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Media Release, May 13 2014
POPCAP ’14 – piclet.org Prize Africa – Call for Entries!
piclet.org is pleased to announce that the POPCAP prize for contemporary African photography
will be offered for the third time in 2014. A panel of 26 internationally-sourced judges will choose
the five best submissions, and the five winning works will be exhibited worldwide at major international photography exhibitions.
Graeme Williams, John Flaffie. White City Township, Calvinia,
South Africa. 2011. From On the Other Side
POPCAP ‘13 exhibition at LagosPhoto Festival, October 2013
POPCAP is a prize for contemporary African photography that is awarded to photographic portfolios
that are either produced in an African country or deal with a diaspora of an African country. The competition is open to artists of any age and descent. The series must consist of a minimum of 10 images
but must not exceed 25 images. There is no entry fee.
> The call out is open from May 1 until July 1 2014 <
> Artists please register at www.popcap.cc <
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POPCAP ‘14 - The Prize
The prize provides visibility for the winning artists, with the five awarded works exhibited in an open
air show in Basel, Switzerland. The mobile exhibition will then make its way to PhotoIreland Festival
in Dublin, Ireland, and then to Berlin, Germany, to the Cape Town Month of Photography in South Africa, the LagosPhoto Festival in Nigeria, and finally to Addis FotoFest in Ethiopia. POPCAP will invite
all winners to personally attend at least one of the shows. In addition to inclusion in the exhibitions,
the winners’ portfolios will be published in both the POPCAP ‘14 catalog and in European Photography Magazine, and their portfolio will be included in the piclet.org directory for hand-picked photographers’ portfolios.
Submissions to POPCAP are judged by a panel of 26 internationally-sourced judges. POPCAP was
awarded for the first time in 2012, with five winners chosen from 140 submissions by a panel of nine
internationally-sourced judges. In 2013 POPCAP received 360 submissions from 57 countries that
were judged by 14 judges. 2014 sees piclet.org offering the prize for contemporary African photography for the third time.
POPCAP ‘14 - The Producers
POPCAP’14 is a project organisation. The competition was initiated by artist Benjamin Füglister
via the online web portal piclet.org and is realised in partnership with the non-profit organisation
Liaison, represented by arts manager Angela Nyffeler. POPCAP is a non-profit initiative with the goal
of furthering engagement with the African continent within the photographic community. POPCAP
offers photographers the opportunity to receive international recognition and exposure to big-name
personalities in the art world.
POPCAP ‘14 - Further Information / Images
Further information can be found at www.popcap.cc. Images can be downloaded here:
download.piclet.org
Login: POPCAP14
Password: piclet.org
POPCAP ‘14 - Media Contact
Angela Nyffeler, Verein Liaison, Zürich, Suisse
Mail: [email protected]
Fon: +41 44 450 15 77
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Facts
POPCAP ‘14 - Partners
POPCAP is a grassroots organisation. We collaborate with a variety of partners in order to execute
the POPCAP prize, exhibitions, workshops, talks and publications. We are happy to have received
such good feedback regarding the 2012 and 2013 editions, which has enabled us to continue to foster
relationships with both old and new partners, including those listed below.
African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria (www.africanartists.org)
LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria (www.lagosphotofestival.com)
South African Month of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa (www.photocentre.org.za)
South African Centre for Photography, Cape Town, South Africa (www.photocentre.org.za)
Desta for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (www.dfaplc.com)
Addis FotoFest, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (www.addisfotofest.com)
Photo Ireland Fesival, Dublin, Ireland (www.photoireland.org)
POPCAP ‘14 - The International Panel of Judges
The internationally-sourced panel of judges enables the promotion of African photography worldwide
and helps to avoid geographically and culturally one-sided views of the portfolios.
Jenny Altschuler, director, Month of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa
Akinbode Akinbiyi, artist, Berlin, Germany
Joselina Cruz, curator, Museum of Contemporary Art+Design, Manila, Philippines
John Fleetwood, head of Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
Benjamin Füglister, artist and founder of POPCAP, Berlin, Germany
Yumi Goto, curator, Tokyo, Japan
Ángel Luis González Fernández, director, PhotoIreland, Dublin, Ireland
Elda Harrington, director, Encuentros Abiertos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Peter Herrmann, gallery owner, Lomé, Togo
Bohnchang Koo, artist, Seoul, Korea
David Knaus, curator, Museum of Photography, Marakkesh, Morocco
Michket Krifa, curator, Paris, France
Missla Libsekal, publisher, Another Africa, Tokyo, Japan
Lesley A. Martin, publisher, Aperture Foundation, New York, USA
Karen McQuaid, curator, photographers gallery, London, UK
Jeanne Mercier, founder of Afrique en Visu, Paris, France
Aida Muluneh, artist and director Addis Foto Fests, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
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Andreas Müller-Pohle, artist and publisher of European Photography, Berlin, Germany
Moritz Neumüller, curator and head of European Master of Fine Art Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Azu Nwagbogu, director of LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
Jennifer Shaw, director of Photo NOLA, New Orleans, USA
Jürg Schneider, historian, Basel, Switzerland
Laura Sérani, curator, Paris, France
Bart Luirink, publisher of ZAM Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Daniel Sosa, director of Centro de la Fotografia de Montevideo, Montevideo, Urugay
Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
POPCAP ‘14 - Advisory Board
The POPCAP advisory board consists of both international art experts and Africa experts who are
supporting our team:
Touria El Glaoui, head of African Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
Christoph Tannert, director of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Licek, director of European Month of Photography, Vienna, Austria
Marcel Tanner, head of the Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
POPCAP ‘14 - Rules of Entry
- The competition is open to artists of any age and descent
- Pictures must have been taken in an African country or deal with a diaspora of an African country
- The series must consist of a minimum of 10 images but must not exceed 25 images
- There is no entry fee
- Projects must work together as a whole
- We are NOT looking for single images or fashion/advertising/studio work
NOTE ON COPYRIGHT: The images remain the property of the author and POPCAP requires a license
to use the images in contexts relating to the competition and promotion of the competition only. Photographers will be consulted should we wish to use their work in any other context.
> The call out is open from May 1 until July 1 2014 <
> Artists please register at www.popcap.cc <
piclet.org / NEW HORIZON PRODUCTIONS / Reichenberger Strasse 101 / 10999 Berlin / +49 30 6290 8006
POPCAP ‘14 / www.vereinliaison.ch / Quellenstrasse 27 / 8005 Zürich / +41 44 450 15 77