(Above: Val Adamson)
As part of honouring choreographer and arts visionary Jay Pather as the 2021 Legacy Artist, JOMBA! has commissioned another Durban photographer Val Adamson, to offer a digital photographic retrospective exhibition of Pather’s work with Siwela Sonke.
This digital exhibition titled Through The Lens: Val Adamson in Photographic Conversation with Jay Pather, is a collection of over 100 photos that illustrates the connection between Adamson’s evocative and living dance photography and Pather’s dance vision.
Val Adamson has photographed dance in South Africa since 1985, and has staged numerous exhibitions which have toured to arts festivals around the country. Her most recent was presented in the digital edition of JOMBA! in 2020, featuring photography of the festival over 21 years. She has been widely acknowledged for the contribution she has made to the dance world in South Africa, including an award in 2012 from KZN DanceLink and as a “Living Legend” by the eThekwini Municipality for her work in documenting theatre.
Through The Lens: Val Adamson in Photographic Conversation with Jay Pather can be accessed on the JOMBA! website at https://Jomba.ukzn.ac.za from August 24, 2021.
The festival runs from August 24 to September 5, 2021.
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