Maheder Haileselassie

Maheder Haileselassie
Self-portrait
Born1990 (age 34–35)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
NationalityEthiopian
Known forLeading photographer and artist

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese (born 1990) is an Ethiopian artist and photographer.

Haileselassie was born and raised in Addis Ababa in 1990.[1][2] She was at university studying civil engineering. Her interest became photography in the final year of her study and by 2013 her primary interest was photography.[3]

She runs the Center for Photography to encourage younger photographers in Ethiopia.[4] She has criticised the work of photographer Mahesh Shantaram who has tried to document the effect of colonialism, but she finds his work problematic as she feels that he creates poses that are for the pleasure of the viewer. She thinks this is a colonial view where women are needlessly naked to fascinate a western audience.[5]

Haileselassie won the 2023 Contemporary African Photography Prize.[4][6] The other four winning photographers were Nadia Ettwein, Yassmin Forte, Carlos Idun-Tawiah and Léonard Pongo.[7]

She was chosen as one of the BBC's 100 inspiring women in 2024. The BBC and[6] The Guardian drew attention to her work in 2024 where she documents the effect of climate change on young girls. The rate of child marriage in Somalia had more than doubled as families try to cope with the shortage of food and water. Her photographs show the girls and they document the effect of the drought on the landscape.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Maheder Haileselassie - Overview". Koop Projects. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  2. ^ "Ethiopian Photographer". Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/Female Ethiopian Photographer. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  3. ^ "Maheder Haileselassie Tadese: Emerging Ethiopian photographer". Ethiopia Observer. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  4. ^ a b "Maheder Haileselassie". Prince Claus Fund. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  5. ^ Shringarpure, Bhakti; Cantelli, Veruska (2023-04-30). Insurgent Feminisms: Writing War. Zubaan. ISBN 978-93-90514-58-8.
  6. ^ a b "BBC 100 Women 2024: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  7. ^ "Contemporary African Photography prize 2023 winners – in pictures". The Guardian. 2023-07-28. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  8. ^ "Ethiopian drought and child marriage – in portraits". The Guardian. 2023-10-10. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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