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Lovemore Meya Arts Correspondent
This year’s winner of the William Over Photographic best series of photographs on the Gwanza Exhibition is Nyaradzo Dhliwayo, who shrugged off stiff competition from 32 other photographers. The event, which took place at the National Art Gallery last Thursday, saw a cosmopolitan crowd thronging the venue.
And for her effort, Dhliwayo walked away with a digital camera while runner-up Tadiwa Kunzekweguta (pictured) received photo papers for his Droplets photographs.
Kunzekweguta could not hide his joy after receiving the prize.
“I am humbly honoured to get a second prize after having been in photography for only eight months. I am motivated and feel I can do more things in life. I think people now can learn to appreciate photography as an art form,” he said.
Speaking at the event commercial equipment and consumable sales manager at William Over Photographic, Gemma Parvin, said her company greatly supports photography industry.
“William Over Photographic has been involved in photographicand consumable supplies since our incorporation in 1984.
“Our aim with our choice of suppliers is to provide the industry with state-of-the-art equipment to maximise the results from the digital and conventional film camera,” said Parvin.
Parvin added that 2013 marks their first year of participation in the Gwanza Exhibition which is supported by the EU and the Culture Fund.
The theme of this year’s Gwanza Exhibition was “4+20 Possibilities”.
Parvin said the photographers who displayed their work at the National Gallery have embraced fully the theme, by looking at the world around them and giving the viewer much food for thought.
“On my viewing of the photos notable artists that stood out for me were Believe Nyakudjara with the ‘Survival Tableau’, Rodney Murungweni ‘Still Life’, Calvin Watson Ofumeli ‘Rural Schools’, Nyaradzo Dhliwayo ‘Possibilities’ and Tadiwa Kunzekweguta ‘Droplets’. I felt that these artists captured the theme beautifully and showed their understanding through their work, making the viewer think about what they were seeing,” she added.
In choosing a winner and a runner-up, they considered many facets, particularly how well the artist embraced the theme and captured it in the images that they chose to display.
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