Cape Town Photography Festival

4-27 September 2025

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The festival enters its third week with an inspiring programme of talks, workshops, panel discussions, live music, and special happenings across Cape Town.
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📸 Roger Ballen at Cape Town Photo Festival 📸
Join us for an illustrated talk by one of the world’s most influential photographic artists.
🗓 Wednesday 10 Sept | 6pm
📍6 Spin Street Gallery, Cape Town
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📍 6 Spin Street Gallery, Cape Town
📅 4–20 Sept 2025
🕒 Mon–Fri (10am–5pm) | Sat (10am–1pm) | Closed Sun
🎉 Opening: Thurs 4 Sept, 6pm
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🌟 Shooting Stars Exhibition 🌟
A bold journey through five decades of music photography – from the 1950s to the early 2000s – featuring iconic images by Rafs Mayet, Jürgen Schadeberg, Guy Tillim, Nicky Newman, Dale Yudelman, Patrick de Mervelec, Ian Bruce Huntley and many more.

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📷 Festival Exhibitions Across Cape Town 📷
The city becomes a gallery this September.
Global voices • Local stories • Emerging talent
4–27 Sept 2025
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✨ Workshops, Open Days & Happenings ✨
Printmaking, open studios, immersive performances & our big city-centre closing projection – don’t miss these Cape Town Photo Festival highlights:
🗓 6–27 Sept | Cape Town
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🎶 Music Talks at CPT Photo Fest 🎶
From marabi to jazz, vinyl revivals to sonic reflections – four unique talks explore the soundtracks of South Africa’s past and present.
🗓 6–18 Sept | 6 Spin Street Gallery
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🚀 Week 1 Talks are here!
Join us at 6 Spin Street Gallery for inspiring sessions:
🗓 Fri 5 Sept – with Suok-Won Yoon & Boris Eldagsen
🗓 Sat 6 Sept – with Prof Peter Glendinning

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FRAIL AND FLOWERING - Exhibition
Margaret Courtney-Clarke (Namibia)
Curated by Virginia MacKenny
Artvark Gallery. 48 Main Road, Kalk Bay
Opening: Thursday 4 September 6pm. Speech by Virginia MacKenny.
Closes: 30 September
Open hours: Mon to Sun (9-5pm)

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In 1970, the Cape Provincial Institute of Architecture commissioned Wissema, then a celebrated photographer, to document the buildings, street life, and people of District Six. This display features a selection of photographs from the Van Kalker Photo Studio Archive (1937–1978)

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DISTRICT SIX : People Lived Here - Exhibition
Jansje Wissema (Holland 1920 - 1975)
Cape Institute for Architecture. 71 Hout Street. Cape Town
Opening: Thursday 4 September 6pm. Speech by Lauren Robinson.
Closes: 27 September
Open Hours: Mon to Fri (8:30–4:30pm) #CapeTown #photo

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UNTIL ALL BIRDS CAN SING: ON BEING QUEER IN SOUTH AFRICA - Exhibition
Moena Weiss (Germany/USA)
YoungBlood Africa Gallery. 70, 72 Bree Street, Cape Town
Opening: Thursday 4 September 6pm. Moena Weiss will be present.

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New solo exhibition by this acclaimed Johannesburg-based artist, and winner of the 2025 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.

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SHIFTING SANDS - Exhibition
Lindokuhle Sobekwa (South Africa)
Curated by Nandi Jakuja
Goodman Gallery. 37 A Somerset Road, De Waterkant
Closes: 4 October
Open hours: Mon – Fri (9-5pm). Sat (9 – 2am). Closed on Sunday.

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In Mauritius, where lineages are fractured by exile, indenture, migration, and silence, heritage is not a straight line.

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THIS WAS MY HOME: MAURITIAN HERITAGE - Exhibition
Audrey Albert, Melisa Madanamootoo, David Rogers, Catherine Li, Laurent de Froberville, and Javed Jeetoo (Mauritius)
Curated by Karen Pang(illustrated) and Meha Desai (Mauritius)(illustrated)

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Alliance Française. 155 Loop Street. Cape Town
Opening: Thursday 4 September 5pm. Curators will be present.
Closes: 28 September
Open hours: Mon – Fri (9:15 am–5:30 pm). Saturday (9 am–1 pm). Closed on Sunday.

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Future Heritage - Exhibition

Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa), Ahn Jun, (South Korea), Koo Gi Jeong (South Korea) & Boris Eldagsen (Germany).

Curated by Suok-Won Yoon (South Korea)