Documentary Photography, Malawi

Funded by the Health Foundation in London, I spent a week with the ‘MaiKhanda’ project in southern Malawi.  And what a week it was!   The charity’s aim is to reduce maternal death rates in Malawian hospitals.  My job was to show this off with documentary photography.  The doctors, nurses, midwives and hospital staff I met became my subjects.  Some maternity wards were in city hospitals.  Others were very much field hospitals.  The experience was incredible and very humbling.  I returned to the UK with eyes open!  The series below was awarded an IPA special mention.

Black and white headshot portrait of a midwife nurse in a Malawian hospital maternity ward.Black and white documentary photography shot in a Malawian hospital maternity ward.Black and white documentary photography of a patient in a wheelchair arriving at a Malawian hospital maternity ward.Black and white documentary photography of a patient in a wheelchair arriving at a Malawian hospital maternity ward.Black and white documentary photography of a patient in hospital bed in a Malawian maternity ward.Black and white documentary photography of a patient's arm and drip shot in a Malawian hospital maternity ward.Black and white documentary photography shot in Malawian maternity wards featuring mothers and babies doing kangaroo mother care.Black and white documentary photography shot in Malawian maternity wards featuring mothers and babies doing kangaroo mother care.Black and white documentary photography shot in Malawian maternity wards featuring mothers and babies doing kangaroo mother care.Black and white documentary group photography featuring five Malawian mothers with their babies.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.Brightly coloured headshot portrait against a blue background shot on location in rural Malawi.