Photographing the Sudanese Revolution: A Discussion With Duha Mohammed, Saad Eltinay, and Muhammed Salah

In April 2019, after thirty years of military dictatorship, theocracy, and years of civil war, the people of Sudan brought down Omar al-Bashir, the man who imposed an unchallenged reign upon them, starting with his coup d’état in 1989. Sudan’s popular uprising began in December 2018. For five months, risking arrest and torture by the regime’s police, the Sudanese people took to the streets by the thousands.

Driven by the will to document resistance and repression, a new generation of photographers emerged. These artists, aged between 19 and 30, broadcast their photos through social networks. They were both actors and observers of this historical moment.

In this event, Saad Eltinay and Muhammed Salah discuss photography in Sudan, how they pictured the revolution, and what comes next. (Duha Mohammed was scheduled to participate but was sadly ill on the day).