'?' an exhibition of work from the 2020 democraSEE workshop Maputo

This exhibition includes the work of the participants of the 10-day democraSEE MAPUTO photography workshop, conducted by John Fleetwood, a South African based curator, with Mozambican photographer Mauro Vombe.

The workshop looked at visibilities, invisibilities and erasures that are part of any process of making images, and how these in/visibilities position photographers and their work in the context of larger socio-political discussions of our times

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'Microlight' by Jansen Van Staden: Panel Discussion [Watch]

On Thursday Nov 11, Photo: hosted a panel discussion platforming the new, self-published photobook, Microlight by South African photographer Jansen van Staden. Panellists included multidisciplinary artist, Helena Uambembe and photographer and videographer, Neptune Alexandre. The discussion was moderated by John Fleetwood, Photo: director.

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OPEN CALL: democraSEE Photography Workshop

Call for Participants – Maputo

Application deadline: 30 October 2020

The democraSEE workshop is a two-week photography encounter in Maputo to encourage new photography stories and discussions on issues relating to how we understand our changing world and changes within photography. These workshops will be conducted by John Fleetwood, photography educator, curator and Photo: director, with Mauro Vombe, Mozambican photographer.

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2020 Photobook Week Aarhus: Intimacy and Resistance

Intimacy and Resistance is an exhibition of photobooks and recorded conversations between different generations of South African photographers with additions from Sub-Saharan Africa. The exhibition forms part of the Photobook Week Aarhus 2020 festival and will run from the 1-4 October 2020 at Gallery Image, Denmark.

The exhibition deals with notions of intimacy and resistance by looking at intergenerational exchanges and books.

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CLPA News 2020 #1 Special Covid-19 Issue

This special edition of the CLPA newsletter deals with the Covid-19 Pandemic and how it affects our worlds and the world of photography. Questioning the futures of photography, of education and of platforms, the CLPA members and external contributors share their insights and resourceful information on managing the effects of the pandemic to assist institutions, practitioners and freelancers alike.

Jacques Nkinzingabo, Rwanda, is the guest editor for this first issue. In addition to the teaching and training activities from members, there is also a Guide to Online Teaching with tips and suggestions received from all members.

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2020 Blurring the Lines

The 2020 Blurring the Lines winners were announced 3 July!

The three winners are Ragna Arndt Maric from the University of Applied Sciences Europe (Berlin, Germany), Riti Sengupta from the National Institute of Design (Gandhinagar, India) and Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo from the Market Photo Workshop (Johannesburg, South Africa)

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Wikipedia Workshop

Wikipedia Workshop
05 March 2020

Photo: and the Photography Education Trust in association with ‘Art on our Mind’ hosted a Wikipedia Workshop on the 5 March 2020.

This Wikipedia initiative, led by Fouad Asfour, a research associate from Wits University, is part of a series of workshops aiming to enable participants to upload new articles and or expand on existing entries while also addressing issues around notability and verifiability.

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