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Portfolio 2020
Lambert discovered his talent to photography while he
was working in Central Africa for a Human Rights or-
ganization. While exploring this fascinating region, he
used his camera as a tool to interact with its surround-
ing. Based between Kenya and Europe, he is com-
missioned by development organizations to develop
creative multimedia contents for high social and en-
vironmental impacts projects across Asia and Africa.
Recently, he documented a livelihood project in So-
maliland, the Ebola crisis in Eastern DRC, and Human
Rights violations in Uganda. Previously, he document-
ed HIV prevention programs in six Subsaharan Afri-
can countries. He also went to conflict zones such as
South-Sudan to produce photos and videos contents
for humanitarian organizations.
Earlier in 2019, he created the visual identity of the
“Digital Matatus” pavilions for the MIT Civic Data De-
sign Lab at the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture &
Urbanism.
www.lambertcoleman.com
The Ebola crisis in the DRC
In August 2018, an Ebola crisis started in the Eastern part
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The world sec-
ond largest epidemic on record has already taken more
2,200 lives. The outbreak is occurring in North Kivu and
DRC
Ituri provinces, which are also facing a high level of inse-
curity due to the spread of armed groups.
One year after the beginning of the outbreak, the Ebo-
la crisis is still ongoing, and the response faces multiple
challenges, related to the logistic to reach remote areas,
as well as resistance from the community.
In September and October 2019, I had the opportunity to
document the Ebola prevention work of three humanitari-
an actors on the ground (the International Medical Corps,
the Catholic Relief Services and the Johanniter Interna-
tional Assistance). I could observe the impact of the pre-
vention programs on the population, as well as the logistic
challenges intervening in remoted areas facing security
issues.
More pictures: here.
Dusabe Celestin was trained by HJohanniter International Assistance and volunters as a commu-
nity relay in Bihambwe. Every day, he and the other community relays stand at the outskirt of the
village and advice the dwellers to wash the hand to prevent ebola.
NGO / CORPORATE
Mwamini Ndeze is 18 years old, and she farms beans and potatoes. She has been sensitized to
Ebola, and its symptoms, such as bleeding, etc. Now, she does not shake the hands of her friends
before washing her hands.
ankurije Beriki is 66 years old. She came four days before with abdominal pain, a high fever, head
hake, bleeding, etc. The malaria test was negative. They then suspected she had ebola. Finally,
the Ebola test was negative. However, she was kept under observation for a few days.
EBOLA CRISIS
Sadiki Marie is 30 years old, and she is a farmer. S
International Assistance health centre as it treats pa
NGO / CORPORATE
She has five children. Her nine-month-old son - Rafiki-Bienvenu – caught pneumonia. She came to the Johanniter
atients for free. She has very small earnings, and she could not afford medicine and medical consultation otherwise.
EBOLA CRISIS
An health worker is posted at a screening-and-referral unit run by IMC, installed at the entrance of
a medical structure, in Beni, North Kivu. He is in charge of controlling the temperature of patients
entering the hospital.
A medical staff is entering the “red-zone” of the Manguina Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC). Here,
Ebola patients are diagnosed and cured. Manguina, in North Kivu, was highly affected by the
Ebola crisis, and counts one of the three active Ebola Treatment Centre.
NGO / CORPORATE
Villagers from a remote area near Sake - North Kivu - are washing their hands before attending
a Ebola prevention program animated by a community leader trained by CRS.
Florence Kaviera is 34 years old, and she was chosen by the community to become a “mutu-
mashi”. Now, she sensitize the community regarding the Ebola in her vilage, Sake, in North Kivu.
EBOLA CRISIS
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in Somaliland
In 2016/2017, the Somaliland faced a severe period of
drought. The semi-pastoralist rural population was highly
impacted with the loss of livestock, the main source of in-
comes.
Somaliland
Following this dramatic events, World Vision has imple-
mented Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR),
a natural solution to climate change, which empowers
communities who are suffering from the effects of degrad-
ed land and climate change. It also aims to reduce the
loss of soil fertility and soil erosion, failed crops, starving
livestock, the droughts.
In 2020, I was commissioned by World Vision to develop
creative contents about the FMNR programs in the Togh-
deer region in Somaliland.
Early morning, Saynab Daahir Mohamoud (wearing the red veil), and other members of the VSL
(Village Saving Loan Association) gather the camel milks from different producers in the village.
NGO / CORPORATE
Safiya Mohamed Jama her son Barkhad, 12, are taking care of their vegetables garden. Safiya
benefited from World Vision good agriculture lessons, as well as seeds, tools, and water irrigation
system connected to the earth dam.
Sarah Eige and her daughter Nawal – 17 years old is in the “Beerato FMNR site”. “Before this
project, it was dust, there was no tree, no grass”. With the other members of the community, they
are planting trees, cutting the grass to feed their livestock, managing the water, etc.
FMNR project
The humanitarian response in South-Sudan
Two years after its independence in 2011, South Sudan,
the youngest country in the world, faced an internal con-
flict opposing different ethnic groups struggling for power,
resulting in the dramatic increase of the number of Inter- South
nally Displaced Persons. Sudan
In 2017, I visited Wau, the third largest city in South Sudan.
Wau was hit by violence in 2016 between different ethnics
which used to cohabitate well together. I documented the
work of the Johanniter International Assistance in favor
of thousands of people who fled their home and sought
refuge in the POC (Protection Of Civilians Site). I had the
opportunity to return to Wau in 2019 to follow-up with the
Johanniter’s work.
In 2018, I went the Jonglei region, as well as the Sudd,
one of the biggest wetland in the world to document the
action the medical activities as welll as the food distribu-
tion of the John Dau Foundation. Later this year, I devel-
opped multimedia contents for the FEED project, a 20
million dollars project, which aimed to develop agriculture
programs aiming in food security and reducing GBV in
South-Sudan.
The John Dau Foundation invested in a boat to get access to IDPs which found refuge on the
47 islands of the Sudd wetland. The crew navigates 24 hours on the Nile to access the village of
Koyom, where they deliver food supplies to the malnourished population.
NGO / CORPORATEA World Food Program (WFP) crew member is getting ready to fly back to the logistics hub. Every
month, the WFP delivers 10 tons of nutrition supplies to the remote village of Duk-Padiet. The
on-going conflict is affecting the local production of food as well as trade of food-supplies.
On Koyom island, a lady is pselecting the grains she will use to cook her diner. Koyom island is
mainly populated by IDPs. The important move of population resulted in food insecurity. Conse-
quently, the Johan Dau Foundation has implemented food distribution to malnourished children.
FIGHTING MALNUTRITIONAbraham Aduol Anyar is walking back to his home, where he will store the honey he just collected.
When the bucket is full, he will take it to the bee farmers association.
Atak is sitting on 50kg groundnut bags she recently harvested with other members of her Farmer
Field School (FFS). Each bag is worth 4,500 South Sudanese Pound (20 USD). Recently, the
FEED project built a storage facility where the community can store and protect their products.
NGO / CORPORATEHelena Ayen is calling for more gender equality at a meeting of the Wulu Gediem gender em-
powerment group. The group (50 women and 25 men) participated in GBV prevention awareness
sessions. During the sessions, women were encouraged to take the lead at a community level.
Anuie Rose Wilson is weeding the pineapples plantation from the Gitikiri Farmer Field School
(FFS), a few kilometres away from Yambio. The pineapples will be harvested in December and
will generate revenue to her family.
FOOD SECURITY & GBVGloria is preparing tilapia fishes they caught in the morning at the fish pond. It will be served for
dinner. In the town of Yambio, the FEED project encouraged farming men and women to develop
fish farming activities. Gloria Santo joined the project in 2015 and was accompanied to dig a pond
where she could farm fish.
NGO / CORPORATERegina Mathew, a member of the Asanza Farmer Field School (FFS) in Yambio county, is mulch-
ing pineapples with dry leaves she just collected. Mulching is part of the improved agronomical
practices she learned at the FFS.
FOOD SECURITY & GBVA displaced teenager is walking around the protection of civilians (POC) site of Wau, in the north-
west part of South-Sudan. This protection site was created in 2016 after violence happened
around Wau, the second largest town in South-Sudan.
Juan Joice decided to become a nurse when she was very young and saw a nurse taking care of
her mother when she was a refugee in Uganda. She came back from Uganda in 2009 and grad-
uated in 2015. She started working for the Johanniter in 2017.
NGO / CORPORATEWhen Akon Mary brought, Ngor, her 11 months old son to the stabilization centre, he had diar-
rhoea, and was vomiting, losing weight. She was afraid Ngor would not survive, as he had lost so
much energy. After five days at the stabilization centre, Ngor Garang recovered from diarrhoea.
Apet Madut fled her home in Jur River with her four babies, her husband, and his second wife.
Before, they used to be farmers and get money from burning charcoal. Recently, their harvest was
looted, their house burnt. It took them four walking-days to reach Wau with their children.
MEDICAL EMERGENCYAwut Akot is the second wife of the father of Wek, o
in the bush, afraid to be attacked again. When the
NGO / CORPORATEone year and a half. They left their home after being attacked by armed groups. When they ran away, they had to sleep
ey arrived at the Wau protection site, Wek was vomiting and was suffering from stomach pain. He also had malaria.
MEDICAL EMERGENCYHIV prevention across Africa
Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) account for
67 per cent of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa.
Following this statement, the John Snow Inc, financed by
the PEPFAR fund, implemented the Dreams Innovation
Challenges, which aimed to develop comprehensive ap-
proaches to reduce HIV transmission among this popula-
tion.
The Dreams Innovation Challenges relied on a network
of local NGO, granted to implement projects adapted to
AWYG , aiming to strengthen leadership and capacity of Kenya
communities, keeping girls at school and eventually pro- Lesotho
viding a bridge to employment. In Kenya, the Dreams In- Mozambique
South-Africa
novative Challenges pioneered in the use of PREP for the
Uganda
population at risk. Zambia
I had the opportunity to document the impacts of the
Dreams Innovation Challenge in six countries of inter-
vention (Lesotho, Kenya, Mozambique, South-African
Republic, Uganda, Zambia), and to tell the stories of the
beneficiaries of Dreams, and to tell about the change of
perception regarding HIV in these countries.
More pictures: here.
Early morning, Kebby is testing and counselling Raymond, 24, in a bar situated in the outskirt of
Lusaka. Kebby works for “Afya Mzuri”, a local NGO, and aims to drop the HIV affected population
in Lusaka by providing testing in bars and clubs.
NGO / CORPORATEGertrudes, 18, is an orphan as her mother passed away in 2004, and her father in 2011. She
now lives with her cousin and her nephews. Early this year, Gertrudes was selected to be Xai-Xai
District (Gaza Province, Mozambique) to become a DREAMS Ambassador and peer-educator.
Winnie discovered she was HIV positive in 2016: « At 1 st, I was always tired, because I stigma-
tized myself ». When she joined the Premise programme, she also joined the Whatsapp group « I
realised I was not alone, we are many, we should not give up, we should not stigma ourselves ».
HIV PREVENTIONWhen Mercy was told about PREP, she took it lightly “I should not take medicine every day. My
friend who took PREP had some difficulties, such as nausea. Then, I realized it would be helpful
as if I use it, I will be free from HIV. In the beginning, I had nausea for two weeks.”
Maleshoane and Paballo attended a training to help them find their first employment. In Lesotho,
the huge difference in employment between men and women creates inequality, which can make
women more vulnerable.
NGO / CORPORATEPhillip Wasonga Luma lives in Nango’C village, in western Kenya with his five daughters. A few
years back, one of his daughters was diagnosed HIV positive. Since, he joined the Dreams Inno-
vation Project, helping other parents to make their children aware.
Joyce and her mother Angeline are weeding heir maize plantation. Joyce and her sister Irene are
attending awareness programs at a safe space in their village, where they can learn more about
HIV prevention.
HIV PREVENTION“Digital Matatus” - Urban mobility in Nairobi
Nelson, driver of a taxi-motorbike in Nairobi. Jackson, bus driver in Nairobi. Kate, Uber dri
The “Digital Matatus” project aims to collect data through
cellphone technology to improved services for citizens.
The Civic Data Design Lab of the Massachusetts Insti- Kenya
tute of Technology, which is leading the “Digital Matatus”
project, developed an exhibition for the Seoul Biennale of
architecture and urbanism 2019.
I was commissioned to create the photographic identity
of the exhibitions, through portraits of participants of the
project, as well as street photography shots.
EXHIBITIONiver in Nairobi. Kevin, bus conductor in Nairobi. James, pedestrian in Nairobi.
URBAN MOBILITYEXHIBITION
URBAN MOBILITY
“MITUMBA”, THE SECOND-HAND CLOTHES IN KENYA
For decades Gikomba, one of the biggest open-air mar-
ket in east-Africa, has been famous for its “mitumba”, sec-
ond-hand clothes and shoes which come by containers
from all over the world. An estimated 100,000 tons are Kenya
unloaded every year at the port of Mombasa, the entry
point to Kenya’s market. These containers get to Nairobi,
and their contents are disseminated all over the country.
A second-hand industry has emerged, where wholesal-
ers, distributors, and small retailers work together to flood
Kenya’s market with cheap clothes. More surprisingly, Gi-
komba counts also an abundant workforce of tailors, dry
cleaners, dyers, working to reshape the “mitumba” to Ken-
yan standards. An informal factory has emerged on the
banks of the small river which streams through Gikomba
market.
Recently, a new actor arrived and is currently destabi-
lizing the market, proposing “mitumba” at a much lower
price than existing suppliers. In just a few years, Chinese
wholesalers have become the most important actors...
The full project: here.
Morning view from the outskirt of the Gikomba market.
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHYA man is dying in clothes in the shore of a river-stream in Gikomba market.
Winnie sells wedding dresses and other dresses in the Gikomba market. Before, she used to buy
dresses from the UK, now her dresses come mostly from China. Before, she used to sell door to
door the dresses, but she then decided to open her own shop in Gikomba. Today, a lady is trying
a dress for her upcoming wedding. A wedding dress is sold for around 8,000 shillings (80 USD).
STREET PHOTOGRAPHYTomsk
At three thousand kilometres east of Moscow, in the heart
of the boreal forest, time passes slowly at Tomsk.We are
in Febru- ary, the thermometer frequently displays minus
25 degrees, and the mild temperatures of July and August
seem far away. Russia
Founded in 1604,Tomsk embodies the expansion of the
Russian Tsardom to the east, during the conquest of Si-
beria. Situated on the trading route between Beijing and
Moscow, here was erected the first University of Siberia
and was named the « Athens of Siberia » and was the
largest town in the Asiatic part of Russia. Excluded from
the Trans-Siberian railway, the centre of attrac-tion moved
to the south of this large region.
Nowadays, Tomsk is a town of contrasts. Its universities
drain a young population, despite its remoteness, Tomsk
in dynamic. Its city centre releases a timeless feeling;
here, wooden houses, which symbolise the Siberian ar-
chitecture, are facing Soviet blocs and brand new post-so-
viet buildings...
The full project: here.
At mid-day, believers come to pray at the Peter and Paul Orthodox Church.This church is one
of the few who was still open during the Soviet period. Due to Soviet anticlericalism, most of the
other churches were closed, transformed into warehouses or in factories fabricating matches.
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHYFor nearly half of the year, a thick layer of snow covers the ground. January and February face
the most extreme temperatures. Football fields and basketball playground are impracticable.The
pupils of the school number 4 will play again on their basketball playground only from April.
Tomsk counts many historical monuments that remind the unity and the dedicated efforts of the
Russian people during the previous military campaigns. This stela, dominated by an eagle who
spread its wings, was erected in souvenir of the “patriotic war”’ which defeated Napoleon in 1812.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHYSrinagar
For centuries, Srinagar was a holiday destination for Ma-
harajas, who, during the monsoon, were leaving the sti-
fling heat from the Indians plains to experience the mod-
erate climate from the foothills of the Himalayas. India
Nowadays, Srinagar enjoys a multiple heritage, its old
mosques and its moguls’ gardens are the symbols. The
Dal lake offers an idyllic setting, which was honoured in
various Bollywood productions, and makes from “heaven
on earth” the quintessence of romanticism in the imagi-
nary of many Indians.
This image contrasts with a much shade reality. Since
1947, Kashmiris observe, helpless, the chess game be-
tween India and Pakistan. For India, let Kashmir go could
give independentist ideas to other Indian regions, and its
geostrategic position is vital in the conflict with Pakistan
and China for the control of Himalayans territories.
In this historic city, which preserves the Kashmir culture,
and which the pride of Kashmiri people, the line between
“heaven on earth” and “conflict zone” is very thin...
The full project: here.
In Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, the whole touristic activities are running slow, whereas this
sector represents 8% of the economic activities of the region. People used to come to Srinagar to
stay on a house-boats, nowadays, most of them are empty.
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHYThe Kashmir and its Dal lake, its mountains and its mild climate was one very touristic area, for
foreign tourists as well as Indian tourists, and was dubbed « the paradise on earth ». However,
between 2013 and 2016 whereas tourism is an essential resource of the Kashmiri valley.
Every afternoon at the Ziyarat Makhdoom Sahib mosque, situated in the old town, Muslim wor-
shippers distribute meat to people in need. Compulsory giving is part of the five pillars of Islam.
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