Metro presents youth photographic exhibition
Ekurhuleni is home to an abundance of talented artists with no proper platforms or opportunities to expand their artistic knowledge.
In light of this, and in celebration of Youth Month, Ekurhuleni will host the Ekurhuleni Youth Photographic Exhibition (Yepe), which will open at the Springs Art Gallery on Saturday, June 21.
The exhibition will run until August 30.
The exhibition features specially-selected contemporary images by students from the Ekurhuleni’s photography project.
Alongside other forms of artistic discipline, photography is a specialised field, which requires specific equipment and technical knowledge.
In 2012, Ekurhuleni’s Department of Sport Recreation Arts and Culture introduced the photography project in Tembisa, where students are taught the basics of photography.
Again in 2013, the beginners’ photography classes were rolled out to Duduza where a group of 15 individual amateur and aspiring photographers, aged between 13 to 35 years, learned how to see the world through the lens.
There are now a total number of 30 students combined.
Yepe will, therefore, feature the students’ fresh, cutting-edge works inspired by various spaces across Ekurhuleni.
The 59 photographs have been curated in collaboration with the Vaal University of Technology’s Photography Department of Visual Arts and Design. It varies in content, and includes various themes relating to our modern day lives.
The gallery will be open on weekdays from 9am till 4.30pm, and on Saturdays from 8am till noon.
Members of the public are invited to visit the Springs Art Gallery where entrance to the exhibition is free of charge. It will run the public until August 30.
The exhibiting photographers are Langa Mandla, Majola Phumla, Manxala Inno, Motaung Refiloe, Msibi Thabisile, Mtshali Vusi, Nkwanyana Themba, Rakgabyane Mirriam, Semake Tirrello, Short Moses, Sibeko Thabo and Sibisi Bafana.
