/ 2024 / /

Kakuma x Cocoon Series

  • Prize
    Gold in Portraiture/Culture
  • Photographer
    Alan Compton, United Kingdom
  • Studio
    Alan Compton Film & Photography

Portraits of women living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya. The women I photographed were taking part in a business development workshop. Over the three-day workshop it was clear that there was a feeling of transformation felt by many of those who took part. The theme of these images is that of a cocoon - symbolizing both the visible and invisible transformation that occurs when the soul is stimulated by a sense of hope, a belief that change is possible.