May 21, 2009 was Gloria Kankunda (38) subjected to an acid attack from an unknown «hitman» outside her home in Kampala.
After the first emergency treatment in her home country, she was flown to Cape Town, South Africa for further treatment. She stayed there for almost two years, before returning back to Kampala.
90 percent of the victims are women, and the attacks
usually happen because a woman has either rejected a man, or wants out of the
relationship. In cases where men are affected, it is almost always business-related.
Less than fifty percent of the attackers are identified.
John T. Pedersen (1966) is an independent photojournalist based in Norway, with a particular focus on humanitarian issues. I have worked for a number of newspapers, trade press, magazines and agencies.
Affiliated with the national newspaper Dagbladet in Oslo.
https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2019/37713/1/John-T-Pedersen
Awards 2012- Årets bilder (Norway) 3rd prize Portrait.
2019- World Press Photo Contest, Sports, Singles, 1st Prize winner.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Boxing in Katanga.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. A gift from God.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Last stop Uganda.
2020- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Trampoline life.
2021- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. The seniors at the vaccine center.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards, 2nd Place in the category Event, Social Cause.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Inhabitants in Katanga.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Acid violence against women in Uganda.
2022- IPA - The International Photo Awards Honorable Mention. Survive in Katanga.
2022- Lens Culture Summer Open 2022 winner.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, 1st place in the category Events. Festival people.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Gold winner in the category Editorial-Environmental. Inhabitants in Katanga.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Gold winner in the category Events-Other. Festival people.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Bronze winner in the category Editorial-Personality. Acid violence against women in Uganda.
2022-Budapest International Foto Awards, Bronze winner in the category Editorial-Environmental. Survive in Katanga.
2022- Life Framer, Humans of the World, 2nd prize with this image of Gloria Kankunda «I’m Not a Victim, I’m a Survivor"
