THE World Press Photo (WPP) and the Zimbabwe Association of Female Photographers (ZAFP)’s exhibition aimed at promoting the work of visual storytellers and journalists is scheduled to open tomorrow.
BY PrECIOUS CHIDA
The exhibition, which will run at the Harare Gardens until December 17, will present the 2017 winning photographs from different prominent photographers around the world.
The exhibition’s manager and curator, Sophia Boshouwers, told NewsDay yesterday that they were happy to be back in the country after hosting the event in Zimbabwe in 2008.
“We get a lot of applications for exhibitions around the world and we are sometimes limited because we go to more than 100 exhibitions in different countries and, of course, we want to increase, but we have a lot to deal with in terms of logistics,” she said.
Boshouwers said the organisation worked to develop and promote quality visual storytelling because people deserved to see their world and to express themselves freely.
ZAFP’s co-founder, Angela Jimu, said the exhibition was meant to promote the arts industry.
“Sometimes people want to access art but it’s not accessible because people do not want to pay to get into the art gallery so with this public exhibition, people will see the art without having to pay anything which will promote the sector,” she said. The World Press Photo is an annual competition that has since grown into one of the most prestigious awards in photojournalism and digital storytelling.
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The exhibition will be divided into eight categories — sport, nature, contemporary issues, long-term projects, people, daily life and general news.
