Joburg Photo Umbrella at The Photo Workshop Gallery

The Photo Workshop Gallery at the Market Photo Workshop will be hosting projects, which have been initiated through the Joburg Photo Umbrella. The Photo Workshop is proud to be the organizing partner of the Joburg Photo Umbrella, the first public photography-specific programme in the city of Johannesburg to bring together and network a wide range of photography content, exhibitions, activities and dialogue.

Events at The Photo Workshop Gallery:

7 Nov
Faces and Phases – Zanele Muholi
Book Launch
7pm – 9pm
A project by Zanele Muholi documenting the Black Queer and Transgender community over a period of 8 years (2006 – 2014). In line with Muholi’s gender activism, this photography book is an active protest against the invisibility of Black Queer and Transgender South Africans.

9 Nov
Digital Storytelling & Photojournalism Shorts
Screening
6pm – 8:30pm
An outcome of a workshop on digital storytelling with participants from Johannesburg media houses conducted by international multimedia trainer and artist DJ Clark.

12 Nov
In their spaces/in our spaces
Talk
6pm – 8pm
A feedback session by a selection of the Joburg Photo Umbrella Open Call recipients on the various processes they adopted to realize their projects.

For more information about the Joburg Photo Umbrella visit www.joburgphotoumbrella.co.za or http://joburgphotoumbrella.tumblr.com/

Still on show is:
My Joburg: Short Change
A photography exhibition of works by students and alumni of the Market Photo Workshop.
24 Aug 2014 – 15 Jan 2015

For more information, please contact:

Bandile Gumbi
T +27 (0) 11 834 1444
bandileg@marketphotoworkshop.co.za