Photo: X Fotomat website launch: Introducing Nizar Saleh
Nizar Saleh is a photographer, videographer and graphic designer based in Kinshasa, DRC. He participated in the Photography Masterclass conducted by John Fleetwood at the Ecole des Beaux Artes which ran over two years. (2017-2019) The body of work, INKshasa was shown in the resulting exhibition Connecté/Connected.
His photographic work considers the relationship between people and their environments. He is deeply influenced by the city of Kinshasa and the stories of the people who live there. His series INKshasa chronicled the tattoo culture of Kinshasa, mixing fiction and reality to create composite bodies.
Saleh works as a photographer and videographer with the Belgian Museum aan de Stroom, creating content around the restitution of African artwork and artefacts. He has also co-directed award-winning documentaries including Faire-Part (2018) and Bidon-Vil (2018).
Photo: has partnered with visual website builder Fotomat to create websites showcasing the talents of nine African photographers. Aimed at increasing visibility of the photographers’ work and contemporary African photography as a whole at a time when Covid-19 has shifted interactions and engagement online, the websites play a pivotal role in creating platforms to showcase important work from across the continent.
The websites have officially been launched on 15 September 2021.
Visit Nizar’s website here: https://nizarsaleh.onfotomat.com
About Photo:
Photo:is a multi-operation platform for the development and promotion of socially engaged photography practices, photographers, and critical visual culture.
Through curatorial and educational projects throughout the African continent and beyond, Photo: promotes emerging and practicing photographers and photography with the aim to encourage critical and experimental approaches/responses, that challenge and stimulate how we think about photography and our world.
Further, through commissioning, producing and connecting photography projects and practitioners, Photo: wants to encourage dialogue, exchange, engagement and participation.
Central to its vision, is the idea that photography can be a delicate tool for social change.
Learn more about Photo::
https://www.phototool.co.za/
About Fotomat:
Fotomat was built by the makers of Viewbook, a photo sharing platform and portfolio website builder for professionals that was founded in 2009.
Over the past two years the Fotomat team worked with artists, art educators, and photo industry professionals as part of a publication called "Transformations, Exploring Changes in and Around Photography". During this process it became apparent that there is a need for new and different ways to show image based work on the internet.
Disciplinary lines are blurred more and more every day, and many image makers are mixing video with still photography and other media in their work. They are looking for new ways to tell stories. To fill this void, the observations and ideas learned from Transformations have been applied to Fotomat and will benefit anyone looking to make a visual website, be it a simple portfolio or an immersive online exhibition.
Learn more about Fotomat:
For more information:
visit https://www.phototool.co.za/ or email info@phototool.co.za.
Learn more about the nine photographers selected to create websites with Photo: and Fotomat at https://www.phototool.co.za/2020/2021/9/15/photo-x-fotomat-launch-nine-websites-for-rising-african-photographers-1?fbclid=IwAR22N6Ds5ZyxI6O4RrRjmDrLcPjXXd7aHYFurhpJD5oeARW8zXP17Sjj88E
Posted 08/11/2021.