The photography of Sumy Sadurni: in pictures
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
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Guests pose before the 6th Kampala fashion week, 28 September 2019
Photograph: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images
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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
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Police officers take a man into custody as they patrol during a curfew in Kamapala, Uganda, on 29 April 2020
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Close friends Reenah Ntoreinwe and Linette Kirungi in Kampala on their way to visit other acid attack survivors
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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
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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
Photograph: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images
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A member of the public cheers on a young competitor during a motocross rally in Entebbe, January 2022
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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
Photograph: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images
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A police officer looks on as he patrols during a curfew in Kampala, in April 2020
Photograph: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images
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Supporters of Yoveri Museveni celebrate in the streets of Kampala after he won his sixth presidential term in office, 16 January 2021
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A member of the LGBTQ community poses for a picture before transgender day of remembrance that pays tributes to victims of hate crimes
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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
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Ugandan fashion curator Nunu, 32, has started a shop where artists collaborate and create
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Professional boxer Joshua Tukamwehebwa, 20, trains at home during lockdown in Kampala’s Naguru slum, the birthplace for most of Uganda’s boxing champions
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British primatologist Jane Goodall visits a chimp rescue centre in Entebbe, Uganda
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Leah Namugerwa, a 15-year-old climate activist, holds a placard in Kampala
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