francesca Gabbiadini, Myah Asha Jeffers, Daniel Lai, Gašper Lešnik, Sabrina Merolla, Bruno Saguer, Richard Zubelzu
Each photograph embodies the heart of our mission using documentary photography and photojournalism to inspire awareness, connection, and action.

To order a printed copy: HERE

Price: £15 (this includes UK delivery)
Price: £15+ £8.05 (Shipping in Europe)

To order a digital copy: HERE

Proceeds from the sale of the Photojournalism Hub 2026 Calendar will fund bursaries for portfolio reviews for young disadvantaged photographers and a grant supporting the development of an emerging photographer’s photojournalism project.