Pamela Tulizo wins Dior Photography Award

Congratulations to Congolese artist Pamela Tulizo @pamelatulizo for winning the third edition of the annual @Dior @diormakeup Photography & Visual Arts Award for Young Talents.⁣⁣
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This year, artists were given a carte blanche to submit photos or videos linked to the theme “Face-to-Face”; to create meaningful, powerful works of art that reflect their spirit of freedom and their hope for the future. ⁣⁣
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The are 14 young artists selected by the jury that will have their work displayed on the Maison Dior and LUMA Arles Instagram accounts, as part of a major online exhibition. Pamela Tulizo was chosen as the overall winner for the 2020 contest. ⁣⁣
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Pamela Tulizo is a documentary photographer and artist based in Goma. Her work focuses on social issues and the different facets of female identity in society. ⁣⁣
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She is motivated and inspired by her own personal story where her family and community did not accept her as a photographer as they believed it was a man’s job. ⁣⁣
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Pamela’s work has been displayed at the Lubumbashi Biennal, and in different projects such as ELLE equals IL Kinshasa. As well as Congo Harlem in New York, and Kinshasa.⁣⁣
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Is it just us or is Bukavu becoming the epicenter of talented Congolese photographers? ⁣⁣
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Source: LVMH // Congo in Conversation // Invisible-borders ⁣⁣
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