As the 24 qualified countries were battling each other on the pitch at the ongoing TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023, some young female photographers were capturing the historic moment through their lenses.
The TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Côte d'ivoire 2023 has seen young female photographers getting the opportunity to capture every move of the players, emotions of the fans and goal celebrations.
Just as most of the footballers on the turf, these young photographers have had a roller coaster ride to the big stage on the continent.
These are four of the young female photographers and what the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON stage mean to them.
The Egyptian has practiced photography for over a decade and has been to two TotalEnergies CAF AFCON competitions.
Weam Mostafa Elsayed has battled lot of challenges coming up including many doubting her qualities but has managed to sail through it all.
“Being a female photographer is a challenge itself especially in the sports field. Many people used to think that we were not good enough or even as good as the men. But I loved to challenge myself and everyone to prove them wrong” she said.
“I covered two TotalEnergies CAF AFCONs, the first one when I started pursuing my passion for sports photography in 2019 in Egypt and now my second as an official CAF Photographer for the tournament. The experience itself is not like any other tournament I covered, TotalEnergies CAF AFCON is huge, it unites the whole continent and your pictures as a photographer is about history. Those pictures will live forever and for me as I meet people and photographers from all over Africa and elsewhere, I get to gain more experience and be better at my work,” she added.
iLa Yeboah is a Ghanaian
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