Hassan Kamil has won first prize at East African Photography Award

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Hassan Kamil has won first prize in the Photo Story Category at East African photography Award with his project “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”. Kamil’s collection of photographs are a personal story of the consequences of civil unrest through his depiction of a new life away from his home in Khartoum.

A multiple exposure of two family photos. In the background, the last photo I was able to take on our main street in Khartoum of a damaged military tank. Berber, April 2023.(in the photo Zainab, Azza, Samah, Abdalkareem, Hala). Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.
A self-portrait. I took the photo during our early days after leaving Khartoum. Berber 29-4- 2023. Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.
A scene from my grandmother’s house, Berber July 2023. Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.
A photo of my youngest cousin Nihad, also displaced from Khartoum. Berber March 2024. Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.
Our yard after a heavy rainstorm in Berber, August 2023. Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.
My uncle Hashim. Berber, August 2023. Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.
Family members watching a live report of an airstrike in Khartoum. Berber July 2023. In the photo it’s Abdalkareem, Zainab, Samah and Hashim). Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.
A double exposure of two photos from the cemetery. The above is taken before the burial ceremony of our neighbor who was displaced from Khartoum. Berber, July 2023. Photo: Hassan Kamil – part of his prize winning series “An Unexpected Tale From A No Longer Forgotten City”.

Hassan Kmail is currently attending our Photo 1 programme. He made the story before coming to Denmark to study.