3 - 14 July 2025
Aspire Art is proud to host a fundraising auction in support of the inaugural Cape Town Photography Festival.
IN PICTURE is now live and open for online bidding until 14 July 2025. Proceeds from the sale will contribute to the festival’s programming and outreach initiatives, helping to foster a dynamic and inclusive photographic culture. The first edition of the Cape Town Photography Festival will explore the multifaceted concept of heritage through photography, offering a platform to engage with visual narratives from local, national, and international perspectives. The festival will take place from 4-27 September 2025 and will include exhibitions, talks, educational workshops, masterclasses and portfolio reviews. Events will be presented at various museums, art galleries and community centres located across the city centre, as well as venues in Simonstown, Bellville and Stellenbosch.
The collection includes celebrated artists including David Goldblatt, Daniel Naudé and Guy Tillim as well as highly regarded photo-journalists such as Dewald Aukema, Sam Reinders, John Hogg, Rafs Mayet and Guy Neveling, amongst others. Photographers such as these do not traditionally work within the commercial gallery and auction arena, and the sale thus provides a rare opportunity for collectors to add important works to their collections.
IN PICTURE is a fundraising auction and collectors will not be charged any buyer’s premium.
Lot 1 - Omar Badsha (South Africa 1945-) Induna Knonyana (from the Imijondolo series)
Sold for R3,000
Lot 2 - Paul Weinberg (South Africa 1956-) City Centre, Pietermaritzburg, 1986
Sold for R40,000
Lot 3 - T. J. Lemon (South Africa 1959-) Oswenka, Jeppe Hostel Swankers
Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000
Lot 6 - Pierre Crocquet De Rosemond (South Africa 1971-2013) Miriam Makeba, Joy of Jazz
Estimated at R6,000 - R9,000
Lot 7 - Rafs Mayet (South Africa 1955-) Mam' Busi Mhlongo at the Awesome Africa Festival, 2003
Estimated at R5,000 - R7,000
Lot 8 - Guy Tillim (South Africa 1962-) Kampala Road, Kampala
Sold for R60,000
Lot 9 - Peter Glendinning (United States of America 20th Century) Ntando Ngwenya
Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000
Lot 11 - Dale Yudelman (South Africa 1958-) Bus Stop 101 (from TREK series)
Sold for R10,000
Lot 13 - Bettie Coetzee Lambrecht (South Africa 1945-) The Upside Down - Or Is It
Estimated at R3,000 - R6,000
Lot 16 - Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-) Untitled (Aloes)
Sold for R2,000
Lot 17 - Sam Reinders (South Africa 1977-) Nagi, 2016 (From And They Came Running series)
Sold for R7,500
Lot 18 - Lindeka Qampi (South Africa 1969-) Inyanda, North Carolina
Sold for R3,000
Lot 21 - Pieter Badenhorst (South Africa 1969-) Rugby field off N2, Peddie, 2005
Sold for R9,000
Lot 24 - Richard Dobson (South Africa 20th Century) White Horse (Karoo Moon series)
Estimated at R8,000 - R12,000
Lot 25 - Tiaan van Deventer (South Africa 1975-) Skull and Bone, 2023
Sold for R3,800
Lot 26 - Paul Alberts (South Africa 1946-2010) Loubos, Mierdistrik, 1994
Estimated at R20,000 - R30,000
Lot 28 - Jansje Wissema (Holland 1920-1975) Fruitsellers
Sold for R4,000
Lot 30 - Josie Borain (1963-) Self-portrait with Assistant, New York
Sold for R3,000
Lot 34 - Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-) Untitled (Flying) (from a Place of Water series)
Sold for R5,000
Lot 35 - Nicky Newman (South Africa 1986-) Untitled (Jump) (from a Place of Water series)
Sold for R6,000
Lot 36 - Guy Neveling (South Africa 1963-) Untitled (From the Breakwater series)
Sold for R3,000
Lot 37 - Dewald Aukema (South Africa 20th Century) Children of Potisi-Bolivia (sic)
Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000
Lot 38 - Obie Oberholzer (South Africa 1947-) Early Morning Fishermen. Bagamoyo. Tanzania
Sold for R4,600
Lot 40 - Lambro Tsiliyiannis (South Africa 20th Century) Dancer, Lekki Beach, Nigeria
Estimated at R15,000 - R20,000
Lot 43 - Monique Pelser (South Africa 1976-) Soldier 4 (from Conversations with my Father series)
Estimated at R10,000 - R15,000
Lot 44 - St. John Fuller (South Africa 1974-) Vusi, 2015 (from the series 13, Portraits of Artists)
Estimated at R3,000 - R6,000
Lot 45 - St. John Fuller (South Africa 1974-) Zapiro (from the Oracles series)
Estimated at R3,000 - R6,000
Lot 48 - Roger Ballen (United States Of America 1950-) Die Antwoord
Sold for R18,000
