Dawit Tibebu is an Ethiopian Journalist and Photographer. Passionate for literature and visual media, Dawit studied Foreign Language and Literature in Hawassa University. He was introduced to camera in a photography studio that serves walking customers for lifestyle photographs during campus in Hawassa town. Later after graduation, working in journalism, he started merging his journalism and photography together. With self-exploration, support and mentorship from well-established photographers in the industry, Dawit started using photography to reflect about himself, his vision and understanding of a certain subject. Ever since, Dawit has been commissioned photojournalism documentary photography for numerous agencies of the United Nations in Ethiopia, USAID, UKAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Save The Children and 16 other international organizations.
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