CV

GEORGINA GOODWIN
Photographer-Photojournalist
http://www.georginagoodwin.com
PO Box 40207 Nairobi 00100 Kenya
+254 722 805087
daudie@gmail.com

SUMMARY
Kenyan News Photographer of the Year 2013. Skilled professional represented by international photographers’ collective Metaphor Images with 10 years experience in documentary, editorial and commercial photography. Assignments have involved conflict documentary for news-wire agencies, humanitarian and NGO event and project coverage, public health awareness, product promotion, commercial interiors for brochure publications. Publications include local and international newspapers, magazines, and gallery exhibitions. Kenyan-born, Georgina is recognized for her unique access to local subjects and contacts, she is easy to work with and maintains international ethics and photo-journalistic standards.

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS & EXPERIENCE

Freelance Photographer ~ PRESS & AGENCIES: 2005-Present

Agencies: AFP, Reuters, McClatchy Newspapers NYC, Gamma/Eyedea Agency, BBC, CNN,
Gran-Angular Spain, Africa News, Africa24 News, Sax Rohmer Ltd London, Daily Mail,
The Guardian, Sunday Times London, Sunday Times S.Africa, The Telegraph, Irish Times

Assignments:

• Westgate Mall Terrorist Attack ~ Kenya
• Elections 2013 ~ Kenya
• Nairobi Commuter Railway ~ Kenya
• Elections & Post-Election Violence 2007/8 ~ Kenya
• US Elections in Kenya ~ Kenya
• Focus on Africa Road Show ~ Kenya
• BBC Africa Radio Awards ~ Kenya
• Health Care Campaign Kenya ~ New York

Freelance Photography ~ UN & NGOs: 2005-Present

Agencies: UNEP, UNICEF, NRC, WHO, IFAD, Global Fund, World Bank, Vestergaard Frandsen, Women’s World Banking N.Y., EGPAF, ICAP, ICSS, Living Goods, Vision Fund, Concern Int’nal, Alive & Kicking, Take Action Fdn, Interpol, Refugees Utd, FIA Foundation, Fistula Foundation, Hand In Hand Int’al.

Assignments:

• United Nations Environment Program
Official photographer for United Nations
Environment Assembly 2014
• Official UNEP Photographer Ban Ki-moon visit to Kenya 2014
• Chinese Actress & UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Li Bingbing exposure visit to Kenya for ivory/poaching May 2013
• Counterfeit Pharmaceutical drug raid operation Interpol ~ Malawi 2013
• Refugee Communities and Camps ~ Kenya
• Micro-finance and Women’s Entrepreneurship ~ Kenya
• Refugees and internal displaced people ~ Kenya, DRC
• Water Safety & Sanitation ~ Kenya
• Public Health campaigns, education, projects, products, Maternal & Pediatric~ Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, DRC.
• Micro-Finance Case Studies ~ Rwanda
• Agriculture projects ~ Kenya.
• Health Care and Clinics ~ Western Kenya

Freelance Photography ~ EDITORIALS: 2005-Present

Clients: The Financial Times, New York Times Science Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Mail, Africa Geographic, Travel Africa, Brand Magazine, YorkU Magazine, The Irish Times, Safari Interactive Magazine, About Kenya Mag, Travel News & Lifestyle Mag, UNEP, Inuka Trust

Assignments:
• Prince William and Kate Middleton engagement location Mt Kenya ~ Kenya
• Drought and Desertification in northern Tanzania ~ Tanzania.
• Urban Ingenuity ~ Kenya
• Public Health campaigns, education, projects, products~ Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, DRC.
• Grassroots Community Leadership Campaign ~ Kenya
• Agriculture projects ~ Kenya.
• Health Through Sports ~ Kenya, DRC, South Africa

Freelance Photography ~ COMMERCIAL: 2005-Present

Clients:

• Prime Minister Raila Odinga 2013 Presidential Campaign ~ Kenya
• Yvonne Chaka Chaka Princess of Africa ongoing coverage ~ Kenya
• Orange Democratic Movement 2007 Campaign and Candidate Portraits ~ Kenya
• Kenyan MP Najib Balala 2007 Presidential Campaign & Constituency Projects ~ Kenya
• Nestle ~ Rwanda
• Vestergaard Frandsen ~ Kenya, DRC.
• Sumitomo Chemical Company ~ Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia
• Irish Times ~ Kenya
• Yamamay Swimwear Italy ~ Kenya
• M-KOPA Solar ~ Kenya
• Williamson Tea ~ Kenya
• 1Time Airlines ~ Zanzibar
• Smart TV – Kenya
• McKinsey & Co. ~ Kenya
• Kenya Airways CEO Titus Naikuni Portraits ~ Kenya
• Blue Sky Films EPZ ~ Kenya
• Kenya Airways ‘Msafiri’ Magazine ~ Kenya
• Africa Geographic Magazine ~ South Africa
• After5 Magazine ~ Kenya
• Brand Magazine ~ South Africa
• BBC’s Focus on Africa Magazine ~ Kenya
• Mkopa Solar ~Kenya
• Vava Coffee – Kenya
• Liberty Safaris ~ Kenya
• Weddings ~ France, Italy, Kenya, South Africa, Zanzibar
• Interiors, Safari Lodges and Camps:
Sanctuary Retreats ~ South Africa;
Atua Enkop Africa ~ Kenya;
International House ~ Kenya;
La Gemma Del Este Hotel ~ Zanzibar;
Plan Hotels ~ Kenya, Tanzania

Awards
2014 Top 30 Finalist -Freedom House’s 2014 Images of Repression & Freedom Photo Auction Contest
2013 News Photographer of the Year Kenya: Winner
2013 Exposure Awards, See.Me Community: New York Exhibition
2012 Forum for Research & Development Photography, S.Africa: Winner
2008 Shortlisted for the Prix-Bayeux War Photographer Award
2006 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Kodak Kenya: Winner & 3rd
2005 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Kodak Kenya: Winner & 4th

Exhibitions Galleries & Agencies

May 2014: “#CancerInAfrica ” ~ Kenya *Shoot The Earth NGO Agency ~ UK
April 2014: Freedom House’s 2014 Images of Repression * SaxRhomer Wire/News Agency ~ UK
& Freedom Photo Auction Washington, DC * MetaphorImages Int’al Collective
Location: The Hillyer Art Space. * Black & White Galleries ~ UK
January 2014: “MKopa Solar” ~ Kenya * Tazama Africa ~ Nairobi
Mar 2008 – 2012: “Kenya Burning” ~ Kenya
December 2013: “Photographers of the Year” ~ Kenya
December 2011: “Cities” ~ Nairobi, Kenya
September 2010: “African Heritage” ~ London, UK
May 2007: “Sepia Soul” ~ Nairobi, Kenya
September 2005: “Kenya” ~ Nairobi, Kenya

Personal Photography Projects
• Cancer in Africa ~ on-going personal project looking at the rise of cancer in Africa.
• Silent Rivers ~ on-going personal project documenting fistula issues,
women living with fistulas in Kenya, the lack of health care and prolonged childbirth
• Karibu Centre ~ Orphanage and Education Through Creativity ~ Thika, Kenya
• Leadership For Hope with UK Charity Emerging Leaders ~ Mugumoini slum, Nairobi
• All The Lonely Girls – project documenting rape and the women of Mugumoini Slum ~
Nairobi, Kenya.
• The World of Women ~ Global
• Heaven & Hell: Christianity in Poverty ~ Kenya
• Other Worlds – Cities ~ Global

Education Languages
• July 2000 Graduate Reading University, UK Fluent English & Kiswahili.
~ BSc (Hons) Human and Physical Geography Basic Spanish & French
• September 2000 Oxford Secretarial Collage, UK
~ Touch-typing, Short-hand, Dictation, Software

Training
• March 2014 Hostile Environment Training, Kenya ~ Scorpio Africa Ltd, Pan African Security Ltd.
• March 2003 Ocean Sailing Academy, South Africa
~ Yacht Stewardess Training, Silver Service, First Aid, Fire Fighting,
~ Basic Yacht Management and Sailing
• March 2001 AMREF Disaster Management Certificate, Kenya
~ Disaster Response and Management
• September 1998 PADI Rescue and Night Diver Training, Malaysia.
~ Search & Rescue, Advanced First Aid, Night Scuba Training