13TH EDITION CARMIGNAC PHOTOJOURNALISM AWARD

"Ghana: Following our E-waste"

A collaborative reportage by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Muntaka Chasant and Bénédicte Kurzen

Exhibition: 28 June - 31 August, 2024

This summer, the report by the laureates of the 13th edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award dedicated to the ecological and human challenges of e-waste in Ghana is on display in two exhibitions at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and at the Fondation MRO in Arles.

With the support of the Fondation Carmignac, investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, and photojournalists Muntaka Chasant and Bénédicte Kurzen, spent a year and a half documenting the transboundary flows of e-waste between Ghana, and Europe, and further. Their collaborative report highlights the complexities of this global issue, revealing both its economic importance for thousands in Ghana and its significant human and environmental impacts.

Kurzen travelled to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany to document e-waste outbound flows and communities involved, challenging stereotypes and shedding light on the inefficiencies within European e-waste management systems. In Accra, Chasant studied e-waste workers' social structures and migration journeys, from the rural North to the capital’s scrapyards. Aremeyaw And Anas went undercover to unveil corruption, dubious working conditions and illegal e-waste flows re-entering global markets. This exhibition offers a nuanced perspective on a critical and complex global issue.

NEW YORK – June 28 - August 31, 2024
in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

United Nations Headquarters, Visitors’ Lobby, Gallery A, 1st Avenue at 46th Street, New York, NY 10017
Open Monday to Friday: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Free admission
More information on www.un.org/en/exhibits

THE CARMIGNAC PHOTOJOURNALISM AWARD

Established in 2009, the Carmignac Photojournalism Award supports photographers in the field. Every year, it funds the production of an investigative photo reportage on human rights violations and geo-strategic issues in the world. The Fondation Carmignac provides the laureate with financial and human resources to carry out their project and produces both a monograph and a traveling exhibition, aiming to shed light on the crises and challenges which the contemporary world is facing.

The 15th edition will focus on Southeast Asia, highlighting human and environmental rights violations caused by illegal fishing and overfishing. Interested photographers are invited to submit their applications by 19 August 2024 at 11:59 p.m. (GMT).

More information on fondationcarmignac.com