Carleton University journalism student Jesse Winter has been named Student Photographer of the Year by the News Photographers Association of Canada.
Winter, a second-year Master of Journalism student, won for his photojournalism portfolio which included two photo essays shot over the course of his summer field work in West Africa.
Slippery Money: Oil Pollution and Compensation in the Niger Delta, featured photos taken as part of Winter’s Masters Research Project. Winter examined the impacts of a landmark lawsuit settlement between Royal Dutch Shell and the Niger Delta fishing community of Bodo. The project will be published as an interactive eBook in the coming weeks.
Kegbara Dere community leader Sonny Olulu probes an oil containment pond outside his home in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.
Community members gather for a meeting in Bodo City, Nigeria, to discuss how to use the $110 million in settlement money the community won as compensation from Royal Dutch Shell for oil spills that destroyed their fishery in 2008 and 2009.
Boxing in Bukom is the story of 12-year-old Michael Dicadi Nelson, a young boxer from the small community of Bukom, in downtown Accra, Ghana. Despite its lack of resources and training facilities, Bukom produces a huge number of Africa’s top boxers. Children like Nelson learn to fight in the street, barefoot and sometimes bare knuckled. Winter photographed Nelson over the course of two months as he prepared to face another young fighter for the Accra juvenile championship title.
Young boxers square off in the street at Wato Junction in downtown Accra, Ghana. Sunday night street fights are a longstanding tradition of the Bukom boxing community.
Twelve-year-old Michael Dicadi Nelson trains with his coach on the Jamestown beach in Accra, Ghana.
After graduation, Winter will spend the summer working as an intern at the Toronto Star.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 in Journalism News, News
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