Free entry Seminar: Photography and Africa, with Spanish artist Javier Hirschfeld
Venue: Seminar Room at Fitzwilliam Museum. (Use Courtyard Entrance).
Limited places: 70, so online booking is essential.
Online registration: http://bit.ly/photographyandafrica
We are delighted to welcome Spanish artist Javier Hirschfeld to the 13th Cambridge African Film Festival!
We are very grateful to Key Travel, which has sponsored Hirschfeld’s transport to the festival, and the Fitzwilliam Museum, arguable one of the best locations in Cambridge to host this seminar on African Photography.
About the seminar:
This is a unique opportunity to introduce yourself to the very rich and diverse world of photography in Africa, by looking at the work of Spanish artist Javier Hirschfeld.
No pre-requisites, just book online, as places are limited.
In a one hour and 30 minutes seminar, Hirschfeld will tackle the following aspects on Africa and Photography:
- Cultural and Aesthetic Synchretism
- African Studio Photography
- Inspiring Artists Revisiting the History of Art
About the artist:
Javier Hirschfeld is a Malaga-born artist. His tool is photography and his artistic discourse comes from the cultural and aesthetic syncretism between the Western history of art and the African aesthetics and traditions.
He is also curator and agent of Omar Victor Diop in Spain. Hirschfeld met Diop while shooting Mas Morena. He has worked with the Senegalese photographer for the recent artistic residence in La Termica.
Hirschfeld has lived 8 years in the UK where he has worked as the Picture Editor for the BBC Homepage. He has also studied History of Art in Birbeck University.
