User:Moenirah/Photography Education Trust

Photography Education Trust is a legal trust and Public Benefit Organisation registered in 2016 by founding members David Goldblatt (1930-2018), Mfundi Vundla and John Fleetwood.

Trustees
The current trustees are:


 * John Fleetwood
 * Mfundi Vundla
 * Dorothee Kreutzfeldt
 * Molemo Moiloa
 * Tumelo Mosaka

Background
The Photography Education Trust is registered trust to encourage and nurture photography as a response to South Africa’s vibrant, conflicted and constantly changing society, as a means of creating mutual understanding; thereby assisting in the evolution of a better society for all.

Projects

 * democraSEE is an award and mentorship platform to develop and show important contemporary photography stories and content from the Southern African region that deal with social and political issues and imaginaries.
 * CLPA News, a newsletter for the Centres of Learning for Photography in Africa, a membership organisation for photography training institutions in Africa. 3 editions per annum were issued in 2017, 2018 and 1 edition in 2019 so far.
 * 10:10 is an interaction format, 10 photographers present their work for peer and invited experts’ feedback. Set to create informal interaction, sharing ideas, testing new project ideas. Photo: has run 10:10 projects since 2016 in Johannesburg and cape Town.
 * 10:X is a masterclass format, to facilitate critical discussion and meaningful content production for contemporary photography practice with a focus on a particular socio-political and artistic issue. Invited participants include photographers and other professionals who operate within a specialist field. In 2018 Photo: commenced 10:Queer in collaboration with PET in Johannesburg.
 * General Mentorship Programme for photographers in Africa, looking at conceptual, technical and professional practice mentorships. In most cases ad hoc.
 * Photo: has run ongoing mentorship sessions with more than 20 photographers since 2016.

Exhibitions

 * “Five Photographers: A tribute to David Goldblatt”, shown in Johannesburg, Maputo, Maseru, Makhanda (NAF) and in Durban (Aug 2019).
 * “Of traps and tropes”, Tunisia, 2017
 * “Connected”, Kinshasa, 2019
 * “Amongst other things”, Mindelo, Cabo Verde, 2019