2019 Projects/ News
The last CLPA newsletter of 2019 brings to an end our series on gender discussions. This issue deals with stereotype masculinities of and within photography, especially in relation to technologies and language. In the Reflection section, members respond to questions about language and how it affects how we view, read and think about photographs, particular how spoken, local and colonial languages are implicitly entangled in photography.
Read MoreRencontres de Bamako, African Biennale of Photography
Opening: Sunday, 1 December 2019 at 13h00
At the Institut Français du Mali, Boulevard de l'Indépendance, Bamako, Mali
Exhibition open to the public:
30 Nov 2019 - 31 Jan 2020
Walkabout: Sunday, 1 Dec 2019 at 13h30 with the curator and photographers
“Five Photographers. A tribute to David Goldblatt” reflects on this world-renowned photographer and South African icon’s contribution to photography by looking at a new generation of photographers. This
Read MoreOf Soul and Joy
3rd Edition Photography Festival
Panel discussion: Reflecting on South African Photography
Thokoza, Johannesburg 26 Oct 2019
Walkabout: 1 October at 14h00
Led by John Fleetwood
Gerard Sekoto Gallery
at the Alliance Française of Johannesburg
17, Lower park Drive Corner Kerry Road
Johannesburg, South Africa
In correlation with the recent Life according to James Barnor exhibition opening, John Fleetwood director of Photo: has been invited to lead a walkabout on the Ghanaian photographer’s work which aims to go beyond a rhetorical categorisation of 40 years of photography and draws inspiration in particular from James Barnor’s final photographs in Ghana in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read More2019 Joop Swart Masterclass
17-21 September 2019
Amsterdam
Run as an immersive and interactive educational experience, the Joop Swart Masterclass encourages new and diverse approaches to visual storytelling. It enables the exchange of knowledge and experience, creating a meeting place for practitioners who often work alone.
2019 Pride Photo Award
The 2019 Pride Photo Award winners were announced 6 Sep 2019.
A photo of two identical superhero action figures kissing, by South Korean photographer Seungwook YANG is the winner of the seventh edition of Pride Photo Award, an international contest for sexual and gender diversity.
HENI Project Space, Hayward Gallery
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London
Exhibition Opening: 28 August 2019
Duration: 28 Aug - 06 Oct 2019
Discussion: 5 October 2019 at 17h00
Dan Graham Waterloo Sunset Pavilion, Hayward Gallery.
On the occasion of the exhibition Thabiso Sekgala: Here Is Elsewhere at Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space, John Fleetwood and Hayward Gallery Assistant Curator Tarini Malik will join in conversation on Saturday 5 October at 5pm.
CLPA News 2019 #2
The second CLPA newsletter of this year deals with gender binaries in African photography, looking back at how gender binaries came into play in the last few decades. In the Reflection section, members respond to their role as educators in dealing with notions of identity and photography, especially representation of identity.
2019 Joop Swart Masterclass
17-21 September 2019
Amsterdam
The World Press Photo Foundation’s best known educational program, the Joop Swart Masterclass, is returning to Amsterdam 17-21 September 2019, to bring together 12 emerging image-makers with some of the most experienced professionals in the field of visual storytelling.
Durban Art Gallery
City Hall, 2nd Floor, Smith Street, Durban, 4001
Opening: 1 August 2019 at 18h00
Duration: 02 - 31 August 2019
Walkabout
Friday 2 August at 10.00 with the curator
“Five Photographers. A tribute to David Goldblatt” reflects on this world-renowned photographer and South African icon’s contribution to photography by looking at a new generation of photographers. This
Read MoreVacancy: Project/Fundraising Coordinator.
Photo: is seeking a Project/Fundraising Coordinator.
Deadline: 24 Jul 2019
Read MoreJohn Fleetwood was the curator for the June edition of the Der Greif Guest-Room online exhibition. Guest curators select images to de/ recontextualize single images from open call submissions.
Each Guest-Room kicks off with a collaboration where the curator teams up with another practioner to choose a theme. In this edition, John Fleetwood worked with Eric Gyamfi, Ghana and selected the following quote as framework for the exhibition.
Read MoreFive Photographers at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown
Opening: Friday 28 June 2019
Exhibition open to the public:
27 June – 07 July 2019
CLPA News 2019 #1
The latest issue of the CLPA News introduces our 2019 focus on gender. Questions about African women’s visibility and representation, history, and the workplace will be addressed by invited contributors and writers. In this issue Candice Jansen points to the multiplicity and depth of reading women’s role in photography in Africa and their absence in recorded history.
Read MoreFive Photographers at Café What? in Maseru, Lesotho
Opening: Friday 10 May 2019
Exhibition open to the public:
11 – 31 May 2019
‘Connected’
A photography exhibition
Opening: 21 March 2019
Closing 19 April 2019
Académie des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa, DRC.
‘Connected’ an exhibition of the work of the participants of the Photography Masterclass at the Academy of Fine Arts (Académie des Beaux-Arts), Kinshasa, DRC.
Catchupa Factory Photographers residency in Mindelo, Cabo Verde
Deadline for application: 27th March 2019
The Catchupa Factory initiative is an educational and artistic creation program in the format of artist residency, dedicated to emerging artists and photographers from the Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP), Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Angola and Mozambique.
Read MorePhotography Masterclass 2019 at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa
6 - 13 March 2019 led by John Fleetwood
John Fleetwood leads a masterclass on photography at the Académie des Beaux-Arts(ABA), in Kinshasa, DRC from 6-13 March 2019. Initiated in 2018, the 8 weeklong photography training workshops expands over a 2-year period to equip students of ABA interested in photography with photography skills. The course serves as a basis to develop a permanent learning centre of photography at the ABA, Kinshasa.
Read MoreEric Gyamfi {Ghana) wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2019
On the 5 March, Eric Gyamfi (b. 1990, Ghana) was chosen as the winner of the thirteenth Foam Paul Huf Award. The award is presented annually by Foam to a photography talent under the age of 35.
Read MoreIn correlation with the ‘Five Photographers: A tribute to David Goldblatt’ exhibition in Maputo, Mozambique, Photo: collaborated with the Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano (CCFM) to produce portfolio reviews and workshop presentations for photographers from Maputo.
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