Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA)

OPENPhoto: which of the 5 winners is your favourite

03 May 2012

The competition was based on the theme of the OpenForum - Money, Power and Sex: The Paradox of Unequal Growth - and received entries from across the continent. These were judged by a jury composed of some of the world’s most renowned documentary photographers. Convened by the Pulitzer Prize-winning South African photographer, Greg Marinovich, the jury included Jodi Bieber, Boniface Mwangi, Ricardo Mazalán, Yunghi Kim, David Dare Parker, Munem Wasif and Rankin.

OPENPHOTO - THE RESULTS OF THE 2012 COMPETITION (Click here)

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