Sue Macpherson is a Dorset based photographer who has been a member of the RPS for over eight years. She has recently completed a four-year landscape project for the Dorset Area of Outstanding Beauty which culminated in an exhibition at the County Museum in Dorchester. Sue also dedicates her time photographically to The Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund. This charity aims to improve the quality of education in Ugandan schools by investing in buildings and educational resources. The photographs in this exhibition are some of Sue’s favourite images from her work in Uganda.
Each year Sue travels to the Jinja area of Uganda with the HvSMF to photograph all the schools that the charity is working with. One of the essential aspects of the photographs is to provide generous donors with a personal record of the buildings and improvements that their money has gone towards.
In between the necessary documentary work, Sue has the wonderful opportunity and freedom to photograph the children. Her aim is to capture their vivacity and enthusiasm before they leap to attention in front of the camera and, where possible, to do this in the best lit situations. With the penetrating, tropical sun high above this is always an exciting challenge.
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