Kampala, Uganda
$250 - $750 / Day
Alim Karmali was born in 1990 in London, UK. His family origins are in Uganda. After growing up between London and Kampala, he moved to Manchester (UK) in 2009 to study a BA(Hons) Product Design at the University of Salford where he graduated in 2012. During this time, he began his career in photography doing commercial and event documentation throughout Manchester. Upon graduation, Alim moved to London in 2012 to pursue a career in product design whilst also continuing to shoot creative assignments in the UK and Uganda. In 2014, he became the in-house photographer for Kampala Fashion Week, and by 2016 he had moved back to Uganda to pursue photography and film full time. Alim currently resides in Kampala where he works as a freelance photographer and DP and is the co-founder of Native Collective, a production house based across East Africa. He often collaborates with international organisations (among others: The British Council, Dubai Cares and Absolute Energy) and has directed commercial stills and video content for brands across Africa (such as JUMIA and Kampala Fashion Week) which have been aired online and on TV. His work has been published, among others, in ICON, B.Inspired, L'Express Styles and Nataal. Alim has been shortlisted by the AOP and the Lucie Foundation, and in 2017 he was selected for the 2017 MasterCard Young African Artists Submission.
JUMIA Foodies is a series of interviews featuring unique Jumia Food users, each of whom tell us about their "food life" and eat a specific meal from one of Jumia’s partner restaurants. Working with Kenyan DJ / Producer Slikback, the audio is used to create a unique track using the sounds captured for each episode. On this project I was the Co-director and editor
Since 2014, I've been the in-house photographer for Kampala Fashion Week. In that time, I have documented their events from behind the scenes every year, and my work has been featured in both print and digital mediums.
Who the hell is Mr.Mankwa is a documentary web-series which premiered on the 24th February 2019. The series tells the story of Mr.Mankwa, a dancehall star and career criminal who went missing in the early 90's after his first record released. The documentary was partly funded by the British Council under the NaNa Grant, and the second season is currently in production. I was the DP and Editor
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