{"id":2866,"date":"2013-03-22T18:36:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T18:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2015-08-18T14:51:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:51:15","slug":"words-and-images-from-a-photography-workshop-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/words-and-images-from-a-photography-workshop-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Words and images from a photography workshop for women"},"content":{"rendered":"<span lang=\"en\">Between the 18th and 21st of February, the African Women&#8217;s Development Fund (AWDF) and Alliance Francaise (Accra), organised a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/browse\/2735\" target=\"_blank\">photography workshop for women<\/a> led by Fatoumata Diabate, the award winning Malian photographer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Feedback from participants who attended the workshop included:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;My skills are definitely improved in terms of knowing what makes a good photo&#8221; Onyinyechi Okechukwu, Nigeria<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;Learnt a lot about the historic background of photography, need to be more attentive on surroundings before taking pictures. Be careful with cropping and over editing, always keep an original copy.&#8221; Sena Dede Ahadji, Ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;I learnt about history of photography and pioneering photographers&#8221; Roxanne Scott, United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Enjoy the visual representation of the workshop below. All photographs by Fatoumata Diabate.<\/span>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_2877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2877\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2877 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-Fatoumata-Diabate_4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2873\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2873 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-F.D-photo-workshop-Accra_24-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2872\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2872 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-F.D-photo-workshop-Accra_22-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2871\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2871 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-F.D-photo-workshop-Accra_21-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2870\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2870 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-F.D-photo-workshop-Accra_19-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2869\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2869 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-F.D-photo-workshop-Accra_16-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2868\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2868 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-F.D-photo-workshop-Accra_11-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2867\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2867 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/\u00a9-F.D-photo-workshop-Accra_9-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Photography by Fatoumata Diabate\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Fatoumata Diabate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[109,239,65,240,241,242,163],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-african-womens-development-fund","tag-alliance-francaise-accra","tag-awdf","tag-fatoumata-diabate","tag-photography","tag-training","tag-women"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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