PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
September 2013 – Current
Photojournalist & Founder
Kibera Stories
Photojournalist & Founder
Kibera Stories
Telling the stories from Kibera, about its people, its talent, its potential, while also giving insights, raising awareness and documenting the visual realities of everyday life inside Africa’s largest urban spontaneous settlement.
August 2017
Contributing Photographer
Everyday Africa
Contributing Photographer
Everyday Africa
A collective of photographers sharing images from across the continent aimed at undermining stereotypes and clichés.
2016
Selected Clients
NGO & Developments Photography Assignments
Selected Clients
NGO & Developments Photography Assignments
· Equality Effect · Shell · Women Deliver · Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International ·
Sendy · Bayer · Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung (DSW) · African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) · Comic Relief · UNAIDS · UNICEF · Polish AID · FINDDX.ORG ·
2016
Selected Clients/Publications
Media Outlets
Selected Clients/Publications
Media Outlets
· New York Times · National Geographic · Agence France Presse (AFP) · BBC · Bloomberg · DER SPIEGEL · Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) · Al Jazeera · The Guardian · Anadolu Agency ·
EDUCATION
September 2013 – October 2016
Multimedia University of Kenya
Diploma in Journalism
Multimedia University of Kenya
Diploma in Journalism
Majored in broadcast journalism, radio and TV production, scriptwriting, photography.
November 2016
World Press Photo East Africa Masterclass
Photojournalism and Storytelling
World Press Photo East Africa Masterclass
Photojournalism and Storytelling
Selected participant (1/12 out of 110 portfolios).
AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS & EXHIBITIONS
2020
NatGeo Grantee – COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
2019
The New York Portfolio Review – (2019, New York, USA)
Kibera: Life in the slum – Guardian News and Media, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London – August 2019
PhotoVille NYC Emergicube Group Exhibition – New York – September 2019
Reuters Photojournalism Grant 2019 – Grantee
Focus Photo LA – Finalist, July 2019
Stories from Kibera Exhibition by Project Kenya – New York and Los Angeles, 2019
2018
LA FABRICATION POPULAIRE DE L’URBANITÉ – ENSA Paris-La Villette, Paris, France – October 2018
EAST AFRICA PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2018 – (Winner, with the series, ‘Kibera: Stories from Within’)
KENYA PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2018 – (Winner in Daily Life and Portraiture categories)
2017
Joop Swart Masterclass Nominee – 2017
Picfair #CelebrateAfrica 2017 – Grand Prize Winner
Invisible Palace Exhibition, Hangzhou, China – June 2017.
KENYA PRESS PHOTO AWARDS 2017 – (Winner in Feature Stories and runners-up in Daily Life categories)
2016
WORLD PRESS PHOTO EAST AFRICA MASTERCLASS – (2016, Nov/Dec) Selected participant (1/12 out of 110 portfolios)
DBSA ART EXHIBITION (2016, Joint) – Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya
2015
WORLD PRESS PHOTO PAWA254 MASTERCLASS – (2015, December)
BETHECHANGE2015 – PHOTO CONTEST FINAL WINNER
DBSA ART EXHIBITION (2015, Joint) – Mathare 4A, Nairobi, Kenya Kibera Stories Photo Exhibition
UNESCO MGIEP Youth Lens 2015 – 2nd Prize Winner
2020
NatGeo Grantee – COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
2019
The New York Portfolio Review – (2019, New York, USA)
Kibera: Life in the slum – Guardian News and Media, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London – August 2019
PhotoVille NYC Emergicube Group Exhibition – New York – September 2019
Reuters Photojournalism Grant 2019 – Grantee
Focus Photo LA – Finalist, July 2019
Stories from Kibera Exhibition by Project Kenya – New York and Los Angeles, 2019
2018
LA FABRICATION POPULAIRE DE L’URBANITÉ – ENSA Paris-La Villette, Paris, France – October 2018
EAST AFRICA PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 2018 – (Winner, with the series, ‘Kibera: Stories from Within’)
KENYA PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2018 – (Winner in Daily Life and Portraiture categories)
2017
Joop Swart Masterclass Nominee – 2017
Picfair #CelebrateAfrica 2017 – Grand Prize Winner
Invisible Palace Exhibition, Hangzhou, China – June 2017.
KENYA PRESS PHOTO AWARDS 2017 – (Winner in Feature Stories and runners-up in Daily Life categories)
2016
WORLD PRESS PHOTO EAST AFRICA MASTERCLASS – (2016, Nov/Dec) Selected participant (1/12 out of 110 portfolios)
DBSA ART EXHIBITION (2016, Joint) – Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya
2015
WORLD PRESS PHOTO PAWA254 MASTERCLASS – (2015, December)
BETHECHANGE2015 – PHOTO CONTEST FINAL WINNER
DBSA ART EXHIBITION (2015, Joint) – Mathare 4A, Nairobi, Kenya Kibera Stories Photo Exhibition
UNESCO MGIEP Youth Lens 2015 – 2nd Prize Winner