PRESS KIT 2oo8 November 23 - 28, 2oo8 Siem Reap - Cambodia
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The first photography festival to be organized in South-East Asia Le premier festival de photographie d’Asie du Sud-Est
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Created in 2oo5, the Angkor Photography Festival is the first such event to be organized in Southeast Asia. Each year, it presents international and emerging Asian photographers’ works in Siem Reap. For the fourth time, the temples of Angkor will become a hub for concerned photographers from around the world. The strong educational goals of the Angkor Photography Festival set it apart from other photography events. During their stay, famous photographers will tutor free workshops for emerging Asian photographers and the festival will also present its outreach programs for vulnerable people.
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Fondé en 2oo5, le Festival Photo d’Angkor est le premier festival de photographie d’Asie du Sud-Est. Il présente chaque année les travaux de photographes internationaux, ainsi que de photographes régionaux émergents. À l’ombre des temples d’Angkor, il rassemble depuis quatre ans les photographes passionnés par cette région du monde, dans un esprit de créativité et d’échange. Le Festival Photo d’Angkor s’organise autour de stages de formation offerts à de jeunes photographes asiatiques émergents. Cet événement se propose également d’utiliser la photographie pour apporter aide et soutien à des Cambodgiens en difficulté.
Rajasthan: Current Lives © Siddharth Jain
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Free Photo Workshops for young Asian photographers Ateliers photo offerts pour de jeunes photographes asiatiques
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For the fourth consecutive year, the Angkor Photography Festival will host a series of free workshops taught by renowned photographers who have volunteered to tutor 3o young photographers from China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. In this way, the festival has helped recognize talented emerging photographers and encouraged them to participate in other international photography events as well as provide them with important career advice.
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Pour la quatrième année consécutive, le Festival photo d’Angkor accueillera une série d’ateliers photo encadrés par des photographes de renom. Les 3o jeunes photographes asiatiques attendus pour 2oo8 sont originaires de Chine, Inde, Bengladesh, Birmanie, Thaïlande, Laos, Cambodge, Sri Lanka ou encore les Philippines. À travers ces ateliers, le Festival Photo d’Angkor souhaite encourager la carrière de ces jeunes photographes émergents et la diffusion de leurs travaux dans différents événements photographiques internationaux.
Workshops Schedule / Déroulement des ateliers Co-ordinator of workshops: Roland Neveu / OnAsia & Asia Horizons Books Atelier 1 : « Photojournalism » Jean Chung / WpN & David Hogsholt / Reportage by Getty Images Atelier 2 : « Photojournalism » Patrick de Noirmont & Olivier Nilsson / OnAsia Atelier 3 : « Arty and documentary » Antoine d’Agata / Magnum Photos & AK Kimoto Atelier 4 : « Corporate » Vincent Soyez & Laurent Zylbermann Children of Black Dust, Bangladesh © Shehzad Noorani
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2oo8 program >
After a focus on Asia in 2oo7, the festival’s 2oo8 program presents works photographed around the world. This is consistent with the festival’s mission of highlighting emerging Southeast Asian photographers. The program includes six evenings of outdoor screenings and four exhibitions in different locations in Siem Reap, curated by the festival as well as by two internationally renowned photography editors, Sujong Song and Christian Caujolle. For the fourth time, the Angkor Photography Festival will host Free Photo Workshops organized for 3o young Asian photographers, as well as a special day for the Anjali Children’s project in a pagoda.
> Après un arrêt sur l’Asie en 2oo7, la programmation 2oo8 du festival présente des projections de sujets internationaux tout en affirmant sa principale mission : la découverte de photographes émergents en Asie du sud-est. Le programme comporte 6 soirées de projections extérieures et 4 expositions dans différents lieux de Siem Reap sélectionnés par le festival, Sujong Song et Christian Caujolle, deux commissaires de renommée internationale. Pour la 4ème année consécutive le festival accueille une série d’ateliers photo offerts à 3o jeunes photographes asiatiques ainsi qu’une journée spéciale dédiée aux enfants du centre Anjali au sein d’une pagode.
Festival Schedule / programme du festival > Sunday November 23rd 8pm Opening evening at the FCC - Carte blanche Christian Caujolle Christian Caujolle created the photo agency VU in 1986. He has curated numerous international exhibitions and published monographs on a wide range of photographers. Christian Caujolle fonde l’Agence Vu en 1986. Il est Commissaire d’Exposition pour de nombreux événements photo internationaux et auteur de nombreuses monographies de photographes reconnus.
- Acoustic Concert by «Juram» from the Philippines
White Sea Black Sea © Jens Olof Lasthein
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> Monday November 24th 6pm Exhibit opening at the Mc Dermott Gallery - Sohrab Hura > Life is Elsewhere, India - Munem Wasif / Agence VU > Rohingya Refugees - Illegal Immigrants from Myanmar, Bangladesh - James Whitlow Delano > Burma: A Flameless Inferno 8.3opm Festival program of slideshows at the FCC + Images of the year : AFP Asia
© Munem Wasif / Agence VU 1opm Party at the Laundry Bar
> Tuesday November 25th 6pm Exhibit opening at the CCF : French Cultural Center Siddharth Jain > Rajasthan : Current Lives 8.3opm Festival program of slideshows at the FCC
The Kenyan Crisis © Anne Holmes
> Wednesday November 26th 8pm Angkor National Museum Award Ceremony: Images to Stop Tuberculosis Photo Award The photo award aims to build a collection of outstanding photos depicting tuberculosis to raise awareness among the general public. The photo award is organized by the World Health Organization’s Stop TB Partnership in collaboration with the Angkor Photography Festival, COLORS, and the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership. 9pm Festival program of slideshows
Tibetan Protests © Brian Sokol
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> Thursday November 27th 4pm Special day for the Anjali children’s project at Wat Athvea Pagoda - Launch of Luis Figo’s Comic Book on Tuberculosis (Khmer version) by Stop TB Partnership - 9 slideshows selected for the children - 1 exhibition : Children around the world / Eyedea - Making of Children Photo Workshops - Floating lanterns show
© Palani Mohan / Reportage by Getty images
Donations : http://www.justgiving.com/anjali-house / www.anjali-house.com 8pm Photo Award to/by the public In partnership with Apsara TV
> Friday November 28th 6pm Farewell evening at the FCC - Carte blanche Sujong Song Sujong Song started her career with GEO Korea in 1996. She regularly works for a wide range of fields including publishing, editing, and organization of exhibitions. Sujong Song débute sa carrière chez Geo Corée en 1996. Elle travaille régulièrement dans les domaines de la publication, édition et organisation d’expositions.
Sea Gypsies © Jong-Woo Park /OnAsia
- Results of free photo workshops organized for 3o young Asian Photographers - Paris Match Award for the best reportage produced during the workshops - DJ Glazer from Sweden
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Selection
About 7o photographers presented Autour de 7o photographes présentés Abir Abdullah / EPA > Climate refugees in Bangladesh Adou > Samalada, China Noriyuki Aida > Dying Sea Celine Anaya Gautier / Picturetank > Slaves in Paradise Gerald Assouline > Night Zigzags, Eastern Europe Patrick Aventurier / Gamma / Eyedea > Oil Slaves, Indonesia Will Baxter / WpN > Zimbabwe : Diary of Violence Andrew Biraj > Bahini Ben Bohane > Spirit and War in Melanesia Samuel Bollendorff / Œil Public > The Mekong’s Robbery Susetta Bozzi > Child Thai Boxing Shauna © Sean Lee Paula Bronstein / Getty Images > The Changing face of Tibet Juan-Manuel Castro Prieto / Agence VU > The Way to the Sun, Peru Jean Chung / WpN > A Deadly Earthquake in China > Bodybuilding in Afghanistan Tim Clayton > The Extraordinaries Land Divers of Pentecost Jill Coulon > Sumo, Japan Franck Crusiaux / Gamma / Eyedea > Le Cirque du Soleil Enrico Dagnino / 2e Bureau > Aids in Majengo, Nairobi Scott Dalton / WpN > Colombia Coca William Daniels > The Bad Air Denis Darzacq / Agence VU > Hyper , France Xavier Desmier / Rapho / Eyedea > Underwater Life Gilles Favier / Agence VU > Majorettes The Americans © Gauri Gill Balazs Gardi / VII Network > Eastern European Gypsies Ashley Gilbertson / Cosmos > Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: Chronicle of the Iraq War Gauri Gill > The Americans Frank Guerz > Plus âgé de 1o mn Thomas Haley / Sipa Press > Danone Nations Cup Anne Holmes > The Kenyan Crisis Chresten Holst / Reportage by Getty Images > Burma Cyclone Aftermath Jiang Hongjing / China Features > After Earthquake - Handicapped Children, China Sohrab Hura > Life is Elsewhere, India Siddharth Jain > Rajasthan : Current Lives Ryo Kameyama > Kamenge Mental Hospital, Burundi Alain Keler / M.Y.O.P. > Kosovo, February 2oo8, Birth of a New Country Brenda Ann Kenneally > My Neighborhood
> 4th Edition Sailendra Kharel > Long Rugged Road to Republic Todd Krainin > Teens Take Terrorists, Mexican border Joachim Ladefoged / VII > Abu Dhabi, Kuwait Jens Olof Lasthein > White Sea Black Sea Alain Lebacquer / Picturetank > Pekin Underground Sean Lee > Shauna Ehrin Macksey > Leprosy, Vietnam Maximishin / Cosmos > The Last Empire, Russia Life is Elsewhere, India © Sohrab Hura Andrew McConnell / WpN > Days of the Congo Palani Mohan / Reportage by Getty images > Holi colours > Jallikattu - Running of the bulls Indian style Alfonso Moral / Cosmos > Lebanon, between Sea and Fire Christopher Morris / VII > Daily Life in North Korea Suntag Noh > When South Koreans Visit North Korea Shehzad Noorani > Children of Black Dust, Bangladesh Kosuke Okahara / Agence VU > Almost Paradise, Colombian Migrants Meredith O’Shea > Melbourne Jong-Woo Park / OnAsia > Sea Gypsies Trent Parke / Magnum Photos > Coming Soon Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum Photos > Sudan Joao Pina / Cosmos > Cuba at the crossroads Christian Poveda > La Vida Loca, El Salvador Altaf Qadri > Victims of Fake Gunbattles Refuse to be bystander s / Organized and sponsored by Neteast News Willy Ronis / Rapho / Eyedea > Paris Q. Sakamak i > Sri Lanka : War Without End Daniel Silva / Anzenberger > First School day in Quito, Peru Hans Silvester / Rapho / Eyedea > Les habits de la nature, Africa Stephanie Sinclair / VII Network > The Young Women of the Polygamist F.L.D.S. Brian Sokol > Tibetan Protests Nam-hun Sung > The Lotus Pond, East Tibet Scott Thode > Venus Williams, USA Shehab Uddin / Drik / Concern > Amrao Manush : The Pavement Dwellers, Bangladesh Laurent Van der Stockt / Gamma / Eyedea > US Troops in Iraq Munem Wasif / Agence VU > Rohingya Refugees – Illegal Immigrants from Myanmar , Bangladesh Li Wei > The Earth, Mongolia James Whitlow Delano > Burma: A Flameless Inferno Tom Williams > Mexico City Zalmai > Promises and lies
Climate refugees in Bangladesh © Abir Abdullah / EPA
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