CAP Contemporary African Photography Prize

EAC will be hosting two of the Auckland Festival of Photography Digital exhibitions during the month of June.

The Auckland Festival of Photography Trust are delighted to be partnering with the CAP Association to show the 2020 shortlisted projects of the CAP (Contemporary African Photography) Prize. The CAP Association is a not for profit association based in Basel, Switzerland which executes the CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography awarded annually to five photographic portfolios that engage with the African continent or its diaspora. Image above by 2020 winner Gambo Ramina.
It consists of a series of exhibitions produced in collaboration with major photography festivals in Africa and the rest of the world. The CAP Prize aims to raise the profile of African photography within the arts and to encourage a rethinking of the image of Africa.

The shortlist and the five winners were selected by a panel of judges comprising 18 international curators, editors, publishers and artists.