Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah | |
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محمد نور الدين عبدالله | |
![]() Abdallah in 2010 | |
Born |
El-Fashir, Sudan |
Nationality | Sudan |
Education | Sudan University of Science and Technology |
Occupation | Photojournalism |
Website | Reuters |
Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah ( Arabic: محمد نور الدين عبدالله) is a Sudanese photojournalist. He has been working as resident photographer for Reuters since 2005, and has also worked for Agence France-Presse, Oxford Analytica and other news outlets. His photographs of Sudan, often focusing on the effects of war and social exclusion on ordinary people, have been featured in numerous international news reports.
Abdallah was born in Al-Fashir, the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan, and graduated with a degree in graphic design from the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Sudan University of Science and Technology. [1] He studied photography with Professor Ali Muhammad Othman, the former dean of the college. [2]
Abdallah joined Reuters in 2005 to cover unrest in the far south of Khartoum, which led to the burning of police stations by Sudanese refugees displaced mainly from the southern parts of Sudan. The unrest ended up with over 17 people dead and dozens wounded. He then worked in Darfur, photographing soldiers from the African Union Mission in Sudan involved in the ongoing Darfur civil war between the government military and so-called rebels. [3] [4] This war led to the Darfur genocide, which claimed between 80,000 and 400,000 lives and displaced more than a million people, and it also had a great impact on Abdallah by shaping his passion to tell stories through his photos. [1] [5] [6] Some of these stories include:
Abdallah's photojournalism often focuses on political turmoil in Sudan [13] [14] and neighbouring countries. [15] [16] His photographic reporting has documented, how ordinary people are suffering from wars and natural catastrophes. During the Sudanese Revolution, he was one of the few photographers working on the ground, [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] after the military government expelled all foreign journalists. [22] His more than 20 years of photojournalist for Reuters, [1] Agence France-Presse, [23] Oxford Analytica, [24] among many news outlets, captured a nation in transition from civil war to the struggle for democracy. Abdallah's work has been used by numerous major international news outlets, [25] [7] and his images have been included in different articles and books to illustrate elements of culture, [26] society, religion, politics, [27] [28] [3] [29] economy and ethnography [30] in Sudan.
Abdallah is also known for his creative fine-art photography. In 1995, he won the first international prize for digital photography from the Pacific Asian Cultural Centre at the 15th UNESCO meeting in Tokyo. In addition, his artistic creation “Dialog” won 1st place at the 5th Tarifa Film Festival from the Andalusia Photography Center, Spain, in 2008. He described this series of black-and-white photographs as follows: "The man of the age who became trapped in many cages: the cages of jobs, delusion, robbery, alienation, locked in his thoughts and others, and locked into the world of infinity." [2]
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Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah | |
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محمد نور الدين عبدالله | |
![]() Abdallah in 2010 | |
Born |
El-Fashir, Sudan |
Nationality | Sudan |
Education | Sudan University of Science and Technology |
Occupation | Photojournalism |
Website | Reuters |
Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah ( Arabic: محمد نور الدين عبدالله) is a Sudanese photojournalist. He has been working as resident photographer for Reuters since 2005, and has also worked for Agence France-Presse, Oxford Analytica and other news outlets. His photographs of Sudan, often focusing on the effects of war and social exclusion on ordinary people, have been featured in numerous international news reports.
Abdallah was born in Al-Fashir, the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan, and graduated with a degree in graphic design from the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Sudan University of Science and Technology. [1] He studied photography with Professor Ali Muhammad Othman, the former dean of the college. [2]
Abdallah joined Reuters in 2005 to cover unrest in the far south of Khartoum, which led to the burning of police stations by Sudanese refugees displaced mainly from the southern parts of Sudan. The unrest ended up with over 17 people dead and dozens wounded. He then worked in Darfur, photographing soldiers from the African Union Mission in Sudan involved in the ongoing Darfur civil war between the government military and so-called rebels. [3] [4] This war led to the Darfur genocide, which claimed between 80,000 and 400,000 lives and displaced more than a million people, and it also had a great impact on Abdallah by shaping his passion to tell stories through his photos. [1] [5] [6] Some of these stories include:
Abdallah's photojournalism often focuses on political turmoil in Sudan [13] [14] and neighbouring countries. [15] [16] His photographic reporting has documented, how ordinary people are suffering from wars and natural catastrophes. During the Sudanese Revolution, he was one of the few photographers working on the ground, [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] after the military government expelled all foreign journalists. [22] His more than 20 years of photojournalist for Reuters, [1] Agence France-Presse, [23] Oxford Analytica, [24] among many news outlets, captured a nation in transition from civil war to the struggle for democracy. Abdallah's work has been used by numerous major international news outlets, [25] [7] and his images have been included in different articles and books to illustrate elements of culture, [26] society, religion, politics, [27] [28] [3] [29] economy and ethnography [30] in Sudan.
Abdallah is also known for his creative fine-art photography. In 1995, he won the first international prize for digital photography from the Pacific Asian Cultural Centre at the 15th UNESCO meeting in Tokyo. In addition, his artistic creation “Dialog” won 1st place at the 5th Tarifa Film Festival from the Andalusia Photography Center, Spain, in 2008. He described this series of black-and-white photographs as follows: "The man of the age who became trapped in many cages: the cages of jobs, delusion, robbery, alienation, locked in his thoughts and others, and locked into the world of infinity." [2]
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