Neo Ntsoma

**Neo Ntsoma** (an Haife ta a 27 Disamba 1972) 'yar Afirka ta Kudu mai ɗaukar hoto ce da aka sani da ɗaukar hoto, hoto, kiɗa da kuma shahararriyar ɗaukar hoto.   An haife ta a Vryburg kuma ta girma a yankunan karkarar Mafikeng a lardin Arewa maso Yamma, sha'awarta game da fina-finai ta fara ne tun tana ƙarama.  Ta girma a zamanin mulkin wariyar launin fata da kuma ganin munanan hotuna na baƙar fata ' yan Afirka ta Kudu da kuma rashin shigar mata bakar fata a masana'antar watsa labarai da fararen fata maza suka mamaye, hakan ya kara karfafa mata gwiwa ta son yin sauyi, duk da haka ba mafarki ba ne mai saukin cikawa saboda takunkumin kabilanci a lokacin.  Ntsoma ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta St Mary inda za a fara gabatar da ita a fannin kade-kade da raye-raye da wasan kwaikwayo, a nan ne ta san aikinta ya bambanta da takwarorinta.    Duk da koma baya da dama a rayuwarta ta ci gaba da yin burinta na zama mai daukar hoto kuma ta yi nasara. Ntsoma ta shahara da hotunanta da suka yi fice da bangaran kusurwoyin da ake daukar su da kuma yadda take wasa da abin da aka mayar da hankali a kai a cikin hotuna da waɗanda ba haka ba. Bayan kasancewarta mai daukar hoto ta zama mai ba da shawara ga matasa masu ɗaukar hoto. 

## Shekarun farko

An haife shi a Vryburg kuma ya girma a yankunan karkara na Mafikeng a lardin Arewa maso Yamma .   Ntsoma ita ce ta ƙarshe a cikin yara na uku da Olefile Ntsoma da Nomalanga Maria Ntsoma née Hlabangane suka haifa. Hoto sana’a ce da ta fada cikin ha₦ari, sana’ar da ba a san mata ba a lokacin. Ntsoma ta fara karatu a Peninsula Technikon a shekarar 1992. Sha'awarta ta farko ita ce Fim da Talabijin.  ba ta taɓa ɗaukar kyamara ba kafin ta shiga Technikon.   Daga baya ta koma Pretoria Technikon tsakanin 1994 zuwa 1995 don ci gaba da karatunta ta kware a fannin kere-kere da talla duk da cewa an hana ta samun digiri. 

## Sana'a
Duk da ƙalubale da koma baya a tafiyar ta, a shekarar 1998 Ntsoma ta zama bakar fata ta farko mai ₦aukar hoto da ta yi aiki a daya daga cikin manyan jaridu a Afirka ta Kudu, The Star .   Duk da cewa Ntsoma ba ta taba jin wariya daga abokan aikinta waɗanda galibi fararen fata da maza ne, amma ta ga bukatar ta ci gaba da tabbatar da kanta don samun karɓuwa a masana'antar.  Kamar yadda Ntsoma ta bayyana a cikin bayanin nata na fasaha,

: *Na kasance ina ɗaukar hotuna don sa mutane su yarda da ni. Yanzu, ina ɗaukar hotuna don sa mutane su yarda da batun hotunana.* *Manufara ita ce in raba ra'ayi na game da wani abu, da kuma abin da nake ji game da shi.* *Amma abin da ke da mahimmanci a gare ni shi ne in ɗauki ruhu da ruhin batun da nake ɗaukar hoto* .   

Tsakanin shekarar 2002 zuwa shekarar 2003, Ntsoma ta tsunduma cikin yawancin duniya tun lokacin da take koyarwa a Cibiyar Hoto ta Kudu ta Pathshala da ke Bangladesh, wadda Shahidul Alam ke jagoranta. Alam ya taimaka wajen tallata ayyukan masu fasaha daga yawancin ƙasashen duniya, waɗanda suka haɗa da Afirka. Mafi yawan Duniya sun bayyana ayyukanta kuma sun ba ta damar baje kolin su a nune-nune da wallafe-wallafe a duniya. Ntsoma ya ambata, "Zan iya alfahari cewa mutane sun san aikina a ƙasashen da ba zan iya ko karanta yaren ba.."

A shekara ta 2004, Neo Ntsoma ta zama mace ta farko da ta samu lambar yabo ta Mohamed Amin, lambar yabo ta CNN ta Afirka na Gwarzon Ɗaukar Hoto na Shekara don rubutun hotonta mai taken, 'Duniya a cikin Harshe'.  A tsawon shekaru kuma aikinta ya kai ga zane-zane mai kyau da daukar hoto. 

Ntsoma tare *da mata ta rubuta: Shekaru 50 na Hotunan Mata a Afirka ta Kudu* tare da Robin Comley, George Hallett, da Penny Siopis . Ma'aikatar fasaha da al'adu ta Afirka ta Kudu ce ta ba da izini a matsayin bikin cika shekaru 50 na tattakin mata na shekarar 1956 a Gine-ginen Tarayyar . 

A cikin shekarar 2007, Ntsoma ta kafa Neo Ntsoma Productions, kamfanin sadarwa na gani da samarwa wanda mata baƙar fata ke sarrafa su gaba ɗaya.  Tawagar Ntsoma ta ƙunshi masu daukar hoto, masu fasahar bidiyo, masu gyara, dabarun sadarwa na gani, marubuta, da masu ba da shawara waɗanda ke aiki a sassan masana'antu da kamfanoni iri ɗaya. Har ila yau, kamfanin yana ba da tarurrukan bita na kasuwanci da shirye-shiryen jagoranci masu zaman kansu don masu sha'awar daukar hoto. 

A cikin ɗan jarida mai ɗaukar hoto na 2018, Neo Ntsoma ya kasance wani ɓangare na tattaunawa, tare da ɗan uwansa, game da ci gaba a nahiyar Afirka - a Jami'ar Yale Art Gallery .

## Kyauta

* 2005 National Geographic Duk Kyautar Shirin Hoto Hoto
* Kyautar Jarida ta Mondi Shanduka 2005
* 2005 Fuji Southern African Press Awards - (Mai tseren Labari na Hoto)
* 2005 Fuji Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Afirka ta Kudu - GOLD Fine Art
* 2005 Fuji Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru na Afirka ta Kudu - SILVER Fine Art
* 2005 Fuji Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Afirka ta Kudu - Gudanar da BRONZE
* 2005 Fuji Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru na Afirka ta Kudu - SILVER Automotive
* 2004 CNN - Mohammed Amin Award (Mace ta Farko)
* 2004 Fuji Mai daukar hoto na Kudancin Afirka (wanda ya zo na biyu)
* 2004 Fuji Southern African Press Awards - (Labarin Hoto - Wanda ya ci nasara)
* 2004 Fuji Hotunan Hotunan Jarida na Afirka- VISA POUR L'IMAGE (Mai Gudu - Sama)
* 2004 Fuji African Press Photo Awards- VISA POUR L'IMAGE (Labarai - Wanda ya zo na biyu)
* 2003 Fuji 'Yan Jarida na Afirka ta Kudu (An yaba sosai - Labarin Hoto)
* 2002 Fuji na Afirka ta Kudu Kyautar Kyauta (Mafi Girman Yabo - Feature Single) 
* 2002 Fuji African Press Awards (Zaɓin Alƙalai) 
* Kyautar Jarida ta Mondi ta 2002 - (Mawallafi) 

## Girmamawa

* 2007 Memba na alkalai - Fuji Southern Africa Press Awards
* 2006 MTN Women a Media Award (Finalist) 
* 2006 Mujallar *Soyayya ta Gaskiya* Mata 100 da suka yi tasiri a gida da ma duniya baki daya. 
* Mujallar *Cosmopolitan* ta 2006 "Mata 30 masu ban sha'awa, fasalin shekara-shekara a cikin mujallar Cosmopolitan, don bikin fitattun matan Afirka ta Kudu."  
* 2005 Mai daukar hoto na farko daga Kudancin Hemisphere don samun hoton da aka zaɓa don tafiya a kan murfin gaban *Kalandar Duniya ɗaya* .
* 2004 Mujallar *Time* Hotunan mako (23-29 Agusta)
* Mujallar *Cosmopolitan* ta 2004 "Mata 30 masu ban sha'awa, fasalin shekara-shekara a cikin mujallar Cosmopolitan, don bikin fitattun matan Afirka ta Kudu."

## nune-nunen

* All Roads Film Festival, Los Angeles
* Santa Fe Film Festival, New Mexico
* Ranar Mata ta Duniya, Toronto
* Chobi Mela - Bikin Hotunan Kudancin Asiya
* Bikin Hotuna na Roma

## Nunin rukuni

* *Yiti Laba.* Nunin rukuni na Lindeka Qampi, Neo Ntsoma, Zanele Muholi, Ruth Seopedi Motau da Berni Searle a Kasuwa Photo Workshop, Johannesburg 

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