David Goldblatt
Eric Miller, Jeremy Jowell, Alejandra Bilan
and Howard Gluckman

 

Langa Opening
Malcolm and Rosemarie Jones

 

Langa Opening
Nishan Surjoo and Sound team

 

Langa Opening
Jackie Murray, Kathy Coates, Jenny Altschuler , Shani Judes, Pam Warne, Gavin Furlonger,
Jan Verboom, Ischak Stemmet and Fancois Raubenheimer in the SACP meeting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Introduction

In 2006 the activities of the SACP were suspended with Geoff Grundlingh writing in June 2006 that 'My time as director of this institution is at an end […] someone else now needs to carry this important photographic institution forward.' In 2007 the SACP torch was picked up and the Centre is currently being run by a core group of interested individuals. A number of these volunteers have been committed to the interests of the Centre since its inception and have been closely involved in the past Months of Photography, including Jenny Altschuler, Pieter Badenhorst, Heidi Erdmann and Dale Yudelman. The SACP does not have a physical home as yet but meetings, events and workshops remains based in Cape Town.

It is ambitious to hope that a single initiative like this can unify the disparate groupings which typify our photographic landscape; however we aim to continue to promote the interests of these groups through the Centre.

Details of the Centre's past exhibitions and educational projects can be found under the relevant tabs, as well as details of the 2007 events and projects. We would be pleased to hear from interested parties and especially from past members about matters of common interest.

The core group that makes up the South African Centre for Photography's steering committee are: Jenny Altschuler - coordinator and chair person, Dale Yudelman, Sarie Potter, Buyaphi Mdlele, Pieter Badenhorst, Kathy Coates, Heidi Erdmann, Rima Geffen, and Shani Judes. We invite offers of support to join the steering committee from anywhere in the country and are open to discussion towards interesting and relevant projects that we can participate in nationally.

Our present activities include securing funding to ensure the future of the organisation, hosting workshops, biocafe live exhibition evenings and working towards the next Cape Town Month of Photography, scheduled for October 2008.

The Centre for South African Photography ( SACP ) was established in 1998 under the auspices of the University of Cape Town as a non- profit organisation by Geoff Grundlingh, then lecturer of photography at Michaelis School of Art. The idea to create a national Centre for Photography arose out of discussions between numerous photographic constituencies, all of whom felt the need to promote creative South African photography.

Initiated in 1999, the first Cape Town Month of Photography (MoP) was testimony to how divergent photographic communities can be represented in a single event. With 104 exhibitions featuring the work of more than 400 photographers, the massive show of support for MoP 1999 was indicative of the need by South African photographic communities for such platforms for their work, and reinforced the importance of the SACP's pivotal role in promoting photography through events of this kind. This was followed by MoP 2002 and MoP 2005. All were accompanied by full colour catalogues.


Mission Statement

The South African Centre for Photography endeavours to promote a broader understanding of the medium of photography in all its forms, nationally and on the continent, and to foster the development of its practice, teaching, scholarship and criticism through the establishment of sustainable programmes and exhibitions.
  • Promote photography through local, national and international exhibitions as well as related events.
  • Promote photography as a means of expression through formal and informal educational programmes and by establishing links with institutions and partner organisations.
  • Run pilot projects and skills-based training programs, placing special emphasis on developing communities and create sustainable models that can be used elsewhere.
  • Establish, maintain and grow a database of southern African photographic information.
  • Establish an online and physical library.
  • Maintain and expand a photographic print collection.
  • Network and dialogue with photographers, curators, collectors, writers, publishers and researchers.
  • Establish relationships with our counterparts worldwide.
  • Contribute towards setting and protecting industry standards.

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