Katanga is one of the biggest slums in Kampala-Uganda, located 2 km from the city center. This is the homes of more than 20,000 people who living together in wooden, clay and brick houses. Often in extreme poverty. Drainage channels weave between the buildings with open and stagnant sewers. When there is heavy rainfall, the sewer is flushed out through the channels. This is also the playground of the children who lives here. Laughter and smiles are heard and seen everywhere, where they play in open fields withe garbage and open sewage in this swampland area.
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"
