On stage: nature

Water: misery and delight

Taysir Batniji
Erdal Buldun
Bright Ugochukwu Eke
Lutz/Guggisberg
Mohamed Romène
Sergio Santimano
Benjamin Wild

Sérgio Santimano

1956 born in Lourenço Marques/Maputo, Mosambique
He lives and works in Uppsala and in Maputo

since 1982 journalist for Domingo Newspaper, Grande Reportagem, Revue Noir
1982 – 1983 assistent at Lisbon News Agency
1984 – 1988 AIM (Mozambican New Agency)
1991 – 1993 studies of documentary photography, Stockholm
1993 – 1995 freelance photographer for the UNO und non-governmental organisations
member of the swedish agency Bazaar/Phoenix
founding member of AMF (Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia) in Maputo

solo exhibitions (selection)
2006
Terra incógnita; AMF Maputo, Mocambique
Terra incógnita; Journées photographiques de Bienne, Museum Schwab
Terra incógnita; Frölunda Kulturhus, Göteborg
2003
Trotz alledem... Bilder aus Moçambique; Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt o.t. Main
1999
Cabo Delgado – Uma história fotográfica de África; Galeria AMF, Maputo
Caminhos: The long and winding road. Luisa Macuacua; Galeria AMF, Maputo
Moçambique / India; Fundação Oriente, Pangim, Goa
1997
Muanakadzi; Haus der Kultur, Beira
Arquivo Fotográfico, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Lisbon
1995
índia íntima; Galeria AMF, Maputo

group exhibition (selection)
2004 – 2006
Afrika Remix. Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents;museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Hayward Gallery, London, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Mori Art Museum, Tokio, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2005
Labo Photo; Forum Culturel du Blanc-Mesnil
Iluminando vidas. Fotografia Moçambicana 1950 – 2001, Ricardo Rangel & the next generation; João Ferreira Gallery, Kapstadt, Bensusan Museum and Library of Photography, Museum Africa, Johannesburg
2003 / 2001
Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine, Bamako
2000
Paradise Zero, EVENTA; International Contemporary Art Biennial, Uppsala
Villes capitales d’Afrique; Espace Matisse, Lille