4 September - 27 September
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Nagi (2016)
From the series, and they came running
Colour photograph
59.4 x 84 cm. Edition 5/20 + 2AP
Woman collecting shellfish. Port St Johns, Transkei (1975)
From Particulars series
Silver gelatin hand print
36 x 36 cm. 17/25 Sold with a copy of Particulars book
Goldblatt, David. (2014). Particulars. Göttingen: Steidl
1/100 signed copies
Kampala Road, Kampala (2017)
Archival ink on cotton paper
55 x 74 cm. Edition 1/3 +1AP
Framed
Ntando Ngwenya (2019)
Archival inkjet print on Canson Infinity Baryta paper
33 x 48.2 cm
Musa Zwane, Kitcheners Bar, Braamfontein (2023)
Lead guitarist of the Soweto-based band, Shameless.
Archival print (Silvertone International)
42 x 59.4 cm
Waterline 11 (2001)
Silver gelatin Lith print
40 x 42 cm. Edition 15/25
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
Inyanda, North Carolina (2016)
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper 310gsm. (Neil Williamson)
29 x 44.5 cm .Edition 2/11
Zapiro (2017)
From Oracles series
Pinhole portrait printed on Felix Schoeller True Rag paper
40 x 40 cm. Edition 3/7
Born in Czech Republic. Died in 1961, Nairobi, Kenya. Pegas Photo Studio
Kikuyu Dancer (c1950s)
Post card size. Silver print
Donated by Frank and Charlotte Bierens-Obbens.
Early morning fishermen. Bagamoyo. Tanzania (1994)
Colour Hand-Print
30 x 40.5 cm. Edition 1 / 3
Framed
Yakuza, Tokyo (2016)
Colour photograph
62. 5 x 84 cm. Edition 1/10
Children of Potosí, Bolivia (2008)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gms (Neil Williamson)
71 x 52.9 cm. Edition 1/10
Firewood (2024)
Archival print on Hahnemühle museum etching paper (Neil Williamson)
65 x 52 cm. Edition 1/5
Untitled (2024)
From Breakwater series
Archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gms
70 x 48.9 cm. Edition 1/10
Boy in Doorway (c1970)
From District Six through the lens of Jansje Wissema exhibition (2014)
Archival pigment print
Final print. Framed
Untitled (Flying)
From a Place of Water series (2013 - ongoing)
Archival pigment print
52 x 60 cm. Open edition
Mirian Makeba, Joy of Jazz (2007)
Archival print (Silvertone International)
59 x 58 cm. Edition 5/10
Embossed with the Pierre Crocquet Estate Stamp
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
Metamorphoses I & II
Two colour photographs printed on archival canvass
84.1 x 59.4 cm (each)
Sold with Metamorphoses III
Metamorphoses III
Colour photograph on chiffon
Unique wearable scarf
68 x 166 cm
Ubuhle (2007/2013) from Self-Portrait Project series
Archival print on Hahnemühle paper (Neil Williamson)
70 x 100 cm Second Ed 1/7 + 2AP
Overberg
Archival pigment ink on Fine Art Baryta Satin paper 300gsm (Neil Williamson)
71 x 48 cm. Edition 1/10
Running
Piezography print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm (Neil Williamson)
38 x 20.8cm
Upside Down - Or is it? (2009)
Colour photograph (Diasec)
59.4 x 42 cm
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
Induna Knonyana (c1985)
From Imijondolo (forced removals) series
Silver gelatin print
44.5 x 32 cm. Unique
Bus Stop 101 (2021)
From TREK series
Ink on metal
57 x 90 cm. Edition 3/6
City Centre, Pietermaritzburg (1986)
Archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm
59.4 x 42 cm. Edition 4/15 (+3 AP)
The Universe (2016)
Archival print on Hotpress Hahnemühle paper
49 x 60 cm Edition /6
Framed
Skull and Bone (2023)
Silver Gelatin hand-print
31 x 24 cm A/P print
Framed
Fruit Sellers (c1970)
From District Six through the lens of Jansje Wissema exhibition (2014)
Archival pigment print
Final print. Framed
Pritchard & Von Brandis Streets (2013) From Johannesburg series
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper (Ricardo Fornoni)
59 x 54 cm. Edition 2/5. Framed
Montage (2013)
Giclée print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper (Ricardo Fornoni)
70 x 53 cm. Edition 2/9. Framed
Sold with copy of Johannesburg book
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
Group of Ankole cattle. Kiruhura district Western Region, Uganda (2012)
Pigment print 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
Die Antwoord (2008)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm. Edition /50
Framed
Rugby field off N2, Peddie (2005)
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper 315gms
100 x 86 cm. Edition 1/7
Vessel 15 (2008)
From Nouhadhibou, Mauritania (Where Ships go to Die) series
Edition 5/5 (final print). Framed
Untitled (Jump)
From a Place of Water series. (2013 - ongoing).
Archival pigment print
52 x 60 cm. Open edition
Self-portrait with Assistant, New York (1984)
Silver Gelatin print
21 x 29.7cm
David Kramer (1984)
Piezography ink print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm P
42 x 61.7 cm (image size)
Sold with a certificate of authenticity
Untitled (Aloes)
Archival pigment ink print
52 x 60 cm. Open edition
Dancing Trance Boy (1994)
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.
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
Teeger's Pharmacy Bicycle (1960)
Archival print
38 x 28.5 cm
Loubos Mierdistrik (1994)
Archival print
42 x 42 cm
Framed
White Horse (2004)
From Karoo Moons series
Archival pigment ink print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm
(Neil Williamson)
49.5 x 58 cm
Unsigned released with a certificate
Mam' Busi Mhlongo at the Awesome Africa Festival (2003)
Digital print (Neil Williamson)
Sheet size: 42.5 x 61 cm; image size: 35 x 52 cm Unframed
24 June 1995. South African President Nelson Mandela, dressed in a dressed in a No 6 Springbok jersey, congratulates the Springbok captain Francois Pienaar after South Africa beat the All Blacks.
Archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315gsm
Signed 'Gallo Images/ Media24, dated 2025, numbered 1/1 and inscribed 'On the occasion of
24 June 1995. South African President Nelson Mandela, dressed in a dressed in a No 6 Springbok jersey, congratulates the Springbok captain Francois Pienaar after South Africa beat the All Blacks.
Archival print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315gsm
Signed 'Gallo Images/ Media24, dated 2025, numbered 1/1 and inscribed 'On the occasion of the Cape Town Photography Festival Fundraising Auction, hosted by Aspire Art'
Peter Glendinning (Michigan, USA).
Portraits of young South Africans and their thoughts on the significance of Nelson Mandela’s metaphor made at his inauguration in 1995 where he likened South Africans to different types of trees which were all attached to the same soil.
Simonstown Museum
Opening Wed 3 Sept 6pm
Opening address Peter Glendinning
Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa), Ahn Jun, (South Korea), Koo Gi Jeong (South Korea) & Boris Eldagsen (Germany) Curated by Suok-Won Yoon (South Korea)
Aspire Art
Opening 4 Sept 6pm
Suok-Won Yoon will be present
©Boris Eldagsen
Heritage in Mauritius is not a straight line. Lineages are fractured by exile, indenture, migration and silence. Curated by Karen Pang & Meha Desai with Audrey Albert, Melisa Madanamootoo, David Rogers, Catherine Li, Laurant de Froberville & Javed Jeetoo
Alliance Française
Opening 4 Sept 6pm. ©Meha Desai
Moena Weiss (Berlin/San Francisco). Weiss is a photographer and clinical psychologist and explores the intersection of art and psychology.
YoungBlood Gallery
Opening 4 Sept 6pm
Moena Weiss will be present
In 1970 the Cape Provincial Institute of Architecture commissioned Wissema (1920–1975) to document the building, the street life and the people of District Six.
Cape Institute for Architecture
Opening 4 Sept 6pm
Opening address by Laura Robinson
Margaret Courtney-Clarke is an award-winning Namibian documentary photographer and photojournalist. Her work explores the resilience of communities enduring the rapidly shifting landscapes of Namibia. Curated by Virginia MacKenny.
Artvark Gallery. Kalk Bay
Opening 4 Sept 6pm
Roger Ballen. "As a photographer and artist, my work goes beyond conventional photography; it seeks to explore the depths of the human psyche".
Art Gallery at Central Library
Meet the artist Fri 5 Sept 3 - 5pm
Suok-Won Yoon (South Korea).
Art Gallery at the Central Library
Meet the artist. Fri 5 Sept 3 - 5pm
A solo installation curated by Banthatile Rwasoka of Imba Ya Sarai Gallery in Soweto, Johannesburg.
Art Gallery at Central Library
Brenton Geach & Nomusa Makhubu. (Brazilian photographers to be confirmed). Curated by Heidi Erdmann. Cape Medical Museum ©Brenton Geach
Naoya Yoshikawa (Osaka, Japan). The photographer recreated a new family album after the sudden death of his mother.
WORLDART Gallery
Meet the artist on Tues 9 Sept 1-2pm
Opening Reception 9 Sept at 6pm
Selection of Jürgen Schadeberg's (1931-2020) hand prints from Kilbourn Collection. Curated by Stefan Hundt
Sanlam Art Gallery, Bellvile
Opening Thursday 11 Sept 6:30pm
Address by Frank Kilbourn
Rafs Mayet, Patrick De Mervelec, Oscar Gutierrez, John Hogg, Frank Marshall, Jurgen Schadeberg, Joëlle Chesselet, Gregory Franz, Barry White, Guy Tillim, Rashid Lombard and more. Curated by music writer Carsten Rasch. 6 Spin Street Gallery.
Opening 4 September 6pm
©FrankMarshall
A solo installation.
Kannemeyer is also curating a special exhibtion featuirng photographs taken by children living in the Genadendal valley.
The ARENA at Central Library
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 book of photographs and text by JM Coetzee and edited and introduced by Prof Hermann Wittenberg.
The ARENA at Central Library
A solo exhibition by Sean Wilson
Bijou Building, Observatory
Opening on Friday 5 Sept 6pm
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
Selection of photographs (1937–1978) drawn from the museum's permanent collection.
District Six Museum.
A group exhibition featuring some of South Africa's leading photographers. Gallery F
Opening 4 Sept 6pm
©Gunther Komnick
The festival's educational workshops will be facilitated by legendary photographer, Lindeka Qampi. The photographs of the participants will be featured on the Kids Eyes exhibition. The ARENA at Central Library. ©Lindeka Qampi
Group exhibition. International and local photographers curated by Ally Martinez. THK Gallery.
Group exhibition, curated by Andrea Lewis. Photographs by Zanele Muholi, Nomusa Makhubu, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Lebohang Kganye and many more. ISANG.
A major retrospective of Sue Williamson's five-decades long career. Iziko South African National (ISANG)
Simonstown Museum. Free event. All welcome
Attached to the Soil was created in 2019, the 25th anniversary year of former President Nelson Mandela’s inauguration. It is a collaborativ...
Simonstown Museum. Free event. All welcome
6 Spin Street Gallery
Professor Yoon is based at the Kaywon University of Art & Design, Seoul, South Korea. Yoon will be in conversation with Berlin based photo ...
6 Spin Street Gallery
6 Spin Street Gallery
Professor Glendinning has been a member of the faculty of Michigan State University's Department of Art, Art History & Design, in the Colleg...
6 Spin Street Gallery
6 Spin Street Gallery
Allingham is a music historian, archivist, consultant, and producer for the Gallo Record Company in Johannesburg.
6 Spin Street Gallery
WORLDART Gallery Free event. All Welcome
This is not a TALK it is a WALK-ABOUT Yoshikawa's interests lies with the relationship between photography and human memory. His series, Fam...
WORLDART Gallery Free event. All Welcome
Central Library
Facilitator of the educational photography workshops aimed at school kids. Contact Lindeka to book a group.
Central Library
Bijou Building. Observatory
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...
Bijou Building. Observatory
Print Art Studio. Observatory
Photographic Print Studio Workshops
Presented by Neil Williamson (Max 20 pax per session)
In an era where photographs fly by at the speed of ...
Print Art Studio. Observatory
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).
Sign up to hear from us about events and talks.
Festival Director:
Heidi Erdmann (info@capetownphotofest.co.za)
Marketing & Social Media:
Collette van Schalkwyk (oyecollette@gmail.com)
Educational Photography Workshops:
Lindeka Qampi (lindeka@lindekaqampi.com)
Sean Wilson (sean@seanwilson.co.za)
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