Upplause Consulting, a marketing consulting firm, has launched a three-day photography festival aimed at expanding opportunities for photographers across the country to showcase their works.
The festival, named the Lenscape Photography Festival, will take place in Accra from Thursday (December 4) to Saturday (December 6).
The Festival Director, Salomey Gyamfi, said the festival was a major cultural intervention that would deepen creative literacy and connect young photographers to professional networks.
“Lenscape is a dynamic new platform dedicated to expanding the visibility, discourse and critical engagement around photography in Ghana and Africa,” she said.
Mrs Gyamfi also described the initiative as a response to gaps within Ghana’s visual arts space, providing the platform for learning experiences to support photographers at different stages of their practice.
Widen
“Our mission is to widen the frame through which photographic work in Ghana is seen, understood and valued, championing bold storytelling and igniting dialogue on the role of photography in shaping our society,” she added.
She also explained that the festival formed part of a broader cultural agenda driven by Upplause Consulting to support creative ecosystems through partnerships, education and community programmes.
Mrs Gyamfi also said they expected the event to ignite dialogue, elevate emerging talent and strengthen the cultural value of photography across Ghana and the continent.
Agenda
The festival programme will include an inaugural exhibition, workshops for students and professionals and panel conversations on visual storytelling and civic engagement.
It will also have a ‘photo walk’ through South La designed to help participants explore narrative possibilities within lived spaces.
The festival will also introduce two major competitions to open professional pathways for young visual artists.
The IPMC x Lenscape Challenge will target emerging storytellers and will draw strength from IPMC’s GHS 800,000 scholarship package for students who will enrol in creative and visual arts courses in 2026.
The Woodin Creative Challenge will invite photographers and digital artists to create standout images that will be transformed into a limited-edition T-shirt collection in 2026.
Looking ahead
Mrs Gyamfi expressed hope that the event would be the start of a long-term network that would nurture future generations of photographers.
She said many practitioners had already embraced the vision, connecting to it once they understood what Lenscape represented.
“We have an ambition to extend beyond the country. We are starting in Accra but the goal is to explore Africa and even beyond,” she said.
