Barbara Oteng Gyasi
Photographers in Ghana will, for the first time, have a platform to officially celebrate and honour the contribution of photographers to the development of the country.
Dubbed ‘Grand
Pixels Photography Awards’ the platform will annually identify and publicly reward outstanding
photographers who have contributed to the growth of the country’s photography
industry.
The maiden
edition, which is being organised by Remex Ghana Limited and the Association of Professional Photographers (APPG),
will take place in Accra on December 7, 2019.
One of the country’s veteran photographers, James
Barnor, who is also the first Ghanaian photographer to produce colour photographs,
will be honoured with an award.
Explaining the
rationale behind the awards, the awards coordinator,
Derrick Edwards,
stated in a press statement that the awards ceremony is being organised to create a much needed platform for all
stakeholders in the photography industry to network and share ideas as to how
they can improve as individual entities and also an industry.
As part of the event, educational workshop will be
organised to upgrade the skills of amateur photographers and filmmakers.
Speakers at the workshop will share their knowledge
and experience with amateur photographers and individuals who desire to build a
career in the photography profession.
Mr. Edwards said photography as an art has cultural
dimensions which encompass various aspects of life that reinforces people’s
appreciation of life and promotes a sense of unity and friendship.
He commended the
Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts for its effort to uplift
Ghana’s image through programmes that project the cultural heritage and
historical monuments of Ghana to the rest of the world.
He, however, urged
the ministry to take a critical look at the photography industry and institute
measures that will protect indigenous photography and film works.
“A lot has been
accomplished by our forebears and it’s up to us to protect and sustain the rich
information they’ve gathered through photography,” he said.
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