Angkor Photography Festival – Submissions Open
Aug 11th, 2006 by Jinja
Angkor Photography Festival – Submissions Open
The Angkor Photography Festival is now accepting applicants for the 2006 free workshop for young Asian photographers
The second Angkor Photography Festival will be held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from November 25 th to December 1st, 2006. This international event is not just about print exhibitions and outdoor projections by renowned artists and photo-journalists. By offering free workshops for young Asian photographers and developing outreach projects for disenfranchised Cambodian youth, participants contribute their art and their time, demonstrating that photography can change lives.
Based on the professional model of the VII workshops, the Angkor Festival will sponsor free workshops for young (under 30), Asian photographers. Through this program, the Festival aims to develop the skills of emerging photographers so they can better document their own societies and create a photographic network across Asia.
During the week, participants will work on themes of their own choice. Their pictures will be edited and critiqued on a daily basis by their tutors and the resulting photo-essays will be projected publicly alongside those made by the participants of the VII workshop. This will become one of the Festival highlights.
The workshop begins the week before the Festival, on the 20th of November and will last 8 days. Lodging will be provided for the participants. The possibility of contributing towards travel fare will be considered on a case by case basis.
For those interested in applying to the Angkor Photo Festival’s free workshops, please create a free flickr account with a selection of your work, then send us the link, a CV and a short letter of motivation to:
angkorworkshop@gmail.com
Best regards,
Stuart Isett
www.angkorphotofestival.com/
www.flickr.com/people/angkorphotographyfestival/
[from What's On]
(What I find interesting in all this, is the essential role of photo hosting service Flickr in the Festival. 5 years ago uploading digital photos from Siem Reap on a large scale basis would have been unthinkable. Now? Heck, they’ve got Wi-Fi, even.)
