Metro hosts Youth Photographic Exhibition
Ekurhuleni is home to an abundance of talented artists, with no proper platforms or opportunities to expand their artistic knowledge.
In celebration of Youth Month, the City of Ekurhuleni will host the Ekurhuleni Youth Photographic Exhibition, which will open at the Springs Art Gallery, on Saturday, June 21.
The exhibition features specially selected contemporary images by students from the city’s photography project.
Alongside other forms of artistic discipline, photography is a specialised field which requires specific equipment and technical knowledge.
In 2012 the Ekurhuleni Department of Sport Recreation Arts and Culture introduced the photography project in Tembisa, where students are taught the basics of photography.
In 2013, the beginners’ photography classes were rolled out in Duduza, where a group of 15 individual amateur and aspiring photographers, aged between 13 and 35 years, learned how to see the world through the lens.
There are now a total number of 30 students from both areas.
The exhibition will feature the students’ fresh, cutting edge works, inspired by various spaces across Ekurhuleni.
The 59 photographs have been curated in collaboration with the Vaal University of Technology’s Photography Department of Visual Arts and Design.
The exhibition varies in content, and includes various themes relating to our modern day lives.
Members of the public are welcome to visit the Springs Art Gallery, where entrance to the exhibition, which runs until August 30.
The gallery is open on weekdays, from 9am to 4.30pm, and on Saturdays, from 8am to noon.
