Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

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Maheder is a freelance photographer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. People and changes being a main inspiration to most of her documentary work, Maheder mainly focuses on telling stories, documenting changes and giving voices to what she considers to be voiceless in her community. Photo Exhibitions she has participated in include Morning Star Mall, Addis Ababa (October, 2014), “Photojournalists in Conflict”, World Press Freedom Day Celebrations in Finland, Helsinki (May, 2016) and the most recent one, “In Quest for” Goethe- Institute, Addis Ababa Ethiopia (August25 - Sep 30, 2016). In addition, she will also be presenting her works at the fourth edition of Addis Foto Fest which will take place from December 12th – 21st, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Moreover, in April 2015, Maheder was among the top 10 honorable mention of women Professional artists after participating in the art competition announced by the USA embassy in Addis Ababa. She is currently working on personal projects involving documentary Photography works.

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Land scarcity and disease threaten a multifaceted indigenous crop in Ethiopia

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 19 May 2020
Students of Bole Gerji Primary and Secondary school in Addis Ababa planting trees that they received from the botanical garden as part of its ‘Model Gardening’ Project. Image courtesy Gullele Botanical Garden.

In Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa, Gullele Botanical Garden captivates city dwellers

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 3 Jun 2019
Aba Gada Kabeto Edamo Wabe(r), leader of the Oda Roba and Aba Gada Azmach Teshita, Sammato Bullo (l) leader of the Hambentu clan pose for a portrait inside Senekele Swayne’s Hartebeest Sanctuary. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese.

In Ethiopia, a community leans on customs to save an antelope from extinction

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 6 May 2019
Clergymen at Tsegur Michael Church near Debretabor, Ethiopia. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese for Mongabay.

Land restoration makes progress in Ethiopia

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 31 Oct 2018
Leyew Akalu, a chief gardener at one of the resorts on Lake Tana, pushes weeds to the water’s edge where it will be received by a group of men in a boat to be thrown on a rock. Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/Mongabay

Community pulls water-thirsty invasive weeds from Ethiopia’s Lake Tana

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 7 Sep 2017
Amone Ayesa collects wood in the Entoto forest outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese

The people of Ethiopia’s forests

Maheder Haileselassie Tadese 15 Nov 2016

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