The photography of Sumy Sadurni: in pictures

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Sumy Sadurni was a Spanish-Mexican freelance photojournalist based in Kampala, Uganda. The 32-year-old was a member of the Women Photograph collective and known for her evocative work across the east Africa region. She died in a car accident on Monday

Main image: Ugandan Activist Stella Nyanzi is arrested by police at a protest for more food distribution during Covid lockdown. Photograph: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images

  • Guests pose before the 6th Kampala fashion week, 28 September 2019
    Guests pose before the 6th Kampala Fashion Week, September 28, 2019.

  • Ugandan musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, greets supporters as he sets off on his campaign trail towards Kayunga, on 1 December 2020
    Ugandan musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine greets supporters as he sets off on his campaign trail towards Kayunga, on December 1, 2020

  • Police officers take a man into custody as they patrol during a curfew in Kamapala, Uganda, on 29 April 2020
    Police officers take a man into custody as they patrol on a streel during the curfew after 7pm in Kamapala, Uganda, on 29 April 2020

  • Close friends Reenah Ntoreinwe and Linette Kirungi in Kampala on their way to visit other acid attack survivors
    Close friends Reenah Ntoreinwe and Linette Kirungi in Kampala on their way to visit other acid attack survivors on October 15, 2019

  • A girl poses for a portrait while standing next to a cow in Nakapiripirit, home to traditional pastorialists who depend on their cattle for survival and with the threat of locust invasions
    A girl poses for a portrait while standing next to a cow in Nakapiripirit, home to traditional pastorialists who depend on their cattle for survival and with the threat of locust invasions

  • Margaret Labol, 50, who lost 15 family members and her husband, a Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldier, during the Lukodi massacre by the Lord’s Resistance Army in 2004, poses for a portrait in front of the memorial for the victims of the massacre in Lukodi, Uganda, 3 February 2021
    Margaret Labol, 50, who lost 15 family members and her husband, a Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldier, during the Lukodi massacre by the Lord’s Resistance Army in 2004, poses for a portrait in front of the memorial for the victims of the massacre in Lukodi, Uganda, 3 February 2021.

  • A member of the public cheers on a young competitor during a motocross rally in Entebbe, January 2022
    A member of the public cheers on a young competitor during a motocross rally in Entebbe, January 2022

  • Stella Nyanzi, a prominent Ugandan activist and government critic, is arrested by police officers at a May 2020 protest calling for more food distribution by the government during the nationwide Covid lockdown
    Stella Nyanzi, a prominent Ugandan activist and government critic, is arrested by police officers at a May 2020 protest calling for more food distribution by the government during the nationwide Covid lockdown

  • A police officer looks on as he patrols during a curfew in Kampala, in April 2020
    A police officer looks on as he patrols during a curfew in Kampala, in April 2020

  • Supporters of Yoveri Museveni celebrate in the streets of Kampala after he won his sixth presidential term in office, 16 January 2021
    Supporters of incumbent Ugandan Presdent Yoveri Museveni celebrate in the streets of Kampala as he won his sixth term in office, 16 January 2021.

  • A member of the LGBTQ community poses for a picture before transgender day of remembrance that pays tributes to victims of hate crimes
    A member of the LGBTQ community poses for a picture before transgender day of remembrance that pays tributes to victims of hate crimes

  • Surrounded by lake flies, Jombi sets the kerosene lamps on the river, which will be used to attract silverfish at night on the Nile River in Bujagali, Uganda
    Surrounded by lake flies, Jombi sets the kerosene lamps on the river, which will be used to attract silverfish at night on the Nile River in Bujagali, Uganda

  • Ugandan fashion curator Nunu, 32, has started a shop where artists collaborate and create
    Ugandan fashion curator Nunu, 32, has started a shop where artists collaborate and create

  • Professional boxer Joshua Tukamwehebwa, 20, trains at home during lockdown in Kampala’s Naguru slum, the birthplace for most of Uganda’s boxing champions
    Professional boxer Joshua Tukamwehebwa, 20, trains at home during lockdown in Kampala’s Naguru slum, the birthplace for most of Uganda’s boxing champions

  • British primatologist Jane Goodall visits a chimp rescue centre in Entebbe, Uganda
    British primatologist Jane Goodall visits a chimp rescue centre in Entebbe, Uganda.

  • Leah Namugerwa, a 15-year-old climate activist, holds a placard in Kampala
    Leah Namugerwa, a 15-year-old climate activist, holds a placard in Kampala.
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