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Roots of Life

Uganda, Africa
2024

This series captures the essence of beginnings, focusing on Ugandan women as the foundational pillars of family, culture, and tradition. Through their daily lives – whether carrying the weight of bananas on their heads or nurturing their children on their backs – these women demonstrate the early stages of life, both physical and metaphorical. Each image reflects the strength, resilience, and quiet power that shape the future of their communities, offering insight into the first steps of motherhood, labour, and survival in a land where life begins anew every day.

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