Inspiring the Producers and Custodians of African Media Collections
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2013
If you are in Lagos today Adolphus Opara and Olusola Otori are showcasing the work from a project they created in a part of Lagos called Makoko where people live in homes built over water. The innovative exhibition will be printed to Life Size and installed on the Houses on stilts. So the works can be […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2013
For many years we have been running annual training events for Picture Professionals – including designers, picture researchers and picture buyers. This year our Digital Campus will be run from 2-14 April 2013 at Michaelhouse in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. I would highly recommend that anyone who deals with pictures in their work and has […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2013
It has been hard work, but I am thrilled to be able to announce that the Shutha Digital Campus is now open for registration. The Digital Campus will be run for 2 weeks from April 2 to 14, 2013 at the historic Michaelhouse school in the KwaZulu- Natal Midlands. The Shutha Digital Campus is aimed […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2013
One of the highlights of our year last year was to partner with the Google Cultural Institute in curating stories of South African history particularly relating to the history of apartheid. When I was in Amsterdam two years ago for the World Press Photo Award Days at which Jodi Bieber won the World Press Photo of […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2013
I am thrilled to announce that in April this year we will be hosting The Digital Campus at Michaelhouse in the beautiful KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. For some years now we have been trying to conceive of a festival of digital training based in a beautiful but contained space. When we began to interact with Michaelhouse school […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2012
Both Claudia Hinterseer, Managing Director of NOOR, who I met at the World Press Photo Awards in Amsterdam last year, and Sandy Maytham-Bailey of Cape Town School of Photography (a APEP graduate) were in touch highlighting this very exciting project. I volunteered to send it out to all our friends and colleagues as I am convinced […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2012
Two African photographers lifted three awards in the 2012 World Press Photo Awards! Mohammed al-Law from Egypt gained a third prize singles in the “People in the News” category for his picture of Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak being taken to courtroom trial in a hospital bed. Above: ARRIVING FOR TRIAL 07 September 2012 Former […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2012
When World Press Photo project manager Jurre Janssen started talking to me at the World Press Photo Awards days in Amsterdam in May last year about bringing the World Press Photo exhibition to South Africa I was keen to help. After all South Africa had taken the top prize! Jodi Bieber had won the World […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2012
I remember standing captivated in front of the installation of Gisèle Wulfsohn’s “Living Openly” exhibition at the Tatham Gallery in Pietermaritzburg. That was early days in terms of the public’s understanding of the issues around HIV and AIDS and Gisèle’s work changed my view of the disease and who is impacted by it. Gisèle was […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2012
I was delighted to come across this post on Media Storm. It’s an interview with a friend and Media Storm producer, Rick Gershon, speaking about what gear he carries with him on an SLR photo/video shoot. A former student photographer of the year in the US, Rick was on the cutting edge of SLR video […]