Photographers from South Africa and Kenya won prestigious awards at 4th Photoafrica contest, which took place within 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa.

Photographers from South Africa and Kenya won prestigious awards at 4th Photoafrica contest, which took place within 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa.

TARIFA, June 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ --

Photographers from South Africa and Kenya won prestigious awards at 4th Photoafrica contest, which took place within 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa.

? 1st place award, endowed with ?1,500, won Jessica MacLeod from South Africa with the photograph titled ?You see a shack, I see my house?.

? 2nd place award, endowed with ?1,000, won James Muriuki from Kenya with the photograph titled ?44?.

? 3rd place award, endowed with ?500, won the winner of 3rd Photoafrica Mimi Cherono from Kenya with the photograph titled ?Khusi and the Giraffes?.

The topic of this year Photoafrica was ?Urban Space? of African cities seen through the photographers eyes. There were 25 photographers from 11 African countries competing with their works in finale of this year Photoafrica contest. The exhibiton of altogether 27 large format photographs from this year finale was inaugurated and is installed outdoors in Tarifa and after the end of the festival will be travelling the whole year through Spanish and African cities.

Source: 8th African Film Festival of Tarifa

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