PHOTO-FESTIVALS CELEBRATE THEIR FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN ARLES
Photo-Festivals' project launched last year with the first Crossing Point Residency organised during Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d'Arles.
Naturally, we decided to celebrate one year of activities with a special event which will take place back where it all began, Arles. We organised a private and a public projection at Le Coffee Socks of new works of Photo-Festivals' photographers-in-residence + special guests. More here...
We would like to take advantage of this occasion to warmly thank some special people who have inspired, encouraged, supported and trusted us since the very beginning of our journey:
Louise Clements, Mike Brown and Alfredo Cramerotti from Format/Quad; Johanna Empson from The Photographers' Gallery; Teresa Cisneros-Ledda from Iniva; Camille Plante from Angkor Photo Festival; Marcia Harris from Innovative Enterprise Action; Simon Bainbridge and Olivier Laurent from The British Journal of Photography; Rogelio Villareal from Revista Replicante; David Polonia from Unstru; Iatã Cannabrava from Estudio Madalena; Paul Herrman at RedEye; International Curators Forum; Niamh Murray, Monika Ronher, Leanne Siu Anastasi, Lucie Godeau, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Chloé Devis, Jane Maxwell-Hyslop, Kiki Mazzucchelli, Grace Pattison, Giacomo Furlanetto, Rodrigo Lozano, Maryann Tan, Angela Roman and all ttalented flatmates of the Crossing Point residency.
A very special thanks to the photographers-in-residence Juan-Pablo Echeverri (Colombia), Veejay Villafranca (The Philippines) and Cia de Foto (Brazil) and the UK-based photo collectives ANRA, Documentography, Latitude Photographers and Unseen without whom Photo-Festivals' events wouldn't have taken place.
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| WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED |
>Photo-Festivals has invited Brazilian photo collective Cia de Foto to undertake a residency and to attend the Collectives Encounter which took place during Format09 International Festivals. More here...
Check out Cia de Foto's blog in images.
>Four UK-based photo collectives, ANRA (who lauched their collective), Documentography, Latitude Photographers and Unseen and Cia de Foto showed their collective artwork in the exhibition "Time". They presented their work at Format09 photo market and discussed the concept of photo collective during a panel discussion.
>Yasmina Reggad (Photo-Festivals' director), Cia de Foto and Moo, Photo-Festivals' sponsor were running a competition for the most promising portfolio reviewed during the portfolio reviews sessions organised by the festival on 7th March 2009. Winner of this prize: Diarmait Grogan. More here...
>Photo-Festivals collaborated with The Photographers' Gallery to bring the discussion "The collective as a platform of mobility" to London. More here...
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>Veejay Villafranca attended Visa pour l'Image after receiving The Ian Parry Scholarship 2008. More here...
Check out Veejay's blog in images.
>Juan Pablo Echeverri undertook a week-worth residency during Les Rencontres d'Arles 2008. More here...
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| WHAT THEY ARE DOING |
***JUAN PABLO ECHEVERRI/ first Crossing Point photographer-in-residence during Les Rencontre d’Arles 2008
Juan Pablo received a FONCA grant for the arts to undertake a residency in Mexico during the winter 2008.
He also took part in the X Biennial of La Havana, Cuba in March 2009.
He will be showing new photographic series that will be exhibited in a photography festival in Columbia in August 2009.
In October, he plans to be in Brazil to undertake a residency in Sao Paulo.
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***VEEJAY VILLAFRANCA/ second Crossing Point photographer-in-residence during Visa pour l'Image 2008
Veejay has been very busy since his residency in Perpignan. His essay "Gangs of Baseco" has been exhibited in WOO Bar Gallery (Vilnius, Lithuania September 2008) and at the Penguin Gallery (Manila, The Philippines, October 2008). No Room for Grieving: Aftermath of cyclone Nargis in Myanmar was shown at Oarhouse Bar/Gallery (Manila, The Philippines, November 2008).
Since January 2009, Veejay has been a guest lecturer of the University of the Philippines, the University of Santo Tomas and the De Lasalle University where he talked about photojournalism as a career.
Lately, his work has been published in The Sunday Times Magazine, British Journal of Photography, PDN online, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Business Mirror, Philippine Graphic, IMAGINE, Digital Photographer Philippines, Roam.
Getty Global Assignments in London is non-exclusively representing Veejay for assignments in Asia and he has signed with Melon-Rouge agency in Phnom Pehn in Cambodia for syndication.
Veejay will be in London in August for an exhibition at Getty Images Gallery.
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***CIA DE FOTO/ Brazilian collective-in-residence during the Collectives Encounter in collaboration with Format09 International Photofestivals:
Cia de Foto is currently participating in the long-term project "Laberinto de Miradas" [Labyrinth of Glances] which is touring in Latin America until 2010.
Their work '911', part of the exhibition “Identidades y Fronteras en Iberoamérica” [Identities and Borders in Ibero-America] was exhibited in Miami in March 2009. Cia de Foto, together with Mexican photograpker Maya Goded, also delivered a workshop to Latin American residents in Miami as part of the above project.
Cia de Foto was in Rotterdam in May showing two works as part of Brazil Contemporary show.
They will participate in a collective exhibition and will give 2 days-workshop in Paraty for the Festival Paraty Em Foco.
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***LATITUDE PHOTOGRAPHERS/ UK-based collective participating in the Collectives Encounter in collaboration with Format09 International PhotoFestival
Latitude Photographers launched their first collective book I Always Knew You’d Come Back... It features pictures from the eponym collective artwork created for the exhibition “Time”, as part of the Collectives Encounter during Format09. Click here to preview and purchase the book
The photo collective has been invited to show the film created from the interviews undertaken at the Collectives Encounter.
Latitude Photographers are puting together the show "Opulence – Cause and Effect 2009" to be part of Photomonth in London in October-November 2009.
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***YASMINA REGGAD/ PHOTO-FESTIVALS' DIRECTORYasmina Reggad participated in conferences and discussions about photography festivals throughout the world and photo collectives in Europe during the National Photography Symposium organised by RedEye in Manchester. More here...
She received two bursaries from International Curators Forum in partnership with Tate National and participated in the "Young Curator Workshop" as part of the Sharjah Biennial. The six UK-based selected curators shall meet again with the ones from the Middle East region later this year.
Yasmina has been selected Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs EU programme with Photo-Festivals' project.
Yasmina and Photo-Festivals are now part of Photo-Imaging Network (PIN) programme designed for London based freelance photographers, artists and professionals working within the photographic industry.
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