Applications for the Casa África XIII Photography Contest Objetivo África in 2023 are currently open.
Public spaces in Africa, community life, and shared environments have the weight of the idiosyncrasies of African communities. These are central and vital spaces for citizenship, they are meeting places for the whole community;
- places for cultural transmission,
- celebration,
- debate,
- making decisions that affect the community,
- places also for trade,
- for the informal economy, 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 mega-cities, these spaces run the risk of disappearing, of not being integrated into the new city models. That is why Casa África considers it necessary and interesting to focus on these spaces of interaction, diversity and integration of communities on the African continent.
Worth of Award
The awards for this 12th edition of Objetivo África are:
- First award: 1000€
- Second award: 500€
- Third award: 300€
Eligibility
- This Contest will reward the photographs that best publicize the positive aspects of the African continent in the field of Public spaces in Africa, this year’s theme.
How to Apply
- Each applicant may participate with a maximum of five (5) photographs to be submitted online through the platform MundoArti.
- The photographs must be sent in JPEG format, with a minimum resolution of 200 dpi and weighing between 1 and 5 MB.
Deadline: April 28, 2023 at 14:00 hours (GMT +0) is the deadline for applications for the Casa África XIII Photography Contest.