NOUVELLES AFRICAINES - PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION

What is Nouvelles africaines?

The most frequent image portrayed of Africa – when Africa is actually portrayed – is one of hunger, violence, disease and misery. These are the kinds of images shown on Western television, in advertising, and in magazines, and whose authors are rarely African. We therefore felt it was time that African photographers have their say – that is, photographers who actually live in Africa and who experience Africa on a daily basis.
We hope that the images will speak for themselves, in an outdoor photographic exhibition for the general public, to be held in Paris'20th arrondissement in September 2006.
From very personal points of view to artistic or documentary-style works, the exhibition should cover a broad spectrum of photographic approaches.
Nouvelles Africaines is also intended to help the public to discover and think about the Africa that is so often masked by the many labels applied by outsiders. The aim is also to promote the work of African photographers by providing an opportunity for wider visibility.

The Nouvelles Africaines project is curated by Africultures/Afriphoto, Blowup and Confluences.

TO PARTICIPATE:

The photographer (amateur or professional) must be African.
The photographer must reside in Africa.
The photographer may be amateur or professional.
The photographer may be a photographic reporter, or have a documentary or artistic approach.

PRESELECTION CRITERIA:

- The applicant should send a selection of 15 to 20 photographs (colour, black and white. A serie marked by a unity of vision or theme) to Nouvelles Africaines by 15 April 2006 at the latest.

Photographs can be sent by email to expo@nouvelles-africaines.net
Or to info@afriphoto.com

or by post to:

LES AMIS D'AFRICULTURES
Nouvelles africaines
45 AVENUE DE LE RÉPUBLIQUE
75011 PARIS - FRANCE

Any photographs sent by post (CD or prints) will not be returned.

- Photographs will be selected by Nouvelles Africaines'Artistic Director.

- All photographers who answer this call for applications will be notified of the results via email before 30 April 2006.

Please include the following information about the photographer:
- first name and surname;
- address;
- telephone;
- email address;
- date and place of birth;
- biography;
- list of exhibitions that the photographer has participated in;
- list of publications featuring the photographer's works.