Team

Director: John Fleetwood
johnf@phototool.co.za

John Fleetwood (b. 1970, Johannesburg) is a photography curator and educator, and director of Photo:.

Fleetwood has curated numerous exhibitions including recently ‘Concurrent’, Aarhus, Denmark, 2021, ‘Five Photographers: A tribute to David Goldblatt’ (Johannesburg, Maputo, Durban, Bamako et al.; 2018-2019); ‘Of traps and tropes’ (Kerkennah, Tunisia; 2018); ‘A Return to Elsewhere’ (Johannesburg, Brighton Photo Biennale; 2014); ‘Transition’ (Johannesburg, Arles; 2012-2013). In 2017, he was guest editor for Aperture’s ‘Platform Africa’ edition.

As educator and strategist, through Photo:, he has facilitated, organised and supported a range of different education interventions, activities and organisations. He convenes the Ernest Cole Award, an award programme for South African photographers. Fleetwood works closely with the Centres of Learning for Photography in Africa and other institutions of education.

More recently, in Oct 21, Fleetwood became the co-Heaf of BA Photography at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK).

From 2002-2015 Fleetwood was the Director of the Market Photo Workshop, a school, gallery and project space.

Fleetwood acts in various capacities in several projects including:

• Chair Hasselblad Award ’24 ‘25

• Chair Foam Paul Huf Award ‘24

• Jury member for the CAP Prize, International Prize for Contemporary African Photography, since 2014 https://www.capprize.com

• Jury member, Pride Photo Award, 2016, 2018 http://www.pridephotoaward.org/en/

Coordinator: Currently vacant
coordinator@phototool.co.za