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Sam Reinders

Peter Glendinning

David Goldblatt

Nagi (2016) 

From and they came running series

Colour photograph 

59.4 x 84 cm. Edition 5/20 + 2AP

David Goldblatt

Peter Glendinning

David Goldblatt

Woman collecting shellfish. Port St Johns, Transkei (1975)
From Particulars series
Silver gelatin hand print
36 x 36 cm. Framed

Sold with a copy of Particulars book

Peter Glendinning

Peter Glendinning

Peter Glendinning

Ntando Ngwenya (2019) 

Archival inkjet print on Carson paper

33 x 48.2 cm

Guy Tillim

Frank Marshall

Peter Glendinning

Kampala Road, Kampala (2017)

Archival ink on cotton paper

55 x 74 cm. Edition 1/3 +1AP

Framed

Frank Marshall

Frank Marshall

Frank Marshall

Musa Zwane, Kitcheners Bar, Braamfontein (2023)  

Lead guitarist of the Soweto-based band, Shameless. 

Archival print 

42 x 59.4 cm. Open Edition


Richard Dobson

Frank Marshall

Frank Marshall

White Horse (2004) 

From Karoo Moons series

Archival pigment ink print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm

(Neil Williamson)

49.5 x 58 cm 


Sean Wilson

Obie Oberholzer

Roger Ballen

Waterline 11 (2001)

Silver gelatin Lith print

40 x 42 cm. Edition 15/25

Roger Ballen

Obie Oberholzer

Roger Ballen

Dancing with the Angel, 2015

From Roger the Rat series

Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag pearl paper

35 x 27 cm. Edition 10/15

Obie Oberholzer

Obie Oberholzer

Obie Oberholzer

Early morning fishermen. Bagamoyo. Tanzania (1994) 

Colour Hand-Print

30 x 40.5 cm. Edition 1 / 3

Framed 


Lindeka Qampi

Stanislav Skulina

Obie Oberholzer

Inyanda, North Carolina (2016)

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper 310gsm. (Neil Williamson) 

29 x 44.5 cm. Edition 2/11

St John Fuller

Stanislav Skulina

Stanislav Skulina

Zapiro (2017)

From Oracles series  

Pinhole portrait printed on Felix Schoeller True Rag paper

40 x 40 cm. Edition 3/7  


Stanislav Skulina

Stanislav Skulina

Stanislav Skulina

B. 1908 Czech Republic. D. 1961 Nairobi, Kenya. Pegas Photo Studio
Kikuyu Dancer (c1950s)
Post card size. Silver print
Donated by Frank and Charlotte Bierens-Obbens. 

Andreas Werner

Verity Fitzgerald

Andreas Werner

Yakuza, Tokyo (2016)

Colour photograph

62. 5 x 84 cm Edition 1/10

Dewald Aukema

Verity Fitzgerald

Andreas Werner

Children of Potosí, Bolivia (2008) 

Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm. (Neil Williamson)  

71 x 52.9 cm Edition 1/10

Verity Fitzgerald

Verity Fitzgerald

Verity Fitzgerald

Firewood (2024)

Archival print on Hahnemühle museum etching paper. (Neil Williamson) 

65 x 52 cm Edition 1/5

Guy Neveling

Jansje Wissema

Verity Fitzgerald

Untitled  (2024)

From Breakwater series

Archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gs.

70 x 48.9 cm. Edition 1/10


Jansje Wissema

Jansje Wissema

Jansje Wissema

Boy in Doorway (c1970)

From District Six through the lens of Jansje Wissema exhibition (2014) 

Archival pigment print 

Final print. Framed



Nicky Newman

Jansje Wissema

Jansje Wissema

Untitled (Flying) 

From a Place of Water series (2013 - ongoing)

Archival pigment print

52 x 60 cm. Open edition 

Pierre Crocquet

Bettie CoetzeeLambrecht

Peter Badenhorst

  Mirian Makeba, Joy of Jazz (2007)

Archival print (Silvertone International)

59 x 58 cm. Edition 5/10

Embossed with the Pierre Crocquet Estate Stamp

 

Peter Badenhorst

Bettie CoetzeeLambrecht

Peter Badenhorst

Mine Hostel, Rand Mines (2005) 

From Rugby vs Soccer series

Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper 315gms

100 x 86 cm. Edition 1/7


Bettie CoetzeeLambrecht

Bettie CoetzeeLambrecht

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Metamorphoses I & II 

Two colour photographs printed on archival canvass
84.1 x 59.4 cm (each)

Sold with Metamorphoses III

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Metamorphoses III

Colour photograph on chiffon 

Unique wearable scarf 

68 x 166 cm


Rafique (Rafs) Mayet

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Rafique (Rafs) Mayet

Abdullah Ibrahim (1990)

(During the soundcheck at Durban City Hall, before his first solo concert in Durban after his return from exile) 

Wentzel Pretorius

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Rafique (Rafs) Mayet

Overberg

Archival pigment ink on Fine Art Baryta Satin paper 300gsm (Neil Williamson)

71 x 48 cm Edition 1/10

 

Inge Prins

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Running

Piezography print on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag 308gsm (Neil Williamson)
38 x 20. 8cm 


Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Upside Down - Or is it? (2009)

Colour photograph (Diasec)

59.4 x 42 cm

Monique Pelser

Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht

Monique Pelser

Soldier (2016) From Conversations with my Father series

Archival pigment print

20 x 25 cm. Edition 1/5

Digital screen capture from a family archive photograph. Image is run through a printer running out of ink

Omar Badsha

Dale Yudelman

Monique Pelser

Induna Knonyana (c1985)

From Imijondolo (forced removals) series

Silver gelatin print 

44.5 x 32 cm. Unique 

Dale Yudelman

Dale Yudelman

Dale Yudelman

Bus Stop 101 (2021)
From TREK series
Ink on metal
57 x 90 cm. Edition 3/6

Paul Weinberg

Dale Yudelman

Dale Yudelman

City Centre, Pietermaritzburg (1986)

Archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm 

 59.4 x 42 cm. Edition 4/15 (+3 AP) 


Kyu Sang Lee

Tiaan van Deventer

Tiaan van Deventer

The Universe (2016)

Archival print on Hotpress  Hahnemühle paper

49 x 60 cm Edition /6

Framed

Tiaan van Deventer

Tiaan van Deventer

Tiaan van Deventer

Skull and Bone (2023) 

Silver Gelatin hand-print 

31 x 24 cm A/P print

Framed

Jansje Wissema

Tiaan van Deventer

Patrick de Mervelec

Fruit Sellers (c1970)

From District Six through the lens of Jansje Wissema exhibition (2014) 

Archival pigment print 

Final print. Framed

Patrick de Mervelec

Patrick de Mervelec

Patrick de Mervelec

Pritchard & Von Brandis Streets (2013) From Johannesburg series

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper (Ricardo Fornoni) 

59 x 54 cm. Edition 2/5. Framed 

Patrick de Mervelec

Patrick de Mervelec

Patrick de Mervelec

Montage (2013)

Giclée print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper (Ricardo Fornoni) 

70 x 53 cm. Edition 2/9. Framed

Sold with copy of Johannesburg book

St John Fuller

Patrick de Mervelec

Patrick de Mervelec

Vusi (2015) 

From the series 13 (portraits of artists)

Pinhole portrait printed onto Felix Schoeller True Rag paper  

 40 x 40 cm .Edition 3/7 

Roger Ballen

Pieter Badenhorst

Pieter Badenhorst

Die Antwoord (2008) 

Archival pigment print 

40 x 40 cm. Edition /50

Framed  


Pieter Badenhorst

Pieter Badenhorst

Pieter Badenhorst

Rugby field off N2, Peddie (2005)

Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper 315gms

100 x 86 cm. Edition 1/7


Jan Smith

Pieter Badenhorst

Nicky Newman

Vessel 15 (2008)

From Nouhadhibou, Mauritania (Where Ships go to Die) series

Edition 5/5 (final print). Framed

Nicky Newman

Nicky Newman

Nicky Newman

Untitled (Jump) 

From a Place of Water series. (2013 - ongoing).

Archival pigment print

52 x 60 cm. Open edition  

Josie Borain

Nicky Newman

Josie Borain

Self-portrait with Assistant, New York (1984) 

Silver Gelatin print

21 x 29.7cm 

Daniel Naudé

Nicky Newman

Josie Borain

Group of Ankole cattle. Kiruhura district,

Western Region, Uganda (2012)

Pigment print on archival paper with Dibond on 3mm Aluminium

Framed with 100% UV

Resistant Museum Plexiglass, 

Image size 60 x 60 cm

Paper size 74 x 74cm Edition 2/8


John Hogg

Lambro Tsiliyiannis

Nicky Newman

David Kramer


Nicky Newman

Lambro Tsiliyiannis

Nicky Newman

Untitled (Aloes)

Archival pigment ink print

52 x 60 cm. Open edition

Lambro Tsiliyiannis

Lambro Tsiliyiannis

Lambro Tsiliyiannis

 Dancing Trance Boy (1994)

Black and white archival print 

80 x 55 cm. Edition 1/ 30

While shooting a television commercial with Femi Kuti in Nigeria three kids arrived on the beach beating a coconut shell. The dancing boy went into a hypnotic rapture.

TJ Lemon

TJ Lemon

Lambro Tsiliyiannis

Oswenka, Jeppe Hostel Swankers (2000)

A group of swenka strike a pose as they ready themselves to perform in a competition for the best dressed man and win a small cash prize from a pooled entrance fee. 

Archival print

 30 x 40 cm. Edition 4/ 10

Cape Town Photography Festival Auction Photographs

    Exhibitions

    …Looking In?

    Future Heritage

    …Looking In?

    Selection of hand-printed photographs by Jurgen Schadeberg (1931–2020). Kilbourn Collection. Curated by Stefan Hundt, Sanlam Gallery 

    Carnival

    Future Heritage

    …Looking In?

    Group exhibition. Brenton Geach & Nomusa Makhubu. (Brazilian photographers to be confirmed). Curated by Heidi Erdmann. Cape Medical Museum. ©Brenton Geach

    Future Heritage

    Future Heritage

    Future Heritage

    Group exhibition with Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa), Ahn Jun (South Korea), Koo Gi Jeong (South Korea) and Boris Eldagsen (Germany) curated by Suok-Won Yoon. Aspire Art. ©Boris Eldagsen

    Family Album

    Until All Birds Can Sing: On Being Queer in South Africa

    Future Heritage

    Naoya Yoshikawa (Japan). Solo exhibition. WORLDART Gallery 

    Until All Birds Can Sing: On Being Queer in South Africa

    Until All Birds Can Sing: On Being Queer in South Africa

    Until All Birds Can Sing: On Being Queer in South Africa

    Moena Weiss (Berlin/San Francisco). Solo exhibition.YoungBlood Gallery 

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Until All Birds Can Sing: On Being Queer in South Africa

    Until All Birds Can Sing: On Being Queer in South Africa

    Roger Ballen. Solo exhibition. Art Gallery at Central Library 

    District Six: People Lived Here

    District Six: People Lived Here

    District Six: People Lived Here

    In 1970 Jansje Wissema (1920–1975) was commissioned to document the building, the street life and people of District Six. Cape Institute for Architecture


    Attached to the Soil

    District Six: People Lived Here

    District Six: People Lived Here

    Peter Glendinning (Michigan, USA). Solo exhibition that focuses on South African youth's aspirations and their connection to the country and its history.

    Simonstown Museum

    Mauritian Heritage

    District Six: People Lived Here

    Mauritian Heritage

    Group exhibition curated by Karen Pang and Meha Desai. Alliance Française Gallery ©Meha Desai

    Shooting Stars: a look at music photography

    Shooting Stars: a look at music photography

    Shooting Stars: a look at music photography

    Rafs Mayet, Patrick De Mervelec, Oscar Gutierrez, John Hogg, Frank Marshall and more. Curated by music writer Carsten Rasch. 6 Spin Street Gallery. ©FrankMarshall

    Frail and Flowering

    Shooting Stars: a look at music photography

    Shooting Stars: a look at music photography

    Solo exhibition. Margaret Courtney-Clarke (Namibia). Curated by Virginia MacKenny. Artvark Gallery. Kalk Bay. 

    The entity outside the boundaries

    Shooting Stars: a look at music photography

    The entity outside the boundaries

      Solo exhibition, Suok-Won Yoon (South Korea). Art Gallery at the Central Library  

    NOU / NOW

    Resisting the Pixel: Narratives in Analogue

    The entity outside the boundaries

    Student Photography. Curated by Naoya Yoshikawa (Osaka University of Arts, Japan) and Ashley Walters (US). GUS Gallery & Laubscher Gallery (Ruth Prowse School of Art). ©Yuichi Nakai

    A Photo Book Project

    Resisting the Pixel: Narratives in Analogue

    Resisting the Pixel: Narratives in Analogue

    A book of photographs and text by JM Coetzee. Edited and introduced by Hermann Wittenberg. Central Library

    Resisting the Pixel: Narratives in Analogue

    Resisting the Pixel: Narratives in Analogue

    Resisting the Pixel: Narratives in Analogue

    In an era dictated by seamless automation and infinite reproducibility, this group exhibition pivots around the deliberate desire for historic photographic processes.

     Kingsbridge Art Gallery

    Van Kalker Photo Studio

    Van Kalker Photo Studio

    Van Kalker Photo Studio

    Selection of photographs (1937–1978) drawn from the museum's permanent collection. 

    District Six Museum.

    Kids Eyes

    Van Kalker Photo Studio

    Van Kalker Photo Studio

    Our educational programme is developed by legendary photographer, Lindeka Qampi. The photographs of the workshop participants will be featured on the Kids Eyes exhibition. Central Library. ©Lindeka Qampi

    Witness

    Van Kalker Photo Studio

    Motherhood

      Group exhibition. International and local photographers curated by Ally Martinez. THK Gallery.

    Motherhood

    There's something I must tell you

    Motherhood

      Group exhibition, curated by Andrea Lewis. Photographs by Zanele Muholi, Nomusa Makhubu, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Lebohang Kganye and many more. ISANG.

    There's something I must tell you

    There's something I must tell you

    There's something I must tell you

      A major retrospective of Sue Williamson's five-decades long career. Iziko South African National (ISANG)

    SPEAKERS

    Talks

     Booking on Webtickets

    Wednesday 3/09/2025

    Peter Glendinning: Attached to the Soil

    6 pm

    Simonstown Museum

    Event Details

    Wednesday 3/09/2025

    Peter Glendinning: Attached to the Soil

    Attached to the Soil  was created in 2019, the 25th anniversary year of former President Nelson Mandela’s inauguration. It is a collaborativ...

    Event Details

    6 pm

    Simonstown Museum

    Thursday 4/09/2025

    Suok-Won Yoon: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Contemporary Photography

    1 pm

    -

    2 pm

    Aspire Art. 37 A Somerset Road, De Waterkant

    Event Details

    Thursday 4/09/2025

    Suok-Won Yoon: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Contemporary Photography

     Professor Yoon is based at the Kaywon University of Art & Design, Seoul, South Korea. Yoon will be in conversation with Berlin based photo ...

    Event Details

    1 pm

    -

    2 pm

    Aspire Art. 37 A Somerset Road, De Waterkant

    6/09/2025

    Peter Glendinning: Photography and Beyond

    12 pm

    -

    1 pm

    6 Spin Street Gallery

    Event Details

    6/09/2025

    Peter Glendinning: Photography and Beyond

    Professor Glendinning has been a member of the faculty of Michigan State University's Department of Art, Art History & Design, in the Colleg...

    Event Details

    12 pm

    -

    1 pm

    6 Spin Street Gallery

    6/09/2025

    Rob Allingham: An exploration into marabi through the Troubadour Records label

    2 pm

    6 Spin Street Gallery

    Event Details

    6/09/2025

    Rob Allingham: An exploration into marabi through the Troubadour Records label

    Allingham is a music historian, archivist, consultant, and producer for the Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg.

    2 pm

    6 Spin Street Gallery

    9/09/2025

    Naoya Yoshikawa: Recreating the family album

    1 pm

    -

    2 pm

    WORLDART Gallery

    Event Details

    9/09/2025

    Naoya Yoshikawa: Recreating the family album

    Yoshikawa's interests lies with the relationship between photography and human memory. His series, Family Album was inspired after the sudde...

    Event Details

    1 pm

    -

    2 pm

    WORLDART Gallery

    More Events

    During the festival

    Lindeka Qampi

    Central Library

    Event Details

    Lindeka Qampi

    Facilitator of the educational photography workshops aimed at school kids. Contact Lindeka to book a group.   

    Central Library

    Sean Wilson

    Bijou Building. Observatory

    Event Details

    Sean Wilson

    Sean's studio (and darkroom) will be the festival hub for printing demonstrations as well as wet and dry plate processes.  Contact Sean to b...

    Event Details

    Bijou Building. Observatory

    About

    The Festival

     The inaugural edition of the Cape Town Photography Festival will explore the multifaceted concept of heritage through photography, offering a platform to engage with visual narratives from local, national, and international perspectives. Heritage is a powerful link between the past, present, and future. It fosters a sense of belonging, grounding us in place and time while helping us understand where we come from, and who we are. Heritage informs identity. With a dynamic progrmme of Exhibitions, Talks, Demonstrations and Workshops we aim to engage  diverse audiences. We also aim to foster deep connections with the youth through educational workshops. 


    "Cape Town has a rich history of celebrating photography, having hosted the Month of Photography festival from the late 1990s until 2014. Since then, the photographic landscape in South Africa has evolved significantly, with a new generation of artists using the medium to explore urgent social, political, and environmental issues. The city itself has also grown as a cultural hub, now home to two new private museums that reflect its expanding commitment to the arts" (Heidi Erdmann / Festival Director). 


     

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