KIGALI PHOTO FESTIVAL
This first edition of the Kigali Photo Fest celebrates photography from Rwanda and beyond through exhibitions and events.
We’re sharing work and ideas over the course of ten days – helping to build supportive and inclusive communities of practice.
As organisers, we believe African artists have a crucial role to play in educating African audiences. How can we communicate the richness and creative depth of photography? How can we encourage consumers of photography to value the artistic process and technical expertise involved in producing great images?
Photography helps us negotiate memory, the passing of history, and encounters with people and places we wouldn’t otherwise know. The identity of the photographer, their intention when they take the image and their positioning in that particular place all affect how we read and receive images.
We’re sharing work and ideas over the course of ten days – helping to build supportive and inclusive communities of practice.
As organisers, we believe African artists have a crucial role to play in educating African audiences. How can we communicate the richness and creative depth of photography? How can we encourage consumers of photography to value the artistic process and technical expertise involved in producing great images?
Photography helps us negotiate memory, the passing of history, and encounters with people and places we wouldn’t otherwise know. The identity of the photographer, their intention when they take the image and their positioning in that particular place all affect how we read and receive images.
LEARNING FOR CHANGE
Learning for Change a program that provides photography trainings to young people in their communities , To engage young people into the development of the country, to let the communities speak about the social issues around their communities and to give opportunities to whom interested into visual story-telling, Learning for change serve all kind of generations of Rwanda . Local photographers will be traveling to different district working with youth for creating pieces to present during Home Stay Exhibitions and Public Exhibition in their neighborhoods.
