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pdfX12 vol.19: URAKAMI by GUILLAUME HERBAUT

2008-08-06T23:47:30Z

PDF bilingual(English-Japanese) journal, pdfX12| photo documentary folio vol.19: URAKAMI by GUILLAUME HERBAUT is just published. JAPAN|URAKAMI – all images and text are copyrighted to photographer GUILLAUME HERBAUT Three days after the first US atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, the US bomber named Bock’s Car was scheduled to drop a second atomic bomb on Japan. That day, the target of Nagasaki was under cloud cover. The city was second on the pilot’s list, and on August 9, 1945, at 11:02 a.m., the sun was shining in Nagasaki. The explosion of the atomic bomb named Fat Man instantly killed approximately 75,000 people. **whole story is only available with PDF format. To subscribe pdfX12, check our website http://reminders-project.org and sign up by your valid email address, we will send you a downloadable link. *Once you signed up before, you are already on the subscriber’s list. All previous issues are anytime available to subscribe. See all here at http://reminders-project.org/pdfx12/english/index.html email to subscribe: pdfX12@gmail.com

Jean Chung works will be exhibited as part of Px3 Human Conditions Award and as one of the finalists in Visa d'Or Daily Press in Perpignan this year!

2008-08-02T08:59:02Z

pdfX12 contributing photographer, Jean Chung's Maternal Mortality (story issued on pdfX12 vol.9) will be exhibited as part of Px3 Human Conditions Award in Brooklyn, New York, from Aug 21 to 31. http://www.farmanigallery.com/human_condition.html Also her latest work on Congo was nominated as one of the finalists in Visa d'Or Daily Press in Perpignan this year. Her works will be exhibited along with other finalists' all over the world representing about 20 + daily newspapers. This is her second year to be exhibited in the Daily Press category. Her Congo story will be issued on pdfX12 upcoming in September. pdfX12's archive to subscribe at http://www.reminders-project.org/pdfx12/english/index.html

Munem Wasif's "Old Dhaka" series on Le"Le Monde 2

2008-07-31T09:20:14Z

pdfX12 contributing photographer, Munem Wasif's "Old Dhaka" series on Le"Le Monde 2" : Dacca vu par Munem Wasif http://www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-2/portfolio/2008/07/25/le-monde-2-dacca-vu-par-munem-wasif_1076275_1004868.html

Munem Wasif received Bangladesh, standing on the edge City of Perpignan Young Reporter’s Award!

2008-07-30T11:27:11Z

Dear pdfX12 subscribers and colleagues We just have a great news from Munem Wasif, pdfX12's contributing photographer for vol.1+11. He has received the "City of Perpignan Young Reporter's Award 2008" at VISA POUR L'IMAGE http://www.visapourlimage.com/exhibition/3450.do. His email is attached below. Thank you! ------ Forwarded Message From: Munem Wasif Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:41:54 +0600 Subject: Bangladesh, standing on the edge City of Perpignan Young Reporter’s Award! I am so thrilled to give you the news that I have selected this year's "City of Perpignan Young Reporter's Award 2008" at VISA POUR L'IMAGE. There will be my exhibition "THE COUVENT SAINTE CLAIRE", at http://www.visapourlimage.com/festival/locations.do from 30 August to 14 September. The exhibition catalog will be published for their 20th anniversary. And Christian Caujolle wrote the preface about it, I am so excited… Here is the a link of my work http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/photographer.php?id=232 Munem Wasif Preface By Christian Caujolle Expressions, hands, faces, presence and pain, tenderness and anxiety, light and encounters, questions and determination as well as a thousand other things run through Munem Wasif's photographs. The way Wasif takes his photographs can be summed up into two ways: people and the frame. He definitely belongs to a humanist tradition, contemporary in content for the attention he gives to people and to the way they live, what they have to endure and all they bear in today's pitiless world, disrupted, torn by drastic climatic changes and economic speculation. A world where speed is queen and profit king inconsiderately leaving on the wayside the rejected that it spawns. It is salutary that an eye such as Wasif's reminds us that these things exist, that there are men, women, children, "little people" like us who have to withstand much more than we do. In photography, the approach and the representation of suffering and exclusion are often entangled in a jumble of good intentions, generous in intention, they call for tearful compassion, with clichéd images that end up making us weary, forever repeating themselves, they end up by anesthetizing our capacity to react. Wassif produces the opposite effect. He makes us question and makes us concerned. This is done with so little and at the same time goes to the essential. We can not doubt his commitment to those he photographs, the excluded, the victims, panic-stricken by a world ruled by the race for profit and blinded by immediate return based on solely commercial value. He puts this world into form, radical in its description, he imposes it and gives it to us to see clearly. This is where the frame comes in. A way of focusing in on the world, to sum it up in a series of specific points of view, classic in their composition, forcing us to see and to perceive their intention. Munem Wasif's frames are clean-cut, precise, almost cold. Without flourish. He asks us to look, to perceive, to take a stand. Therefore to act. Regards, Munem Wasif Photographer www.munemwasif.com <http://www.munemwasif.com> www.driknews.com <http://www.driknews.com> +88-01711855112 http://www.agencevu.com 17, boulevard Henri 4 75004 Paris - France Tel: +33 1 53 01 85 85 Fax: +33 1 53 01 85 80 ------ End of Forwarded Message

Beijing: Earthquake Photo Projection

2008-07-20T23:07:35Z

This is the photo projection night planned at 7.30pm on July 23rd in Beijing, China. pdfX12 will be featuring Shiho Fukada's story coming up August right after the Olympic finished. She's one of the participating photographer for this projection. Her works on Sichuan earthquake be seen at New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/01/world/20080601CHINA_index.html Beijing: Earthquake Photo Projection http://www.beijingbookworm.com/happenings/happenings.htm#sichuan Wednesday 23rd July 7.30pm Sichuan Photo Projection Tickets – 30RMB to charity Details from The Bookworm website below: http://www.beijingbookworm.com/happenings/happenings.htm#sichuan “When the deadly earthquake struck Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008, many dedicated photographers and journalists traveled down to the region to report and document the aftermath of the tragic event. Tonight, a group of internationally acclaimed photographers will project a series of poignant images taken in the days that followed. Combined, these pictures tell the heartfelt stories of the multitudes of people whose lives were affected by China’s worst natural disaster in recent years.” Participating photographers currently include: Oded Balilty David Butow Alan Chin Nelson Ching Chien-Min Chung Adam Dean Shiho Fukada David Gray Ian Teh Tickets cost 30RMB and will be available from Wednesday 16th. All proceeds from the tickets sold for this event will go directly to charity.

WOMEN AND WATER IN MALAWI

2008-07-13T05:19:59Z

pdfX12's contributing photographer Lourdes Segade self-published her book entitled WOMEN AND WATER IN MALAWI. A copy is available through Blurb http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/283579?utm_source=badge&utm;_medium=banner&utm;_content=140x240 WOMEN AND WATER IN MALAWI an ill-suited couple By lourdes segade photomohican A lack of basic access to clean water is obstructing the personal development of many women in Malawi, who are obligated by tradition to spend the day collecting water. Therefore, they cannot attend schools or do other productive activities. They even risk their lives every day fetching water from rivers which are home to killer crocodiles that attack them. In many cases, water becomes a sort of punishment. As they are unable to improve their lives, their self-respect and dignity are in danger. Large Format Landscape 13x11 inches (33x28 cm) 80 pages Published: June 30, 2008

pdfX12 vol.18 Climate Refugees by Abir Abdullah

2008-07-02T12:01:24Z

Nature has never made it easy to live in Bangladesh. Since childhood, I lived with my family right beside a riverbank. We swam in the river, we played and we even relied on the river for transportation. In short, our life had its highs and lows with that of the river. Sometimes, our house flooded during the full moon and we feared being washed away or left floating in the river. Thus we grew up with the river and flooding was very much a part of us. In 1988, I witnessed the biggest flood of the country, one of the largest in Bangladesh history, though I was not a photographer at the time. Since then, I have witnessed the three major floods of the last decade as a photographer and I have seen the stories of the displaced people who eventually lost their homes. Many today live in other lands, and many have been forced to migrate to the cities seeking better prospects. Consequently, the capital fills up with more people every day. SEE ALSO New Stories (World Press Photo publication): http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1227&Itemid=195&bandwidth=high ___ To subscribe pdfX12, check our website http://reminders-project.org and sign up by your valid email address, we will send you a downloadable link on 25th. *Once you signed up before, you are already on the subscriber’s list. All previous issues are anytime available to subscribe. See all here at http://reminders-project.org/pdfx12/english/index.html

News from contributing photographers

2008-06-27T06:34:17Z

------ Forwarded Message From: Jean Chung You can take a look at my new story from the Congo at www.jeanchung.net/violencesexuelle/ Best, Jean ------ Forwarded Message From: Greg Constantine Things have been very busy with me. In May, I was invited to do a one-month visiting fellowship at Oxford Brookes University in the UK. Also, my project on stateless people in Asia called Nowhere People--has received a lot of recognition lately. In March, it received an Award of Merit in the Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards in Hong Kong. Most recently, my photo essay, Citizens of Nowhere, which was published in the International Herald Tribune was named the winner for the Award for Feature Photography in the 2008 Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence (SOPA Awards). It has also been named one of five finalists for the 2007 Harry Chapin Media Awards for Photojournalism (formerly the World Hunger Media Awards). The winner is announced on June 30th, so we'll see what happens. http://amnesty.org.hk/download/hkpa/hrpa_win_list2007.pdf http://www.sopasia.com/awards/2008-winners-a.asp Warmest regards, Greg ------ End of Forwarded Message Moises Saman in Iraq for NYT See A Tale of Three Cities Mosul, Basra, Sadr City in Bagdad. http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/a-tale-of-three-cities/index.html?hp To see their previous contributing story, visit http://reminders-project.org then go English page.

Fun Photography Critique Evening at Rain Dogs[Bangkok], Wednesday, June 25 at 7 PM

2008-06-22T12:57:14Z

Fun Photography Critique Evening at Rain Dogs, Wednesday, June 25 at 7 PM By Photography School Asia, Jonathan Taylor. This is a fun event for people to come and show their pictures for group critique. Or just attend for fun without pictures. The date is Wednesday the 25th of June, hosted at Rain-Dogs. We will start at 7PM but if you want to show your pictures for critique, I will need them set up before hand, 5 to 10 per person. You can either send me the pictures as email attachments: info@jonathantaylor.net Or come in around 6PM so I can set them up. The pictures need to be 100 DPI at around 15 inches in length or height. Save the files as JPEGs please, they load quicker. Best wishes, Jonathan ------ End of Forwarded Message

pdfX12 contributing photographer Munem Wasif Won F25 of FFF award second edition

2008-06-20T01:08:25Z

JURY ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE SECOND "F" AND F25" AWARDS FOR THE CONCERNED PHOTOGRAPHY http://www.fff.ph/ "They are concerned photographers. They take sides. They are people who wanted to show things that had to be corrected.. wanted to show things that had to be appreciated" The Concerned Photographer, Editor Cornell Capa, Grossman 1972 Treviso, Fabrica, June 13th, 2008. 143 entries coming from photographers of 40 different countries were submitted to the Jury of F award, a contest promoted by Fabrica, Research Centre on Communication, Treviso, and Forma, International Center of Photography, Milano. 15 entries were submitted to the F25 award. Chaired by photographer Reza Deghati, the Jury has met at Fabrica, in Treviso, to select the winners and was including the following members: Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor of The New Yorker Enrico Bossan, Editorial Director of Colors magazine Giovanna Calvenzi, Photo Editor of Sportweek, Milan Julien Frydman, Director of Magnum Photos Bureau, Paris Roberto Koch, Director of Contrasto, Rome read more about jury... The recipients of the awards are: F AWARD Leonie Purchas, Great Britain Essay: In the shadow of things "The jury unanimously voted this exceptional work, carried out in compliance with the award rules and regulations which reward an innovative photographic approach, interested in the human condition. By this prestigious prize, the jury therefore encourages the continuation of this rare and courageous testimony. Leonie Purchas chose to take an introspective look at herself through the members of her family. Her images genuinely portray this fair, intimate and harsh story of her close relatives, which can tell the story of the whole human family. Leonie Purchas has started a piece of work, which once completed, may exist through a book, an exhibition, and a film. Through her strong testimony on a part of life, Leonie Purchas will then have written a page of humanity". F25 AWARD Abdul Munem Wasif, Bangladesh Essay: Old Dhaka "With this prize, the jury rewards a journalistic piece of work with a keen sense of photographic composition and a modern visual approach of the movement. The jury hopes that this prize will enable Abdul Munem Wasif to improve his testimony on his universe and the world around him". Abdul Munem Wasif is represented by VU' Agency. A Special Mention has been assigned to: Jonas Bendiksen, Norway, for the essay The places we live, an exceptional essay shot in 4 megalopolis of the eastern and southern world and to Norma Rossetti, Italy, for the essay Scampia.. periferia nord di Napoli (Scampia. Naple's north outskirts). The F award is a creation of Fabrica, the Benetton Research Centre on Communication, based in Treviso, and Forma, International Center of Photography, Milano, a joint initiative of Fondazione Corriere della Sera and Contrasto. The winning F project will receive a contribution of euro 20.000, the possibility of publishing a book and of having an exhibition of the selected work. The F25 winner (for photographers under 25), will be awarded a one year scholarship in Fabrica's Photography Department.