Patrick Tombola is a multimedia photographer and videojournalist that concentrates on long-term personal projects and editorial work in the Middle East. Over the past 3 years he has covered the ongoing uprising in Egypt, 2 wars in Gaza, the Syrian conflict and the turmoil in Turkey.
He has been shortlisted at Lumix Festival, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, FOTO8 and Head On Festival amongst others and has exhibited his work in Italy, England, Australia and France.
His reportages have been published in Die Zeit, Vanity Fair, Welt Am Sonntag, Brand Eins, The Economist, L'Espresso, The Telegraph, Deutsche Welle amongst many others.
He worked for several broadcasters including Channel 4, Globalpost, NDR TV, RCN and SBS.
His studies in political economy and law have strongly influenced his ethics, journalistic approach and passion for social justice. In video and photography he has found both a vehicle for mass communication and one of personal introspection.
PRISMA is organised by the Global Campus of Master’s Programmes and Diplomas in Human Rights and Democratisation in collaboration with Lightbox.
PRISMA was officially launched during the Venice Art Biennale opening with Alfredo Jaar as special guest. The theme of 2015 is “Freedom”. Photographers, professional and amateur, from any part of the world have submitted their work.
The twenty selected images will be displayed, along with photographs by the special guest photographer Rena Effendi, to illustrate the relevance of “Freedom” as a fundamental human right and the importance of defending it. Freedom from oppression, freedom of speech and belief, freedom of movement, freedom from fear, freedom of thought and freedom of opinion.
The goal of PRISMA is to complement academic research ...
The first edition of PRISMA Human Rights Photo Contest is organised by The Global Campus of Master’s Programmes and Diplomas in Human Rights and Democratisation in collaboration with Lightbox.
PRISMA was officially launched during the Venice Art Biennale opening with Alfredo Jaar as special guest. The theme of 2015 is “Freedom”. Photographers, professional and amateur, from any part of the world have submitted their work.
The Silence
© Jumoke Sanwo
The twenty selected images will be displayed, along with photographs by the special guest photographer Rena Effendi, to illustrate the relevance of “Freedom” as a fundamental human right and the importance of defending it. Freedom from oppression, freedom of speech and belief, freedom of movement, freedom from f...