THIS WEEK'S NEWS

David Goldblatt to be honoured at 29th Annual Infinity Awards gala

 

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the International Center of Photography will recognize eight honorees at the 29th Annual Infinity Awards gala including Lifetime Achievement recipient David Goldblatt.

Born in South Africa in 1930, Goldblatt has devoted all of his time to photography since the early 1960s. In 1989 he founded the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg, with the object of teaching visual literacy and photographic skills to young people, with particular emphasis on those disadvantaged by apartheid. In 1998, he was the first South African to present a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. His photographs are included in the collections of the South African National Gallery, Cape Town; the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and MoMA. He is the recipient of both the 2006 Hasselblad Award and the 2009 Henri Cartier-Bresson Award, and in 2010 was named the Lucie Award Lifetime Achievement Honoree. Goldblatt was featured in the Rise and Fall of Apartheid exhibition at ICP and the South Africa in Apartheid and After exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Read more

Zanele Muholi honoured at Index on Censorship awards for 'courage and the powerful statements made by her work. South African photographer and LGBT activist Zanele Muholi challenges traditional perceptions of the black female body — and specifically black lesbians — through her work. She has faced considerable opposition in South Africa where lesbians have been the targets of horrendous hate crimes including murders and “corrective rape”. Dedicating the award to two friends who were victims of hate crimes and later succumbed to HIV complications, Muholi said: ‘To all the activists, gender activists, visual activists, queer artists; writers, poets, performers, art activists, organic intellectuals who use all art forms of expressions in South Africa. The war is not over till we reach an end to ‘curative rapes’ and brutal killing of black lesbians, gays and transpersons in South Africa.’

On 21 March 2013 her work was recognised with a major international freedom of expression prize at the Index on Censorship awards, which, according to chairman Jonathan Dimbleby, celebrate the fundamental right to "write, blog, tweet, speak out, protest and create art and literature and music". Read more

Ernest Cole Award exhibition- submissions open

The Ernest Cole Photographic Award is now in its third year, after the unbelievable success of Dale Yudelman’s exhibitions and book towards the end of last year. The winner of 2012 Ernest Cole Award, Ilan Godfrey, will be launching his book later in 2013 to coincide with exhibitions of his work in Johannesburg, in Durban and in Cape Town Godfrey was recognised for his excellent documentary series Legacy of the Mine.  

Ilan Godfrey was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1980. He moved to the United Kingdom after finishing his schooling in 1999. During this time he studied towards gaining a BA degree in Photography and was awarded The David Faddy Scholarship to continue his studies, gaining a MA degree in Photojournalism. He continued to travel between the United Kingdom and South Africa over the ten-year’s he lived in London, focusing on varied issues that reflect South Africa’s constantly changing landscape. Documenting the country with an intimate and personal conscience. Drawn to his roots he returned to settle in South Africa and his place of birth, Johannesburg at the beginning of 2011, to continue in the development of his projects and commit to them on a full time basis. He has participated in the focus on Monferrato Masterclass in Italy and is the recipient of the Ivan Kyncl Memorial Photography Placement. Godfrey’s photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including The National Portrait Gallery in London for The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize and Musee du Quai Branly in Paris for the ‘Photoquai biennial’. His work has been featured in a broad range of international publications. Read more

Vienna International Photo Awards 2013 (VIPA) is Open for Entries


Image Sanja Knezevic

The Vienna International Photo Awards, or VIPA for short, mission is to draw more attention to documentary photography in Austria and worldwide. Ever since we have established the first edition, VIPA has become one of the leading documentary photography contests.  VIPA focuses on the niche between press and art photography that is often lost sight of. The uniqueness of documentary photography lies in its rendering of a wide variety of themes, its distinct image characteristics and the plurality of perceptions in a way not found in press photography or art photography.
Edward Ruiz Mentorship recipient 2012/2013


 Jerry Obakeng Gaegane, form the series Tsena, 2012.

The Market Photo Workshop in association with AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to announce Jerry Obakeng Gaegane as the recipient of the 2012/13 Edward Ruiz Mentorship. The mentorship is set out as a developmental mentorship, aimed at assisting an emerging photographer. The recipient has the opportunity to work closely with a suitable mentor, who will provide guidance and direction on the intended project. Read more

Applications now open for the 2013 Tierney Fellowship at the Market Photo Workshop