The Contemporary African Photography Prize 2024

GALLERY 1
13 JULY – 25 AUGUST 2024
Launch event 6.00pm Thursday 18 July 2024

Photo Museum Ireland is delighted to present the Contemporary African Photography Prize 2024 in Gallery 1. The CAP Prize is the international award for contemporary African photography given annually since 2012 to five photographers whose works were created on the African continent, or which engage with the African diaspora. The exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland will showcase the work of the five winning artists alongside the shortlist for this prestigious award.

The five winning projects of the CAP Prize 2024 were announced on 5 July 2024 during the opening week of Les Rencontres de la Photographie Arles at MIRAGE Photobook Fair in France.

The Contemporary African Photography Prize Winners 2024

Tshepiso Moropa

The Contemporary African Photography 2024 Shortlisted Artists

The 2024 Shortlisted artists will be presented an a projection installation and will feature the work of:
Ammar Abdallah, Massow Ka, Adedolapo Boluwatife, Florence Cuschieri, Rehab Eldalil, Arnold Fokam, Lina Geoushy, Jonathan Jasberg, Ahmed Khirelsid, Skander Khlif, Christopher Littlewood, Thero Makepe, Tshepiso Moropa, Kriss Munsya, Dan Nelken, Xoliswa Ngwenya, Kalenga Nkonge, Neec Nonso, Cletus Nelson Nwadike, Edward Prah, Dione Roach, D.M. Terblanche, Coenraad Torlage, Farren Van Wyk, Khanya Zibaya.

About the Contemporary African Photography Prize:

About the Open to artists of any age and descent, the CAP Prize aims to raise the profile of African photography within the arts and to encourage a rethinking of the image of Africa. Each year five winners are selected by an internationally sourced panel of judges, enabling the promotion of African photography worldwide, raising the winners’ international exposure and building a high-level network for future projects.  The five winning entries are showcased in a series of exhibitions in collaboration with significant photography events and institutions in Africa and the rest of the world.

Since its inauguration by Benjamin Füglister in 2012 the number of artists’ submissions has grown to over 1000 annually, coming from up to 88 countries worldwide. The core team of the CAP Prize consists of artistic director Benjamin Füglister and development director Paul Geraghty, a former Chair of the board of Photo Museum Ireland. The team works closely with local partners and networks in Africa and internationally to promote the prize.

Gallery 2:

African-Irish Artist Residency Award 2024-25

Photo Museum Ireland – supporting diverse artists’ practices in Ireland.
This African-Irish photography Award is a new initiative developed as part of our wider Artists’ Diversity support programmes established in 2022.  Since then we have supported residencies, artists’ commissions, training workshops and exhibition opportunities which include; the Diversity Commission in partnership with DCC and Creative Ireland for 5 artists in Dublin;  Creative Ireland Traveller Wellbeing project led by Martin Beanz Warde, Silvina Sisterna and the Napantla project, a two-year DIversity residency for Barialai Khoshhal and outreach workshops for people with special needs.