The Contemporary African Photography Prize has announced the 25 projects shortlisted for the CAP Prize 2023. Lamees Saleh and Mohamed Mahdy are among the shortlisted photographers with their final DMJX projects.

Lamees Saleh is nominated for the CAP Prize with her project “Indefinitely”, that documents the lives of the families of kidnapped children through a map. The map’s starting point is forty years ago, with a family still searching for their daughter, leading to other families’ stories following the 2011 revolution and including various reasons for abduction.
Lamees Saleh started the story as her final project during our DEDI/DMJX educational programme in Cairo 2021/22. Photo: Lamees Saleh

In “The Doors Don’t Know Me”, Mohamed Mahdy has combined his own photographs with handwritten letters and private archival material from displaced local residents. Mohamed Mahdy made the story about Tamer as his final Diploma Project at DMJX and added the story to the project. Photo by Mohamed Mahdy and hand written text by Tamer.
The five winners of the CAP Prize will be announced on July, 7 2023 at Podesata Photobook Fair during the opening week of Rencontres Arles.