Some of the current photographers and staff of the Market Photo Workshop.
The historic Market Photo Workshop, which has produced a number of successful black photographers, has received an international nod.
The Newtown-based, Johannesburg, institution won the Principal Prince Claus Award on Thursday morning in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The award honours outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development and is presented annually to individuals, groups and organisations whose cultural actions have a positive impact on the development of their societies.
The institution has produced photographers like Zanele Muholi, Jodi Bieber and Sabelo Mlangeni, among others.
Founded in 1989 by late legendary photographer David Goldblatt, the Market Photo Workshop instills and promotes the ideals of socially committed photography.
It was the first South African institution to provide photographic training, equipment and support to black South African photographers during the apartheid era, giving huge impetus to the visual expression of black perspectives on local realities, exposing discrimination, injustices and oppression in powerful images.
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