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World Press Photo Exhibition for SA
The period between 20 July and 13 August 2006 will be an exciting time for advocates of democracy and practitioners and backers of media freedom and freedom of expression in South Africa, with the 2006 World Press Photo exhibition (WPPh) being held at MuseumAfrica in Johannesburg. According to Pinky Khoabane, MD of Vulindlela Communications, the exhibition is generating excitement and keen interest from varied media practitioners here and abroad.
The WPPh comprises 65 winning photographs chosen from over 83 000 images submitted by over 4 000 photographers from 122 countries worldwide, including South Africa.
Greatly surprised
Khoabane, whose company has the license to the WPPh, was greatly surprised when she was contacted by organisation Free Voice from the Netherlands enquiring about the possibility of also taking part in the exhibition.
"Free Voice is a media freedom advocacy group. Together we will host a seminar for senior journalists and editors from the two countries to discuss media freedom in the context of such racially and culturally diverse societies as our countries have." The dates for that seminar have not been confirmed yet.
Sunday Times picture editor Greg Marinovich (one of the confirmed guest speakers on the opening night and also a juror in this year's contest) together with Sunday Times deputy managing editor Herbert Mabuza (also a former judge at the WPPh) will conduct workshops for high school pupils in the process of choosing a career. This will be from 24 July to 4 August.
Opportunity for learners
"Together with a host of photographers and Sci Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, we will be co-ordinating guided tours of the exhibition. The learners will have an opportunity to speak to photojournalists, get an understanding of the craft and critique the pictures," Khoabane says.
The five South Africans whose winning images will be on display are: Halden Krog, Sydney Seshibedi, Joao Silva, Pieter Hugo and Hayne Robinson. Their images capture the wonderful and the sublime in the world of arts, the gritty and somewhat disquieting in war-torn countries and the magnificence of nature and beautiful ordinariness of life.
