14/07/2021
The African LENS-scape: Photography for Collectors
Aspire X PLP Auction
Timed-Online Auction 20–27 July, 2021
The largest collection of African photography ever to come to auction will be on offer this winter when Aspire Art Auctions puts the work of 68 photographers from 14 African countries under the hammer.
Dubbed The African Photography Auction 2021, the sale will take place Online from 20 to 27 July 2021; presented in partnership with the Photography Legacy Project (PLP), an organisation established to support the digitisation of photographic legacies in https://buff.ly/3kqdPZg from landscape to the interior, gender-based issues to surfing culture and the Covid-19 pandemic – by photographers who continue to practice their craft and flourish despite extreme challenges.
The African Photography Auction, 2021 will build on the success of the first auction dedicated to African photography in 2020, which saw impressive results across the board.
The photographers and archives represented in this exciting collection underscore the vision and spirit of the PLP to continue the digital preservation of our photographic heritage — much of which is perilously endangered — so that African photographic collections and archives may remain on the continent, be accessible and researchable for future generations.
“What’s special about this year’s collaboration is that it is a collection of self-representation.
Essentially, it is Africa by Africans – reflecting a great depth of talent and subject matter from a broad variety of countries on the continent”, comments Paul Weinberg of PLP.
For more information about The African Photography Auction 2021, to bid and buy, visit:
https://buff.ly/3rbnhkP
Exhibition on view at Aspire’s Cape Town gallery, 20–27 July 2021, by appointment:
Aspire Art Auctions
37A Somerset Road
Cape Town
8001
Appointments: +27 21 418 0765 or +27 83 283 7427
*All COVID protocols observed
Bidding opens on 20 July at 9 am
Bids start closing on 27 July from 6pm (lots close in 1-minute intervals)
Sale contact: Jacqui Carney
[email protected] | +27 71 675 2991
Press enquiries: Meagan [email protected] | +27 76 381 9487
PLP (Photography Legacy Project) contact: Paul Weinberg
[email protected] | +27 82 771 1656