The CAP Prize is the international Prize for Contemporary African Photography awarded annually since 2012 to five photographers whose works were created on the African continent, or which engage with the African diaspora.

CAP Prize 2023 | The Panel of Judges

CAP Prize 2023 | The Panel of Judges

The CAP Prize panel of judges comprises international experts from the field of photography and is reformed annually. The CAP Prize 2023 will see these 20 exciting judges.


These fine individuals served as judges for the CAP Prize since 2012:

Tuula Alajoki, curator, Tampere, Finland
Akinbode Akinbiyi, photographer and curator, Berlin, Germany
Shahidul Alam, festival director, Bangladesh
Jenny Altschuler, photographer and mentor, Cape Town, South Africa
Simon Bainbridge, editor, London, UK
Vignes Balasingam, festival director, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Brendon Bell-Roberts, publisher, Cape Town, South Africa
Tobia Bezzola, curator, Paris, France
Stephanie Blomkamp, photographer and publisher, Cape Town, South Africa
Peter DiCampo, photographer, Seattle, USA
Yves Chatap, curator, Paris, France
Joselina Cruz, curator, Manila, Philippines
Françoise Callier, festival director, Angkor, Cambodia
Iatã Cannabrava, photographer and editor, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lucy Contincello, Editor, Paris France
Clara De Tezanos, festival director, Guatemala
Lassana Igo Diarra, curator, Bamako, Mali
Calvin Dondo, artist, Harare, Zimbabwe
Florian Ebner, curator, Essen, Germany
Steven Evans, festival director, Houston, USA
Christine Eyene, curator, London, England
Olfa Feki, curator and festival director, Tunis, Tunisia
John Fleetwood, curator, Johannesburg, South Africa
Benjamin Füglister, artist and founder of CAP, Berlin, Germany
Paul Geraghty, digital curator, Dublin, Ireland
Wassim Ghozlani, artist and curator, Tunis, Tunisia
Ángel Luis González Fernández, festival director, Dublin, Ireland
Yumi Goto, curator, Tokyo, Japan
Katya Guerrero, producer, Manila, Philippines
Nanina Guyer, curator, Zürich, Switzerland
Elda Harrington, curator, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Peter Herrmann, gallery owner, Lomé, Togo
Barbara Hofmann-Johnson, museum director, Braunschweig, Germany
Liz Ikiriko, curator, Toronto, Canada
Franziska Jenni, curator, Basel, Switzerland
David Knaus, curator, Marrakesh, Morocco
Tanya Kiang, museum director, Dublin, Ireland
Ala Kheir, photographer, Khartoum, Sudan
Anna-Alix Koffi, editor, Paris, France
Bohnchang Koo, artist, Seoul, Korea
Ben Krewinkel, photographer and historian, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anna Kućma, director, Kampala, Uganda
Yvon Langué, art director, Marrakesh, Morocco
Shane Lavalette, photographer, Syracuse, USA
Makola Lekgetho, headmaster, Johannesburg, South Africa
Michket Krifa, curator, Paris, France
Missla Libsekal, editor, Vancouver, Canada
Bart Luirink, editor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lesley A. Martin, publisher, New York, USA
Landry Mbassi, curator, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Karen McQuaid, curator, London, UK
Jeanne Mercier, photo critic, Rabat, Morocco
Aida Muluneh, artist and festival director, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Andreas Müller-Pohle, artist and publisher, Berlin, Germany
Moritz Neumüllercurator, Barcelona, Spain
Azu Nwagbogu, festival director, Lagos, Nigeria
Anne Nwakalor, editor, Manchester, England 
Uche Okpa-Iroha, photographer and director, Lagos, Nigeria
Rixon Reed, founder and director, Santa Fe, USA
Jürg Schneider, curator and historian, Basel, Switzerland
Jae-hyun Seok, curator and editor, Seoul, Korea
Laura Sérani, curator, Paris, France
Samuel Sidibe, museum director, Bamako, Mali
Bisi Silva, curator, Lagos, Nigeria
Jennifer Shaw, festival director, New Orleans, USA
Fiona Shields, editor, London, England
Sandra M. Stevenson, editor, New York, USA
Daniel Sosa, director, Montevideo, Uruguay
Dana Whabira, curator, Harare, Zimbabwe
Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator, Houston, USA
Aaron Yeboah Jr., editor, Accra, Ghana
Roger Ballen, artist, Johannesburg, South Africa
Makeda Best, curator, Boston, USA


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CAP Prize 2022 at Photo Book Festival Leipzig

CAP Prize 2022 at Photo Book Festival Leipzig

CAP Prize 2023 | Call for Entries

CAP Prize 2023 | Call for Entries

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