Casa África announces its 13th Photography Competition, "Objetivo África", which will reward the photographs that best publicise the positive aspects of the African continent in the field of public spaces in Africa, this year's theme.
Public spaces in Africa, community life and shared environments bear the brunt of the idiosyncrasies of African communities.
They are central and vital spaces for citizenship. They are meeting places for the whole community, places for cultural transmission, celebration, debate, decision-making that affects the community, places also for commerce, for the informal economy, and fundamental for economic development.
Public spaces have become important for cities and towns all over the world, but they have always been important in Africa. They are unique spaces where opinions, ideas and identity are shared, freely debated and celebrated.
Now, public spaces can help urban centres achieve the targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals, such as Goal 11: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable".
In the face of the new megacities, these spaces risk disappearing if they are not integrated into the new city models, which is why we consider it necessary and interesting to focus on these spaces of interaction, diversity and integration of communities on the African continent.
VALUE
The prizes for this 12th edition of Objetivo África are:
- First prize: 1000 euros
- Second prize: 500 euros
- Third prize: 300 euros
ELIGIBILITY
- Each candidate can participate with a maximum of five (5) photographs to be submitted online via the MundoArti platform. Photographs must be sent in JPEG format, with a minimum resolution of 200 dpi and weighing between 1 and 5 MB.
- The jury, made up of leading professionals in the arts, will assess creativity, the innovation of the technique used and how the message is conveyed. The description and title of the photograph will also be assessed according to these criteria.
To apply and for more information visit here.
