Friday, November 16, 2007

VII Recontres Africaines de la Photographie

From 24 of november to 23 of December the VII Recontres Africaines de la Photographie will take place ones again in Bamako, Mali.
The festival is reconized by Photography Now online magazine as one of the top 5 photo festivals in the world. Was on its first edition that the work of Malick Sidibe was first discovered. In these year programme the photographers are:
Sammy Baloji (RDC Congo), Adama Bamba (Mali), Nadia Berkani (France-Algérie), Jodi Bieber (Afrique du Sud), Marie-Ange Bordas (France-Brésil), Nabil Boutros (Egypte), Mohamed Camara (Mali), Ali Chraibi (Maroc), Pierre Crocquet (Afrique du Sud), Emmanuel Bakary Daou (Mali), Harandane Dicko (Mali), Saïdou Dicko (Burkina Faso), Calvin Dondo (Zimbabwe), Mohamed El Baz (Maroc), Fakhri El Ghezal (Tunisie), Ghislain El Magambo Gulda (RDC Congo), Dimitri Fagbohoun (Bénin), Heba Farid (Egypte), Sal Idriss (Ghana), Fanie Jason (Afrique du Sud), Mouna Karray (Tunisie), Fouad Maazouz (Maroc), Edgar Marsy (La Réunion), Pierrot Men (Madagascar), Santu Mofokeng (Afrique du Sud), Aïda Muluneh (Ethiopie), Soavina Ramaroson (Madagascar), Sylvain Ralaivaohita (Madagascar), Sergio Santimano (Mozambique), Tsegaye (Ethiopie), Andrew Tshabangu (Afrique du Sud), Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi (Zimbabwe) Lolo Veleko (Afrique du Sud).

Sorry but a could not put links to all!!

I found some of the websites:

Jodi Bieber South African and member of the agency NOOR. Check out her work, Survivors, A Weapon of War and Between Dogs & Wolves.

Fouad Maazouz from Marroco.

Sérgio Santimano from Mozambique really called my attetion in these years catalog.He is part of the local agency Iluminando Vidas.

Check out also Aida Muluneh from Etiopia.

And here are two websites that are reference in African art and Photography:

Afrique in Visu
African Colours

Today i will check out Paris Photo, so tomorrow i'll publish something about it...
And please if you have something to add in African Photography and Bamako Photo Festival leave a comment.

1 comment:

FJ said...

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