2012 PROGRAM Thank You to Our 2012 Sponsors and Partners

2012 PROGRAM Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors and Partners

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5 Curators Statement

6 The Daily Program

Participants / Curators

A Creative Production Company Desta For Africa Creative Consulting 9 John Fleetwood (DFA) Plc 9 Marina Reina Guindo 10 Mitchket Krifa Email: [email protected] 10 Elvira Dyangani Ose Email: [email protected] 10 Akinbode Akinbiyi Web: http://www.addisfotofest.com 11 Mulugeta Ayene Credit: 12 Mario Di Bari 13 Abdoulaye Barry Editor Aida Muluneh 14 Addis Belete Content Editor Robin Riskin 15 Arturo Bibang Wanja Kimani 16 Marie Ange Bordas

Design Samuel Taye 17 Mohamed Camara Henok Bekele 18 Nestor Da Design Intern Eyasu Mulugeta 19 Abate Damte

Contributors Simon Njami 20 Fatoumata Diabaté Chester Higgins 21 Delphine Diaw Diallo

22 Karim Dridi Omo Photography Mario Di Bari 23 Hassan And Husain Essop Cover Photography 24 Allessandro Gandolfi 2010 Jamel Shabazz A very special thank you to: 25 Yemane Gebremedihin 2012 Goitom Habtemariam Olafur Eliasson and Julie Mehretu. 26 Mamadou Gomis 3 27 Samuel Habtab 28 Goitom Habtemariam 29 uche Okpa-Iroha 30 Ala Kheir 31 Mohamed Konaté 32 Florestan Korp 33 Kyle LaMere 34 Baudouin Mouanda There were many memorable moments that we still Aïda Muluneh 35 Zanele Muholi talk about til this day, and reflecting back on that week Director/Founder 36 Jehad Ng in December, I feel a great sense of friendship to those 37 Nii Oboda who believed enough to support a dream of bridging Addis Foto Fest 38 Emeka Okerek opportunities through images. Born in Ethiopia in 1974, Aïda left the country at a young 39 Invisible Boarders age and spent an itinerant childhood between Yemen With all of this said, the time has come again for the 40 Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo and England. After several years in a boarding school in second edition of the Addis Foto Fest, which is to take Cyprus, she finally settled in Canada in 1985. In 2000, 41 Nyani Quarmyne place December 3-8, 2012. Looking back, the first she graduated with a degree from the Communication 42 Samuel Taye edition brought together 30 participants and over Department with a major in film from Howard Univer- 43 Belete Tekele 5,000 viewers to the citywide activity. In the same vein, sity in Washington, D.C. After graduation she worked 44 Petterik Wiggers the AFF 2012 will feature photography and video art as a photojournalist at the Washington Post and other 45 Patrick Wokmeni © Robin Riskin exhibitions, conferences, workshops and portfolio publications. As an exhibiting artist, a collection of her AIDA muluneh reviews. In addition, this year’s opening exhibition, images can be found in the permanent collection at the Exhibitions, Screenings and Performances Curator Statement “Addis Transformation,” will be dedicated to the 125th Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and the anniversary of the city of Addis Ababa. The exhibition Museum of Biblical Art in the United State. She is the 46 PUMA Peace On December 7th, 2010, we opened the first edition will bring together various photographers who have 2007 recipient of the European Union Prize in the Ren- 47 life in My City of the Addis Foto Fest with a dedication to the leg- documented one of the fastest growing metropolises contres Africaines de la Photographie in Bamako, Mali, 48 Synchronicity endary photographer Shemelis Desta at the Alliance in Africa. Through the cooperation and support of our as well as the 2010 winner of the CRAF International 48 Restless City Ethio-Française. It was a thrilling week for all of us to partners, the Addis Foto Fest is moving forward towards Award of Photography in Spilimbergo,Italy. Aïda is the becoming a key event in the landscape of African 49 Institut für Raumexperimente finally see our hard work culminate to the much antici- founder and director of the first international photo- contemporary art and culture. Our goal continues in graphy festival in Ethiopia, the Addis Foto Fest. She 50 AFF Talks I pated opening of the featured exhibition “Ethiopia: In- terior Visions” which featured different points of view each edition to provide opportunities to expose our continues to curate and develop cultural projects with 50 AFF Talks II on Ethiopia. The opening also hosted a unique video participants and viewers to the various ways in which local and international institutions through her compa- 51 Addis Foto Fest Portfolio Review performance by Yo-Yo Gonthier along with the Nubian the image of Africa is portrayed. ny DESTA (Developing and Educating Society Through Arc band. With over 500 viewers, the opening became Art) For Africa in Addis Ababa. the key event that set the pace for the next few days of On Reverse 2010 Retrospective the festival.

4 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 5 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 PROGRAM December 5, 2012 December 3, 2012 9:00am-12:45pm Portfolio Review 5:30pm-7:00pm Addis Transformation: Urbanization, Society and the Environment in Addis Ababa. The collection looks at the 4:00pm-6:00pm AFF Talks I: The photography market in and out of Africa. — Alliance Ethio-francaise city of Addis Ababa through a six-month project on the impacts of urbanization — Taitu Hotel (Piassa). Presenters: Elvira Dyangani Ose, Michket Krifa and Marina Reina Featuring: Belete Tekele, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Yemanie Gebermedhin, Goitom Habtemariam, Mulugeta Moderator: Marie-Ange Bordas Ayene, Samuel Habtab, Addis Belete, Yo-Yo Gonthier, Mario di Bari, Alessandro Gandolfi, Abate 6:30pm-8:30pm African Emerging Photography exhibition, curated by Mitchket Krifa and Laura Serani. A collective Damte, Florestan Korp, Samuel Taye, Karim Dridi, and Kyle Lamere. showcasing new talents from the continent — Alliance Ethio-Française. Featuring: Abdoulaye Barry, Mohamed Camara, Nestor Da, Fatoumata Diabate, Uche Okpa-Iroha, Jehad Nga, Nyani Quarmyne, Arturo Bibang, Baudouin Mouanda, Zanele Muholi, Nyaba Ouedraogo, Hussein and Hassan Essop.

December 4, 2012 9:00am-12:45pm Portfolio Review 1:00pm-3:00pm Invisible Borders exhibition showcases the journey of twelve photographers and a writer — Africa Union New Conference Centre. Featuring Ray Daniels Okeugo, Jumoke Sanwo, Amaize Ojeikere, Lucy Azubuike, Chidinma Nnorom, Kemi Akin-Nibosun, Mario Macilau, Christain Nyampeta, Jide Odukoya, Emmanuel Iduma (writer), Emeka Okereke, Uche Okpa-Iroha and Ala Kheir. December 6, 2012 9:00am-12:45pm Portfolio Review 6:30pm-8:30pm Exhibition #1: Through video installation and fine art photography, artists Marie Ange Bordas & Delphine Diaw Diallo reflect different visions into the usage of image for self-expression. — Modern Art Museum/Gebre Kirstos Desta Center (Sidist Kilo).

6:30pm-8:30pm Africa.es: 8 African photographers views on Spain — National Theater Gallery. Featuring Mamadou Gomis, Patrick Wokmeni, Nii Obodai, Arturo Bibang, Emeka Okereke, Zanele Muholi, Mohamed Konate and Mulugeta Ayene.

Exhibition #2: 2012 Market Photo Workshop Exhibition, featuring works by current students of the Market Photo School based in Johannesburg, South Africa, curated by John Fleetwood — Goethe Institut (Sidist Kilo).

6 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 7 December 7, 2012 3:00pm-5:00pm AFF Talks 2: The art of telling a story: Photojournalism and media. — Italian Cultural Insti tute-Theater. Presenters: John Fleetwood, Nick Danziger and Frédéric Lafargue Moderator

5:00pm-7:00pm Screening: Restless City by Andrews Dosunmu award winner of the Colors of the Nile Film Festival 2012 — Italian Cultural Institute

John Fleetwood MARINA REINA GUINDO Educator /Curator Curator

John Fleetwood is the Head of the Market Photo Work- In 2009, Marina graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in shop, a school and gallery for photography in Johan- pharmaceuticals from the University of Granada and by nesburg, South Africa. In his 10-year tenure he initiated impulse, became a photographer. She photographs in the Photo Workshop Gallery, one of few photography- order to tell stories, using the method as a tool for re- dedicated galleries in South Africa; the Photojournal- flection for both the subject and herself. In 2010, she December 8, 2012 ism Documentary Photography Programme, the sole studied for the International Masters of Photography 2:00pm-4:00pm Screening: Blow-Up is a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni about a photo- photojournalism training programme of this nature on at EFTI photography school, and was active in work- grapher played by David Hemmings, who believes he may have witnessed a murder and unwittingly the African continent; and the Edward Ruiz Mentor- shops led by nationally and internationally recognized taken photographs of the killing it was Antionioni’s first English-language film ship, the longest established photography mentorship photographers, including Antoine d’Agata, Eduardo — Italian Cultural Institute on the continent, as well as various other mentorship Momeñe and Jane Evelyn Atwood. 5:30pm-8:00pm Collective work by artists from Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments) which fea programmes. John teaches and curates in various ca- Marina has participated in several group exhibitions, tures site-specific works engaging public space and the perception of images in the city. - Ale School of pacities. including PhotoEspaña ’11, TarazonaFoto ’11, and Ma- Fine Art and Design/Addis Ababa University (Sidist Kilo). dridFoto ’12. She has worked as a freelance photog- 8:30pm-11:00pm Closing at Five Art Studio will feature a collection of images from around Africa in collaboration with the Life rapher for the Colpisa agency and helped to organ- In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) based in Enugu, Nigeria, Curator: Kevin Ejiofor ize the Spanish tour of the single-leg soccer team of Screening: Synchronicity: Featuring 12 photographers and video artists - Five Art Studio (Bole Sierra Leone (SLASC) within the project “One Goal” by Pep Bonet and Sergi Agusti. She currently coordinates Ongoing Screening the roaming exhibition of the “Africa.es” project in col- Location: Addis Ababa City Hall and Edna Mall Cinema Center laboration with seven African photographers with the Screening: Films for Peace/Puma.Peace AECID (Spanish Agency of International Development and Cooperation).

8 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 9 © Kasia Bobula © Kasia Mitchket Krifa Elvira Dyangani Ose Akinbode Akinbiyi Mulugeta AyenE Curator Curator Photographer/Educator/Curator Photographer

Michket Krifa is an independent curator, author and Elvira Dyangani Ose is an art historian and curator. She Akinbode Akinbiyi was born of Nigerian parents in Mulugeta Ayene is an award winning photojournalist consultant for visual arts in the Middle East and Africa is a founding member of the Laboratory for Oral Re- Oxford, England, in 1946. Today he lives in Berlin, and a fine art photographer, he was born in Ethiopia based in Paris. She has curated several exhibitions and sources in Equitorial Guinea, an independent research working almost worldwide from there. His school and lives in Addis Ababa. He has presented four exhi- written numerous essays and articles on photography group on Equatorial Guinea oral tradition. She has and university experiences reach from Nigeria to bitions of work at the Master School of Photography including “Le Printemps Palestinien,” “Iran, regards taken part in numerous symposiums on contemporary England and Germany. He took his B.A. Degree in and Videography, the Habesha gallery, the National croisés,” “Regards Persans” and “Algerie, les faits et les African art addressing artistic production, culture and English at Ibadan University, Nigeria. Akinbode has Museum and the Alliance Ethio-Française. His photog- effets.” She has collaborated with organizations in Eu- contemporary practices. She served as a curator at been working as a freelance photographer since raphy has been showcased by the American Press and rope, Africa and the Middle East on issues surround- Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas 1977. He got a STERN reportage grant to work in several other local and international organizations. He ing the representation of culture, women and religion. de Gran Canaria, Spain, and “Tres scenarios/Three sce- the cities of Lagos, Kano and Dakar in 1987 and was has recently been awarded a first prize in photojournal- Since 2009, she has been artistic director of the 8th nario,” and curated international exhibitions, including co-founder of UMZANZSI, a cultural center in Cler- ism by the Foreign Correspondent Association of Ethi- and 9th Bamako Encounters, African Biennale of Pho- “Olvida quién soy / Erase me from who I am,” in col- mont Township in Durban, South Africa, in 1993. Ak- opia (FCAE) in the Excellence of Journalism 2011 com- tography. laboration with Tracy Murinik, Khwezi Gule and Gabi inbode Akinbiyi’s main photographic interest focus- petition. Mulugeta is currently working for the Capital Ngcobo. In 2011, she was appointed Curator Interna- es on large, sprawling mega-cities. He is working on newspaper as a photographic journalist. His passion tional Art at Tate Modern, London. the four biggest cities on the African continent – La- for photography is inspired by what he calls “the art of gos, Cairo, Kinshasa and Johannesburg - aiming at seeing.” He says, “I love to creatively see what is current spreading these topics through serious art books and occurring before my eyes. I am seduced by the and exhibitions. Akinbode has taken part in many visual impact of events unfolding in Ethiopia as well as international exhibitions, and his publications have the graphic nature of global events. I live to use all my been printed worldwide. He also works as a curator creativity and passion to capture these events and turn and leader of photographic workshops. them into captivating photographs.”

10 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 11 © journaldutchad.com MARIO DI BARI Abdoulaye Barry Photographer Photographer

Mario Di Bari began taking photographs as a teenager Abdoulaye Barry had a keen eye for image and narra- in a photo studio in Matera, Italy. Since then, he has de- tive from a young age. He takes his immediate society veloped his style of photography and documented his as a starting point and recounts the lives of the men travels in Europe. Commissioned by the World Food and women around him. His series on street children Programme to produce images in rural Ethiopia, he has was awarded the Jury Prize at the 2009 edition of Bam- presented exhibitions at Addis Ababa’s Italian Cultural ako Encounters, the Biennale of African Photography. Institute, the Alliance Ethio-Française, Southern Ethio- The series “N’Djamena By Night” began by an encoun- pia’s Cultural Centre in Konso, and the Palazzo Granaio ter with a young prostitute in 1995, and has developed in Settimo Milanese, Italy. into a body of work that explores the moral depravity amongst the youth with a critical yet discerning eye. Many of Mario’s photos have been used by the Ethio- pian and italian press and in various publications, such as the books “Old Tracks in the New Flower” and “ A guide to Lalibela” published by Arada Books and in As- ter Aweke and Addis Acoustic Project CD booklets. His archive includes many photos of Ethiopian and African musicians.

12 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 13 Addis Belete Arturo Bibang Photographer Photographer

Born in Addis Ababa in 1978, Addis Belete graduated Born in Bata in 1971 to a Spanish father and a Fang with a diploma in Information Technology from Addis mother, in the 1990s Arturo Bibang trained in Madrid College. The son of the legendary photographer Be- and London. Extensive travels in Equatorial Guinea, lete Tekele, he learned photography at an early age by Spain, England, Latin America and elsewhere trig- working in his father’s studio. He has also worked for gered his interest in photojournalism. Since 2000, his the Addis Ababa city municipality in the Information recognition on the Spanish scene has led to assign- and Cultural Bureau as a photo technician and photo- ments for various agencies and the daily El Mundo. Full journalist. In the course of his time in the bureau, his of colour and light, his work homes in on faces, deserts work was published in the various government news- and forms of solitude. Arturo now lives in Equatorial papers and magazines. Also, in collaboration with the Guinea, exhibiting in his home country and abroad. National Museum and Addis Ababa University, Addis organized a photography exhibition as part of the 5th International Federalism Conference held at the ECA. Following in the footsteps of his father, Addis currently works as a full-time photographer and audiovisual ex- pert for the House of Federation in parliament, cover- ing various government activities around the country.

14 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 15 MARIE ANGE BORDAS Mohamed Camera Photographer Photographer

Through photography, video and sound, Marie Ange At the age of 16, Mohamed Camara began his relation- Bordas’s work explores intimacy between her subjec- ship with photography whilst leafing through images tivity, her audience and the public. Dealing with issues in a magazine and confidently saying he could do that of displacement, memory, loss and recovery, she aims too. His first series, taken between 2000 and 2002, ti- to articulate the individual and collective through per- tled “Chambres Maliennes,” documented interiors and sonal experiences and their social implications to cre- exteriors using light, windows and doors to frame im- ate space for discussion. ages, are now part of the Deutsche Bank Collection. Mohamed’s instinctive approach to photography and Marie often lives within the communities she is work- ability to capture the decisive moment is clear in the ing with, setting up creative workshops that lead to ex- series “Certains Matins,” 2006, which reveals intimate hibitions and books. In Brazil, she has developed long rituals whilst retaining their mystery through use of light term projects that promote visual literacy with indig- and shadow. He highlights areas of his city, Bamako, enous and afro-Brazilian communities. which outsiders would not have access to, and thereby reveals something of the unknown. In the 2009 Bam- She has been awarded a number of grants and inter- ako Encounters, the Biennale of African Photography, national residencies, including Plataforma Chocó/ Co- Mohamed presented the series “Les Maliens á Paris,” lombia, The Leverhulme Trust/UK, The Bag Factory/ which revealed the complexities of his self confessed South Africa, Kuona Trust/ Kenya, and ORTUNG/Aus- ‘border identity’, which combined African and Europe- tria. Her work has been featured internationally in solo an elements. His work has been featured in numerous and group exhibitions, including the Noorderlicht Pho- publications, including Beaux Arts Magazine and the toFestival 2009, the Bamako Photo Encounters 2007, Centre Pompidou Paris collection. His recent solo exhi- and other venues in Brazil, the US, Canada, South Af- bition, “Souvenirs,” was hosted at Galerie 5 - Université rica, Kenya and Europe. d’Angers, France.

16 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 17 Nestor Da Abate Damte Photographer Photographer

Nestor Da found his inspiration in the infinite possibili- Abate Damte is concerned with the inherent power of ties to transform an image through the materiality of a images as tools for story-telling. An image tells a story photograph. To his own photographs, he adds found and that power has the ability to capture and transform materials that he juxtaposes, confronts, paints and over- lives. His commitment and passion for storytelling be- laps into a single image that deconstructs the original. gan in his youth as he was captivated by images that Photographs are the raw material of Nestor Da’s art- spoke of the worlds wonders. He recalls “a dramatic works that assemble and collect fragments to unveil a cloudy sky fused with the natural beauty of a sunset” in new life for the images and build a singular universe on the heart of his native city, Addis Ababa. His approach photographic paper. Nestor Da‘s work has been exhib- to each frame and engagement with his chosen sub- ited extensively in West Africa. He has held solo exhibi- jects makes him visible, yet invisible within his chosen tions at the Musée Mainssieux, Atelier 16, and La Vitrine environment. in France; and at the CCF Georges Méliès de Ouaga- dougou in Burkina Faso. He has been included in collective exhibitions at the Fondation Bullukian / Musée des Confluences, France; the Tarifa African Festival, Spain; the Bamako Encounters, African Photography Biennale, Mali, and the Centre d’Art Contemporain Badjidala, Mali. Nestor has received the Fondation Blachère “Young Cre- ation” Prize at the Bamako Encounters (2009) and the 2nd Prize PhotoAfrica Contest of the Centro Andaluz de Fotografía (2008).

18 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 19 FATOUMATA DIABATE Delphine Diaw Diallo Photographer Photographer

Fatoumata Diabaté first studied photography at Pro- A graduate of the Académie Charpentier School of mo-femme: Center for Audio Visual Education for Visual Art in Paris, Delphine’s early work utilized mixed Young Women, attended the Cadre de promotion media to explore her personal voyages, particularly in pour la formation en photographie (CFP) from 2002 to her father’s hometown of Saint-Louis, Senegal. She 2004, and pursued additional training in Switzerland. juxtaposes reality with imaginary conscience; fashion As a participant in the 2005 Bamako Biennale, she won with documentary photographs; tradition with moder- the Afrique en Création prize when at the age of 25. nity. Her work has been featured in numerous interna- The recipient of several international artist residencies, tional exhibitions, including “Voices of Home” (Jenkins Fatoumata has participated in the 2007 and 2011 Bam- Johnson Gallery, New York) and her recent solo exhibi- ako Biennales and exhibits internationally. tion, “The Great Vision: (M.I.A Gallery, Seattle).

20 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 21 Karim DRIDI HASAN AND HUSAIN ESSOP Photographer/Filmmaker Photographers

The son of a Tunisian father and French mother, Karim Hasan and Husain Essop were born in Cape Town in Didi became interested in cinema from an early age 1985. They completed their undergraduate studies at as he spent his childhood between both cultures. His the Michaelis School of Fine Art at University of Cape first short feature, ‘Pigalle’, was selected for the Ven- Town in 2006 and afterwards earned their Postgradu- ice Film Festival. The second short feature, ‘Bye Bye’, ate Diploma in Art at Michaelis. was selected for the Un Certain Regards section at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995. Karim aims to make so- Their recent exhibitions include “Figures & Fictions: cially engaged films, tuned into the struggles of daily Contemporary South African Photography,” 2011, at life. He intends to contribute to the understanding and the Victoria and Albert Museum, England; “Peek-a-boo tolerance in order to ‘dive back’ into the realities of Current South Africa,” 2011, at The Helsinki Art Muse- the world. He has worked alongside renowned actors um, Finland; the Dak’Art Biennale, 2010, Senegal; and and directors including Ken Loach, Michel Galabru, Ar- BREDAPHOTO 2010, The Netherlands. ielle Domsbale and Patrick Bruel. His work has been recognised at various international film festival includ- In the past, they have exhibited at the Spier Contem- ing Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in porary and Goodman Gallery, South Africa; the Johan- 2000 and the Grand Prize of the Autrans International nesburg Art Fair and Art 39 Basel, both in 2008; and Mountain Film Festival in 2005. Karim is currently work- the prestigious Havana Biennale, under the theme, ‘In- ing on various projects, including the last volume of his tegration and Resistance in the Global Age’ in 2009. Marseille trilogy, “Kaïd,”and a feature film set against They are represented by the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the backdrop of the Arab Spring. He is about to shoot Durban Art Gallery and the Spier collections, and held “Galilee Quartet,” is adapting Bernard-Marie Koltès’ in local and international private collections. famous play, ‘Comats de Nègres et de Chiens’ and is writing a screenplay based on the novel, ‘Cour Nord’ by Antoine Choplin.

22 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 23 Alessandro Gandolfi Yemane Gebremedihin Photojornalist Photographer

Born in Parma in 1970, Alessandro Gandolfi has Yemane Gebremedihin Gebresilasie was born in 1966 been working in photojournalism since 2001. He is and received computer science diploma from IX ITIS a co-founder of Parallelozero Photo Agency, Milan. of Milan and photography diploma from the European His works have appeared in Italian and internation- Institute of Design of Milan. He has worked as an assis- al, magazines, including National Geographic Italia, tant photographer for FOTOGRAFIA OGGI and Studio L’Espresso, La Repubblica delle Donne, Die Zeit, Mare, Majno in Milan, a freelance photographer for the Tibeb The Sunday Times Magazine, Le Monde, and VSD. His Studio and different Italian magazines, and an archivist pictures have been exhibited in the latest four shows for the Walta Information Center for the Afar Regional organized in Rome by National Geographic. A philoso- State Tourism Office. He has worked as a professional phy graduate, Alessandro attended the prestigious Ifg photographer for on-call assignments provided by – School of Journalism in Urbino. Before working as a UNAIDS since 2006, and by Organization of African photojournalist, he contributed as a news reporter for First ladies Against HIV Aids (OAFLA) since 2008. La Repubbica, in Milan and Rome. He won National Geographic’s Best Edit Award twice, in 2010 and 2011), with two reportages published in the Italian edition of the American magazine.

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Mamadou Gomis Samuel Habtab Photographer Photojornalist

As a teenager, Mamadou Gomis began taking photo- Born in Addis Ababa in 1983, Samuel Habtab gradu- graphs in a studio in Gossas (Fatick), Senegal. Since ated from Admas Collage in marketing managements 1998, he has a worked as a press photographer for a and graphic design, and received a certificate diploma number of publications, including Le Journal, New Ho- for photography at the Master Film and Photography rizons and more recently, the media group Walfadjri. School. As one of the founding members of the Ethio- He has received numerous commissions from interna- pian Photographers Association, Samuel participated tional organizations such as Plan, Oxfam and the World in 2011 Art and Photography Associations’ exhibition Food Programme. His photographs have won many at the National Museum with the Ministry of Culture awards and been presented in numerous international and Tourism. He currently works as a staff photogra- group exhibitions including “Snap Judgments: New pher at the Fortune newspaper. Positions in Contemporary African Photography.” In 2008, Mamadou was a participant in the Prêt-à-Partag- er workshop and touring exhibition, exploring transna- tional artistic dialogue on art, fashion and sport.

26 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 27 Uche Okpa-Iroha Goitom Habtemariam Photographer Photographer Award winning photographer, Uche Okpa-Iroha was born Born in 1982 in Addis Ababa, Goitom Habtemariam in Enugu, Enugu State in the eastern part of Nigeria. Uche Amleke was 14 years old and still in high school when holds a Bachelors of Technology degree in Food Science he started working in a photography. For the last 15 and Technology in 1997 from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. His main vision as years, he has worked in studio portrait, wedding, docu- a photographer is to raise awareness with the public and mentary, and concert photography, and has participat- policy-makers on issues that affect local people and the ed in a group exhibition in 2007 held at the National environment. His main interest is in reportage and por- Museum, Addis Ababa. traits of ‘street’ people. Uche is a founding member of the new Nigerian photography collective known as BlackBox, with the group exhibition, “Lagos: Nocturnal Vibrations.” He was part of the 2-006 photography workshop, Foot- ballWorlds, at the Maracana Stadium in Ajegunle, Lagos organised by the Goethe Institut and conducted by Ber- lin-based photographer, Akinbode Akinbiyi. Uche won the second prize of the Life in My City competition, 2007, organised by Rocana Nigeria Limited in partnership with the Alliance Francaise, Enugu , for his photography work “Late Nite Callers.” Uche Okpa-Iroha lives and work in La- gos, Nigeria as a photographer and kidney health cam- paigner with the Kidney Watch Initiative (KIWI).

28 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 29 MOHAMED KONATE Ala Kheir Photographer Photographer Mohamed Konaté is one of the leading figures of Mali’s Ala Kheir is a Sudanese photographer and cinematog- art scene. He was born in 1978 in Bamako, Mali, where rapher. His photographic scope covers a wide range he studied Sculpture and Multimedia Arts. He works of subjects and styles with an aim of self-reflection. with the media of painting, photography and video, His work draws on the similarities and differences in and is characterized by a very original aesthetic lan- landscape, architecture and historic influences with an guage. intimate and intuitive eye. He has been active in developing the Sudanese Photographers’ group, which In the video “Attraction”, Mohamed arranges marbles promotes the work of photographers from the region and balls that roll around, attract each other, collide, re- on a global scale. In 2011, he participated in the Invis- bound, and bounce up. These moments of movement ible Borders project. and rest, attraction and repulsion can also be found, he says, in every society. But the metaphor he creates is open so that the viewers remain free to interpret it in their own ways.

30 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 31 Florestan Korp Kyle LaMere Photographer Photographer

Florestan Korp is a studying photographer and visu- Kyle LaMere is a portrait photographer from Chicago, al artist. He was born and raised by a German father IL. He shoots a wide range of subjects – musicians, and Ethiopian mother in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After models, local artists, social entrepreneurs, all-around eighteen years there, Florestan moved to Germany good folk, and the occasional pro wrestler. and went on to study in the Netherlands – first graphic design in Arnhem, then editorial photography in the Every session and every project he takes on, he treats Hague. it as an opportunity to capture something beautiful, inspired, strange, or just plain rad. When he’s not haul- He aspires to work in Ethiopia and Europe alike, using ing around Chicago, he regularly visits Ethiopia, where motion and still photography to explore both places. he volunteers as the Creative Director for the Awassa He is currently working on documenting the circum- Children’s Project, a center that provides shelter, edu- stances surrounding water in Ethiopia. Other projects cation, and healthcare to over 100 children orphaned mainly focus on identity issues, his mixed heritage, and by HIV/AIDS. life in the Netherlands.

32 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 33 Baudouin Mouanda Zanele MuholI Photographer Photographer

Baudouin Mouanda began photography as a teen- Zanele Muholi was born in Umlazi, Durban, in 1972. ager and began working for various newspapers and She completed an Advanced Photography course at magazines. In 2005, he represented Congo at the 5th the Market Photo Workshop in Newtown and held her Francophone Games in Niger. He participated in a first solo exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in residency at the Centre for Training and Development 2004. in Journalism, Paris, where he developed his body of work on the S.A.P.E (Société des Ambianceurs et des She has worked as a community relations officer for the Personnes Élégantes - Society of Tastemakers and Ele- Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), a black gant People) who livened up the Paris metro. Baudouin lesbian organisation based in Gauteng, and as a pho- explores the history of sapeurs who played a vital role tographer and reporter for Behind the Mask, an online in Brazzaville in 1998-9 after the civil war, and their magazine on lesbian and gay issues in Africa. Her work message of hope and tenacity. In 2009-10, the series represents the black female body in a frank yet inti- he produced, La Sapologie, was presented in an ex- mate way that challenges the history of the portrayal of hibition titled “The Art of Being a Man” at the Musée black women’s bodies in documentary photography. Dapper in Paris and in 2011 as part of a solo exhibition. She has held solo exhibitions at Michael Stevenson in In 2009, he was awarded the Young Talent Award at the Johannesberg and Le Case d’Arte, Milan, and an ex- 2009 Bamako Encounters, the Biennale of African Pho- hibition alongside Lucy Azubuike at the CCA Lagos, tography. He continues to publish regularly in Afrique Nigeria. Her work has travelled to the Market Photo magazine, Jeune Afrique, VSD, L’Express Style and Pla- Workshop in Johannesburg and the Afrovibes Festival nète Jeune. in Amsterdam. She was the recipient of the 2005 Toll- man Award for the Visual Arts and the first BHP Billiton/ Wits University Visual Arts Fellowship in 2006, and she was the 2009 Ida Ely Rubin Artist-in-Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

34 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 35 © U chijin-Adrian Storey

Jehad Nga Nii Obodai Photographer Photographer

Jehad Nga was born in Smith Center, Kansas. After Born in Accra, Ghana and having lived in England, Nige- discovering the Natasha Merritt book ‘The Digital Dia- ria and Ghana, Francis Nii Obodai Provencal is at ease ries’ while attending UCLA, Jehad began to take pho- with the vast and diverse worlds of his continent. His work tographs. Between 2001 and 2002, he spent months mainly explores the urban and rural with an artist’s careful traveling through the Middle East, taking medical watching, a strong interest in history, and a love of stories. volunteering positions in Gaza and documenting the trips. Wanting to continue working as a medical volun- Nii Obodai’s photographs are a conduit into a vibrant teer Jehad trained to become an Emergency Medical space. In his travels, he discovers and explores the mean- ing of the spiritual concept of Farafina, where zones be- Technician (EMT) in 2002 while interning at Magnum tween tradition, improvisation and modernity merge. Photos. In 2003, he traveled to Iraq to cover the US-led invasion. In the summer of 2003, he began working in Nii Obodai is presently based in Ghana where he works Africa with his first trip to Liberia. Since 2004, Jehad and lives. He facilitates inspirational workshops on pho- has been based in East Africa. tography and continues to travel, exploring and record- ing the vibrant essence of life. Nii Obodai has exhibited in Accra, Paris, Bristol, Den Haag, Amsterdam, Bamako.

36 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 37 INVISIBLE BORDERS

Emeka OkerekE Photographer

Emeka Okereke, born in 1980, is a photographer who currently lives and works between Paris, Berlin and Lagos. He came in contact with photography in 2001. Over the past years, he has worked strictly in black & white, but he currently employs other media (graphics, video, sound, and literature), which make his artistic practices more active and dynamic by the day. His works deals with society and human relationships, mingling aesthetics of conceptual photography and documentary. Emeka is a member of Depth of Field (DOF) collective, a group made up of six Nigerian photographers. In 2003, he won the Best Young Photographer award from the AFAA “Afrique en Créa- tion” in the 5th edition of the Bamako Photo Festival of photography. He has a Bachelors/Masters degree from the National Fine Art School of Paris and has exhibited in biennales and art festivals in different cities of the world, notably Lagos, Bamako, Cape Town, London, Berlin, Bay- reuth, Frankfurt, Nurnberg, Brussels, Johannesburg, New A transAfrican photography project showcasing the journey of twelve photographers and a writer as they York, Washington, Barcelona, Seville, Madrid, and Paris. travel from Lagos to Addis Ababa by local transportation. The show features photographers Ray Daniels He has also won several awards in Nigeria and Interna- Okeugo, Jumoke Sanwo, Amaize Ojeikere, Lucy Azubuike, Chidinma Nnorom, Kemi Akin-Nibosun, Mario tionally. Macilau, Christain Nyampeta, Jide Odukoya, Emeka Okereke, Uche Okpa-Iroha and Ala Kheir, and writer Em- manuel Iduma. The featured exhibition showcases t. The project, which was initially started in 2009, continues to delve into the topic of borders in Africa and various elements of contemporary society on the continent.

38 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 39 Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo Nyani Quarmyne Photographer Photographer Following an injury that brought his athletic career to Nyani comes from a multicultural background, having an end, Nyaba Ouedraogo turned to photography been born in India to a Ghanaian father and Filipino and worked as an assistant to Parisian photographer mother before moving on to Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swa- Jean-Paul Dekers. He co-founded Topics Visual Arts ziland, Canada, Australia, the USA and finally Ghana in Platform, an online gallery and visual research tool. late 2009. His Hell of Copper 2008 series documents electronic waste sent from Europe and America to Accra, Ghana. Being something of a cultural amalgam, and having The images illuminate the lucrative, yet destructive been ‘rootless’ all his life, he has developed an innate nature of the industry at the dump at the Agloboshie ability to connect with people, which has been some- Market. He is intent is “not showing images for what thing of an anchor point in his life. His work hinges on they depict, but what they transmit.” His work has been the sameness that he sees in all people. Through his featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and work, he strives to harness the power of photography in publications such as Usbek & Rica. In 2010, he was to create a visceral emotional connection between the finalist in the La Planète Manche International Prize. viewer and viewed; the power of an image to remind us of our shared humanity and shared responsibilities to each other and the planet.

40 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 41 Samuel Taye Belete TEKELE Photographer/Graphic Designer Photographer

Samuel Taye was born in Addis Ababa, lived in Djibou- Born in 1936 near Addis Ababa, Belete Tekele began ti and the US, and returned to Addis Ababa in 2012. his photography career in the 1960s as a photogra- After watching a documentary on the Artist Laureate pher for the municipality of Addis Ababa. Belete’s port- Afewerk Tekle at a young age, Samuel aspired to be- folio is a collection of images that spans three periods come an artist and was encouraged by his father in his of Ethiopia’s political history. He has photographed chosen path of creativity. He enrolled in various cours- various international officials and presidents while they es at Addis Ababa University, Virginia Tech and Nova visited Addis Ababa, such H.I.M Haile Selassie, Fidel Community College. Castro and Col. Mohamed Gadafi. Starting from 1960 until the end of 1990, he has documented the urban and societal of development. He has shot for the city administration and worked on numerous papers and Through photography, he explores cultural changes, magazines in the city. He is currently retired and lives tracing the blurred boundary between tradition and in Addis Ababa. modernity. In 2007, he participated in the Ethiopian Millenium Art exhibition held at the Blackburn Univer- sity Center, Howard University, Washington DC.

Samuel has contributed to the 360doc.org documentary projects and worked with Tsehai Publishers and Eskinder Woubetu + Partners Architecture and Engi- neering Consultants. He curently works as a graphic designer with DFA Creative Consulting PLC.

42 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 43 petterik WiggerS Patrick Wokmeni Photographer Photographer Petterik Wiggers has been working as a photographer Patrick Wokmeni was born in Douala (Cameroon) in and cameraman in Africa for over twenty years. Based 1985. An emerging photographer, he trained with Bru- in Addis Ababa, he travels all over Africa for his picture no Boudjelal, Bill Akwa Betote, Philippe Niorthe and stories.Wiggers has been commissioned by interna- Nicolas Eyidi and, for four years now, has been roam- tional media like Time Magazine, Los Angeles Times, ing the streets of his hometown to document nightlife, Wired Magazine, New York Times, Guardian, Financial dark corners, bars and nightclubs, and depict the ex- Times, Observer, Monocle, etc. He also works for UN- perience of city dwellers from his generation. His work HCR and WFP and international NGOs. His works in- reflects his concern with the mundane and speaks to clude the installation ‘Black Roots’: a project on the cul- the reality of his social environment. Wokmeni casts an tural relationships and similarities in the Afro-American empathetic gaze on the youth living in the challenging Diaspora, West Africa, South America and the Neth- neighborhood of New Bell in Douala and their aspira- erlands, 1997-2003; “Living under Constant Threat”: tion to a better life. His pictures seek to capture their AV/installation on civilians living in conflict situations, daily lives made of rebellion, illusory dreams and quite MSF/Holland, in Germany, Holland, Canada, Somalia, often, weariness. 2002; and “Great Expectations,” international project on pregnancy and birth, World Health Organization Monique Pelser, Lecturer in Fine Art Photography at (WHO), Ethiopia, 2004-2010. Among other awards, he Wits School of Art, Johannesburg, writes that Wokmeni was honoured with the National Photojournalist Award reminds her of “a flaneur; an idler walking the streets at in the Netherlands. Petterik is represented by Holland- night witnessing the beauty and sadness in debauch- seHoogte Photo Agency, Netherlands and Panos Pic- ery, decay and social crisis.” She notes how potently tures, UK. the presence of the photographer is felt by the fact that the photographed subjects often look directly at the camera.

44 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 45 LIFE IN MY CITY

Featuring feature a collection of images from around Africa in collaboration with the Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) based in Enugu, Nigeria, Curator: Kevin Ejiofor

Puma Films4Peace Film

PUMA is proud to present the works of 7 international filmmakers as open content to be shown at the World Peace Festival 2011. “Peace starts with me” is the theme for a new annual PUMA.Peace commission. This year, seven international artists and filmmakers created original works. Curated by PUMA.Creative Chief Cura- tor, Mark Coetzee, and produced by Shooting People, these films encompass a diverse range of styles; including 35mm live action, experimental animation and fine art. Conceived as 30 to 90 second films to facilitate online as well as live screenings, the works are based on the idea that “peace starts with me.” PUMA.Peace commissioned these films under an agreement with the artists that they can openly be downloaded and shown, without any fees, thus acting as ongoing tools for peace-for-all. The filmmakers range from world-renowned award-winning artists to recent graduates; all were selected for the quality and scope of their work Films for Peace/Puma Peace and their sensitivity in interpreting this year’s theme.

46 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 47 SCREENINGS

SYNCHRONICITY Featuring 12 photographers and video artists, the projection is a showcase of the multitude of visual artistic talents in Africa and the Diaspora. As part of the “On the Roof” project and curated by Elise Atangana, Yves Chatap and Christine Eyene, the projection is an opportunity for the audience to witness the power of moving and still images.

Institut für Raumexperimente Project

The Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments) is an educational research project initiated by Prof. Olafur Eliasson, directed by Eric Ellingsen and Christina Werner. It is affiliated to the College of Fine Arts at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). The program of the Institut für Raumexperimente includes lectures, workshops, exhibitions, experiments and teaching collaborations. From Octobe to December RESTLESS CITY 2012, the institute has moved to the Alle School of Fine Andrew Dosunmu is a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker who came to prominence in the United States after directing music videos for various acclaimed artists like Art and Design, University of Addis Ababa. Twenty-five Isaac Hayes, Angie Stone, Common, Tracy Chapman, Wyclef Jean, Kelis, Aaron Neville, Talib Kweli and Maxwell. The 2011 drama film ‘Restless City’ premiered at the 2011 of the institute’s participants are living, working, and Sundance Film Festival. Dosunmu currently lives between New York and Lagos, Nigeria. learning together in Addis. Featured in the Color of the Nile Film Festival and winner of Best feature/cinematography RESTLESS CITY(80 minutes) tells the story of an Africa immigrant surviving on the fringes of New York City where music is his passion, life is a hustle, and falling in love is his greatest risk. For the Addis Foto Festival 2012, some of the participants will be producing site-specific works engaging public space and the perception of images in the city.

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Location: Alliance Ethio-Française Theater AFF TALKS I: The photography and art market in Africa. With the increased interest on contemporary art from Africa, various trends and forms of expression have become visible ADDIS FOTO FEST PORTFOLIO REVIEW in the international art market. In the first of the AFF Talks, curators Elvira Dyangani Ose, Michket Krifa and Marina Reina. delve into questions that arise on the position of art from Af- As part of supporting the development of photographers in Ethiopia, the Portfolio Review is an opportunity for ten nominated photog- rica as it relates to other parts of the world. raphers to be reviewed by visiting professionals and curators from the international market. The three-day review session is an intense one-on-one process that gives the photographers feedback on the strength of their work and also the tools they will need to improve their skills. The review is specifically geared towards working photojournalists in the various publications of Addis Ababa. Elvira Dyangani Ose Michket Krifa Marina Reina Moderator: Marie Ange Bordas REVIEWERS: (Friday) December 5, 2012

Location: Italian Cultural Institute Theater AFF TALKS II: Photojournalism and media in Africa. The role of photography in news media has played a key role in disseminat- ing images on stories not often accessible to various parts of the world. While images have become more accessable than ever through the globalization of online media, photograhers from Africa have had limited access to this market, Akinbode Akinbiyi JOHN FLEETWOOD Nick Danziger Michket Krifa Elvira Dyangani Ose and often the realities of the continent are documented through photographers who travel considerable distance to capture newsworthy images for press. Cu- rator John Fleetwood and photographer Nick Danzinger ask the question, how can photographers on the continent compete in the international market? John Fleetwood Nick Danziger Frédéric Lafargue Moderator: Akinbode Akinbiyi

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