The CAP Prize announced shortlist for 2017

<p class="p1">The following 25 artists were selected by the CAP Prize panel of judges comprising 20 international curators, editors, publishers and artists, from hundreds of applications for the CAP Prize 2017.

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<p class="p1">Five of them have the chance to be awarded with the sixth Prize for Contemporary African Photography to be announced in June 2017.

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Mohamed Altoum – Born in Khartoum, Sudan. Lives in Nairobi, Kenya

‘Sudanese cinema – long years of solitude’

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<p class="p3">Emmanuelle Andrianjafy – Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Lives in Dakar, Senegal

‘A Life by the Sea, 2014-2016’

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Miia Autio – Born in Reisjärvi, Finlad. Lives in Helsinki, Finland.

‘Variation of White, 2015/2016’

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Javier Corso – Born in Barcelona, Spain. Lives in Barcelona, Spain

‘Essence du Bénin, 2015′

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Karim El Maktafi – Born in Desenzano del Garda, Italy. Lives in Brescia, Italy

‘Hayati, 2016’

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Rahima Gambo – Born in London, United Kingdom. Lives in Abuja, Nigeria

‘Education is Forbidden, 2015-2016’

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Matilde Gattoni – Born in Milan, Italy. Lives in Milan, Italy

‘Ocean Rage, 2016′

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Girma Berta – Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

‘Moving Shadows, 2015–2016′

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Eric Gyamfi – Born in Bekwai, Ghana. Lives in Accra, Ghana

‘…Just like us…, 2016’

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Sonia Hamza – Born in Paris, France. Lives in Seine et marne, France

‘Le jeu de cette famille, 2015–2016’

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Laila Hida – Born in Casablanca, Morocco. Lives in Marrakech, Morocco

‘Looking for you, 2014’

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<p class="p3">Lebohang Kganye – Born in Gauteng, South Arfica. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa

‘Ke Lefa Laka, 2013’

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Heba Khalifa – Born in Cairo, Egypt. Lives in Cairo, Egypt

‘Homemade, 2016’

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Francis Kokoroko – Born in Koforidua, Ghana. Lives in Accra, Ghana.

‘Sui Amantes Sine Rivali, 2016’

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Matjaz Krivic – Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia

‘Digging the Future, 2014 – 2015’

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Tsoku Maela – Born in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa

‘Barongwa: I am that I am / Abstract Peaces, 2016’

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Bruno Morais – Born in Rio de Janeiro. Lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

‘Inside Makoko, 2016’

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Adriane Ohanesian – Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. Lives in Nairobi, Kenya

‘The Forgotten Mountains, Darfur, Sudan, 2015’

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Fethi Sahraoui – Born in Hassi R’Mel, Laghouat, Algeria. Lives in Mascara, Algeria.

‘Escaping the Heatwave, 2016’

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Georges Senga – Born in Lumbumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.). Lives in Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

‘Cette maison n’est pas à vendre et à vendre, 2016’

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<p class="p3">Abdo Shanan – Born in Oran, Algeria. Lives in Oran, Algeria

‘Diary:Exile, 2016’

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Mahesh Shantaram – Born in Bangalore, India. Lives in Bangalore, India

‘The African Portraits, 2016’

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<p class="p3">Aron Simeneh – Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

‘The Patriots Story, 2016’

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Douraïd Souissi – Born in Tunis Tunisia. Lives in Tunis, Tunisia

‘Mohamed, Salem, Omrane, Hbib, Hsouna, Alaa, Anouar, Nader, Slim, Ahmed, 2016 – 2017’

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Antoine Tempé – Born in Boulogne Billancourt, France. Lives in Dakar, Senegal

‘The Ruin of Law, Dakar, 2016’

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<p class="p5">Find out more about the artisthere

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