Tag Archives: East Africa

Portrait of Miria | Uganda

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Julian Claxton

Miria, photographed in 2018 during Give a Child a Camera workshops in Uganda. I met Miria when she enrolled on the #giveachildacamera project.She lives in a small room with her mother near the border with Rwanda. I was privileged to … Continue reading →

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Miracle | Uganda

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Julian Claxton

This is 12 year old Miracle. She lives with her grandmother in Southwest Uganda. Sadly her parents both died of HIV and since then her grandmother has looked after her and sells at the local market earning “just enough” to … Continue reading →

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Fabis | South Western Uganda

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Julian Claxton

Fabis. I met this interesting lady last year while visiting some old friends in Western Uganda. I was truly captivated by the muted colours and wilderness of scene that unfolded in front of me. 30 year old Fabis has two … Continue reading →

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Give a Child a Camera | Website Update

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Julian Claxton

Give a Child a Camera | Ugandan children documenting their lives through photography Project website has been updated… please share/like if at all possible. The project only functions with the kind support from people like you! V4 – East Africa … Continue reading →

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Children and their cameras in Africa

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Julian Claxton

Thanks to the lovely folks at Wex Photographic and Open Norwich for hosting my talk about #Giveachildacamera last night. A small but quality audience seemed to enjoy the talk and it was a pleasure sharing my project and experiences with … Continue reading →

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Feel Inspired | Give a Child a Camera

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Julian Claxton

Inspired by my project Give a Child a Camera…? Pop along to Open, Norwich on the 29th March. In association with those lovely folks at WEX Photographic – I’ll be giving a talk about #GiveaChildaCamera – how the project started, … Continue reading →

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Goodra in Rural Uganda

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Julian Claxton

It was late afternoon and I was walking along a small track on the hillside high above Kabale (pictured in the background) Goodra, one of the children who had been taking part in#giveachildacamera came running through the field, towards me. … Continue reading →

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It certainly is #MoreThanAnImage

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Julian Claxton

It’s terrific to see that the UK’s biggest and best (IMHO) photographic retailer is using one of my documentary images from rural Uganda in their #MoreThanAnImage campaign. “Among a diverse range of photographic assignments, Julian Claxton Photography uses his craft … Continue reading →

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Two Days Left |Give a Child a Camera Exhibition

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Julian Claxton

If you’ve not already taken a trip to Sam’s Coffee in Lowestoft, you have just a couple of days left to visit the ‘Give a child a camera’ exhibition. Featuring the photographic work of children from Eden School, the exhibition … Continue reading →

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Taking photography to Rural Africa Part II

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Julian Claxton

As hopefully you’ll be aware, in 2014 I launched Give a Child a Camera – a photographic inspired project, providing children in Rural Uganda with the chance to learn photography and to shoot pictures of their life. Part II of … Continue reading →

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