Digital Photography

In the digital age, photography is transforming and reinventing itself, and now dialogues with new media.
The conference «Photography in the digital age: still image or moving image?» questions the profound mutations of contemporary photographic practice. She explores the boundaries of the traditional image and its expansion into video, interactivity and immersive worlds.

Speakers - artists, researchers and image professionals - question the place of the photographer in a world where digital technologies are redefining notions of the "real" and the "virtual". time, memory and visual storytelling.

Africa and the digital image revolution

This conference is part of the central theme of the Yaoundé PhotoFest: «Africa on the Move».
It highlights how African artists are appropriating technological tools to create new forms of expression and assert a strong visual identity in the global landscape.
Here, the digital image becomes an instrument of cultural reinvention, a means of revisiting African memory and reaffirming the power of the continent's creativity.

A space for reflection, exchange and innovation

The meeting will be hosted by a renowned African photographer, whose work combines photography, digital art and multimedia installation.
The public will be invited to debate, share experiences and reflect on contemporary issues in visual creation.

Between theory and practice, this conference aims to open up new perspectives on the place of digital in today's photography. a space where technology becomes an extension of the collective gaze and memory.