African Women in Photography

Celebrating the work of African Women & Non-Binary Photographers. #AfricanWomenPhotograph. All images are © to their respective owners.

[African Women in Photography @AFWomenInPhoto]

From aspiring doctor to celebrity photographer: Ejatu Shaw’s journey https://t.co/o0BF9vCou1

[Éternel SONKISTE ✊🏿🌍🇸🇳🇵🇸 @Le_Patriote_221]

Le Secrétariat général de la Biennale de l'Art africaine contemporain lance un appel à candidatures pour l'exposition officielle internationale de sa seizième édition, prévue du 19 Novembre au 19 Décembre 2026 à Dakar.

Cet appel s'adresse aux artistes visuels africains et/ou issus de la diaspora dans l'une des disciplines suivantes :

- Architecture
- Arts numériques
- Design
- Installation
- Mix-média
- Peinture
- Performance
- Photographie
- Sculpture
- Son
- Street-art / Graffiti
- Vidéo-art et animation

Le lien du formulaire ⤵️
https://t.co/nhrjV4boYF

[Betty Tamrat @bettyy_tamrat]

መልካም ፋሲካ

[Jean-Francois Leroy @jf_leroy]

📣Call for entries: Canon Female Photojournalist Grant 2026

This grant has prize money of 8,000 euros funded by Canon, and is awarded to a female photographer to carry out a project as planned.

📆Deadline: May 19, 2026
🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/AD4QVDoPDA

[African Women in Photography @AFWomenInPhoto]

Aïda Muluneh on capturing the UK’s contradictions: ‘It’s hard to imagine there are people going hungry’ https://t.co/XGzAVz6T5p

[Ley Uwera @Ley_Uwera]

« Imani » Series.
Some portraits I made from my project documenting muslims families in refugee camp, eastern Congo.

North Kivu, 2024.

[African Women in Photography @AFWomenInPhoto]

We’re excited to introduce the five artists chosen for the @TheENDFund x African Women in Photography commission. Clockwise from top left, Maheder Haileselassie, Temiloluwa Johnson, Maureen Gathoni, Jodi Windvogel and Amarachi Nnoli.

[Sherie Margaret Ngigi @margaret_ngigi_]

Hey guys as part of Afrotopias Exhibition that I’m currently part of in Poland, I’m delivering an Online Lecture on Storytelling & Memory in African Contemporary Art.

Tomorrow 7:00Pm EAT, find the zoom link below

[ada. @adaezeokaro]

It’s been a heavy time for so many artists mentally, emotionally, and financially. The cost of creating is rising, and sustaining a practice feels harder than ever.
I’m sending love to anyone feeling it. I hope this year brings you ease, opportunities, and the kind of support, emotional and material that helps you keep going.

[Sherie Margaret Ngigi @margaret_ngigi_]

We have an incredible exhibition lined up for you from Monday to 23rd April at the newly opened Spaces Gallery Ethiopia ( Formerly Post Gallery )

[VSCO @vsco]

"My style found me when I stopped chasing perfection and focused on telling honest, emotional stories."

Adaeze (@adaezeokaro) shares her approach to portraiture that inspired the WE5 preset on #VSCO. See more on the @nounproject's Top Photographers List - https://t.co/YDkny0ig6V

[Heather Agyepong @heatha_a]

"I'm doing it for all the other dark skinned women and femmes. It's time for us to shine!" @OlivierAwards @ShiftersPlay @bushtheatre @EleanorLloyd @Chuchu_Nwagu @SFP_London

[African Women in Photography @AFWomenInPhoto]

On View: Striking Portraits by South African Photographer Zanele Muholi at SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia https://t.co/EuyPuSDnAf

[African Women in Photography @AFWomenInPhoto]

Sherie Ngigi: Kenyan photographer immortalising life's fragility through lens and memory @margaret_ngigi_
https://t.co/CeD5eZQN7r

[Sarah Waiswa @LAfrohemien]

This is a great opportunity for continent based African women and nonbinary photographers! Apply!

[Sherie Margaret Ngigi @margaret_ngigi_]

A great great opportunity for African Female photographers🥳

[Uganda Press Photo @UPPAward]

🗣️ Opportunity!! 📣

[Sherie Margaret Ngigi @margaret_ngigi_]

More Installation shots of my series *Forever Is Not Ours* currently part the Afrotope show at The Ethnographic Museum of Warsaw, Poland.

My work is in the company of other pieces of 18 brilliant photographers across the continent. The curators did a phenomenal job putting the exhibition together and even included one 3D version of every artists work so that blind people can get to experience our work. There’s also headphones on the side to narrate the descriptions of the work ( Reference the third shot)

This show was put together by the Krakow photo month team and first launched during the festival July 2024. The curation team is led by Any Muhoro , Malaika Nabila & Witek Orski

The show will be up at the museum until September 14th, watch out for more exciting program updates🚀

You can find more information & pictures from the show on instagram.

[African Women in Photography @AFWomenInPhoto]

We've partnered with @TheENDFund on a new lens-based project that seeks to commission work from African women and nonbinary photographers to create a new body of work that explores the impact of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) on African women & girls https://t.co/vBGgTELXGu