Egypt is Not Just Cairo - Photography exhibition

Launch: 7.30pm, Sun 14th March
Exhibit: 15-18th March, 10am-6pm
Screening of "War Photographer" : 7.30pm, Mon 15th March

Contemporary Image Collective presents an exhibit of winning photographs from a series of workshops and a photojournalism competition run for photographers from Alexandria, Aswan and Minya. The workshops were run as part of the USAID funded Media Development Program (MDP), addressing the need for training and recognition of photographers working outside of Cairo.

The workshops have culminated in a juried photo competition. MDP received over 600 submissions from almost 50 photographers and a diverse jury of internationally recognised photojournalists chose the winners in 3 categories.

Photographers: Abdel Massih Awni Abdel Massih, Ahmed Shawky, Amgad Fouad Gerges, Esmat Tawfik, Fatma Said Abdel Fattah, Hazem Adel Gouda, Heba Allah Zakaria Abou Hadid, Islam Mohamed Fahmy, Laila Khalil, Mahmoud Abou Zaid, Malak Younan Aziz, Mohamed El-Boushy, Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel Karim, Mostafa Mohamed Hassan, Noha Yousry Abdel Hamid, Tarek El-Faramawy, Tarek Hussein.

The images will also be published in a book entitled Egypt is not just Cairo: Photojournalism from Alexandria, Minya and Aswan.

About PHOTOWEEK
The Local Photo Contest is part of a larger MDP event, PHOTOWEEK, taking place between March 14-18, 2010, in Cairo at MDP-partner media training centres such as Al-Ahram, Akhbar Al Youm, Cairo University, the Supreme Press Council, the Middle East News Agency, and the Press Syndicate. Screening of War Photographer: 7.30pm, Mon 15th March
To accompany PHOTOWEEK, CIC will screen "War Photographer" (dir. Christian Frei, 2001) which deals with the issues and challenges facing a photojournalist in the war situation. The screening will be followed by a discussion on issues arising from the film.

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Monira 11461, Cairo, Egypt
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