A Celebration of Land and City Scapes Exhibition - The Cape Town Month of Photography Festival
28th September 2012 - 31st October
Iziko South African Museum, Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa.
Chaos and Synchronicities Exhibition - The Cape Town Month of Photography Festival
26th September - 19th October
Laubscher Gallery, Ruth Prowse School of Art, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.
Solo Landscape Exhibition
1st August - 31st August 2012
Il Vicolo Gallery, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Missionvale Documentary Exhibition
27th August 2012 -
2nd Avenue Archives Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
One Blood Music Festival and Exhibition
24th March 2012
Grand Hotel, Central, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The Collective Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Graduate Exhibition
14th October 2011 – 21st October 2011
School of Music, Art and Design, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
The Cape Landscape Exhibition
31st August 2011 – 9th September 2011
School of Music, Art and Design, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Red Location Documentary Photographic Exhibition
28th October 2010 - 1st March 2011
EPSACC Gallery, Red Location Museum, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
A Celebration of Land and City Scapes - The Cape Town Month of Photography Festival
Photography Hannah Minkley
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s photography programme present a moment of reflection as they turn their lenses on the Eastern Cape area. The work, photographed within the more traditional landscape aesthetic, alludes to a sense of place, culture and history that make visible the Eastern Cape’s rich heritage and natural beauty. This group of second and third year student photographers presents a diverse perception of the environment within the body of work.
The landscape can prove to be a difficult master, demanding the photographer to align him or herself in accordance with its will. These photographers reflect intensely personal engagements within their relationship to the landscape and its play of light, form, colour, depth, and perspective.
The images do not only present a glimpse of a contemporary Eastern Cape but also document an ever-changing environment as man’s impact becomes more evident. What makes these images even more poignant is the fact that many of these districts have been earmarked for fracking (hydraulic fracturing) to extract shale gas and this will be the last time that they can be seen in such a pristine state.
Text Glenn Meyer
Chaos and Synchronicities Exhibition - The Cape Town Month of Photography Festival
Photography Glenn Meyer
Second and third year photography students from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University photography programme present an exhibition that focuses on beach and street life.
Street photography tends to be ironic, anonymous and distanced from its subject matter and often concentrates on a single moment, caught at a climactic instant. It requires the cultivation of both intuition and fast reflexes, on the part of the photographer, to enable the anticipation of the convergent factors of a significant event and to subsequently be able to extract these synchronicities from the chaos of everyday life.
These images make both the photographer and the viewer reframe their attention to become more aware of their environment and the finer intricacies of the world around us. The exhibition presents small, detailed and intimate works which show a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is happening, and a desire to transcribe it visually as they learn to become observers and commentators of the human condition.
Text Glenn Meyer
Missionvale Documentary Exhibition
Photography Charlene Channon
NMMU photography students spent a few days exploring missionvale township in 2011 and this exhibition showcased the best documentary photographs which were taken.
The Collective NMMU Graduate Exhibition
Photography Wianelle Briers
The Collective is a showcase of young emerging designers featuring Photography, Textiles, Graphic Design, Fashion and Interior Design.
The Cape Landscape Exhibition
Photography Carmelita Cornelius
The photography students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University hosted an exhibition of a beautiful collection of both colour and black and white landscapes taken in and around the Eastern & Western Cape.
Red Location Photographic Documentary Exhbition
Photography Graham Channon
Photography second year students visited Red Location over a period of approximately two weeks - the aim of the project was twofold, firstly to document the lives and daily activities of the residents and secondly to get involved at a student level in creating an awareness and to encourage others to contribute where possible.