21 November – 13 December 2020 Location: Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa / photoformafrica.com
Pan-African Photojournalism and Its Positions is an exhibition and public programming initiative that showcases the work of the 2020 World Press Photo Contest winners with a focus on content produced in Africa. The initiative is a partnership of the World Press Photo Foundation and Market Photo Workshop, a school of photography, gallery, and project space in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The initiative will bring award-winning visual journalists and emerging photographers into a critical conversation about the future of visual storytelling within journalism in Africa, through the World Press Photo Exhibition 2020 and a public program of workshops, panel discussions, and presentations.
Opening on 21 November, the World Press Photo Exhibition 2020 will be on display at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa, until 13 December 2020. The exhibition will showcase the award-winning photography from the 63rd annual World Press Photo Contest, with a special focus on stories from African photographers or related to the continent.
All programs will be hosted online by photoformafrica.com and through social media in partnership with World Press Photo. More information on how to register will follow up soon. Free entry.
Conversations about the World Press Photo Contest
24 November 2020, 14.00 - 16.00 CAT
Session 1: 14.00 – 15.00 CAT With Anna Lena Mehr, director of Contests, World Press Photo Foundation, and Lekgetho Makola, head of the Market Photo Workshop and jury chair of the 2020 World Press Photo Contest. Session 2: 15.10 – 16.00 CAT A session about the 2021 Photo Contest by Sanne Schim van der Loeff, exhibitions manager and curator at the World Press Photo Foundation.
Photojournalism in Africa
26 November 2020
With The Other Vision, Sudan; and photographers Ala Khier, Sudan; Mulugeta Ayene, Ethiopia; Mohamed Alaedin, Egypt; Nelly Ating, Nigeria; Akitunde Akinlete, Nigeria; and Gulshan Khan, South Africa.
Women Voices Through the Lens
2 December 2020, 12.00 PM CAT
Webinar with photographers Ruth Motau, South Africa; Sir Zanele Muholi, South Africa; Fati Abubaker, Nigeria; DeLovie, Uganda; Polly Irungu, United States; and Juliette Garms, programs and outreach manager at the World Press Photo Foundation, France.
Revolt, Rebellion and Resistance: African Activism in the News
