Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant – 12th September 2011. We are very happy to announce the five finalists of the inaugural Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant. Selected by our jury panel from submissions received from all over Asia, these five finalists will have their work showcased at this year’s 7th Angkor Photo Festival, which is held from November 19 to 26, 2011, in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Photo Essay: Love Birds – Rebel Lovers In India, by Marco Gualazzini
Established in 2010, Love Commandos is a Delhi-based organization providing moral and material support to young couples in trouble for breaking the cast system.
The new IPA Online Store & Street Ph t graphy Asia T-shirts Giveaway.
As some of you may know, we recently launched the official IPA Online Store, where you may purchase some of our stuff. Currently available at the store are our Street Ph t graphy Asia T-shirts and Sunny 16 Dog Tags. We hope to have more in the near future, including photography prints from select photographers. Purchasing from our store will help us grow IPA and support our efforts to promote photography in Asia. To mark the opening of our store and to thank our followers for their support, we’re giving away a couple of original Street Ph t graphy Asia …
Short Film: Shadowing Presidents
A short documentary film featuring the photographers of The Straits Time Picture Desk as they shadowed the four candidates vying to be president during the fourth Singapore Presidential Elections in 2011.
Chungking Mansions, by Nana Chen
Squatting amid the luxury hotels and malls of modern Kowloon is a dilapidated structure resembling a dirty vent of a giant subterranean machine. This is Chungking Mansions.
Video: Liu Bolin, Invisible Photographer/Artist
Liu Bolin the invisible artist/photographer from China produces quite amazing photographs. Now you see him, now you don’t, Bolin spends about 10 hours shooting each photograph where he paints himself with the aid of assistants to blend into his landscape environment. Here are a few videos of Bolin and his work.
Photo Essay: Against All Odds, by Andri Tambunan
Papua is the largest province in Indonesia and it’s home to approximately 1% of Indonesia’s population. However, approximately 40% of all HIV/AIDS cases in Indonesia are located in Papua.
Photo Essay: Insha’Allah – Pakistan’s Christian Minority, by Marco Gualazzini
In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Christians represent 2.5% of the population – a minority living in a climate of tension and repression due to the institution of Sharia. Social segregation forces them to the most humble of work.
Short Film: Sean Lee: Homework – Strangers in the Family
A short documentary film on photographer Sean Lee and his latest award-winning Homework photographs featuring portraits of his family. We step into the Lee household for an intimate glimpse of the Lee family and how they spend Sundays in Sean’s little HDB bedroom creating his latest set of portrait images titled Strangers. Sean Lee first won the Special Jury Prize in the Angkor Photo Festival in 2007, and was later nominated for the prestigious Prix Découverte in the Les Recontres d’Arles (Arles Photo Festival) in France. He also received a Paul Huf award nomination given out by the Foam Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam. …
Photo Essay: Untitled, by Sheila Zhao
This is a new series of photographs I began taking since the beginning of last year. Last November, I was inspired by the minimalist beauty of black and white photography.
Photo Essay: Never Awake – In the City that Never Sleeps, by Emese Benko
Prostitution and drug addiction are linked in Israel. Most of the prostitutes (estimations vary between 60 % and 90 %) are also drug addicts, mainly to heroine, which is the most common drug in Israel. Some women become prostitutes only to finance their addiction.
Getai Getai, by Bob Lee
This collection documents the scenes, behind the glitz or kitsch (to the younger generation) capturing the preparation, anticipation, excitement, professionalism and emotions of Getai performers, whose fan-base and appeal more than doubles at every Ghost festival.
Photo Essay: Tajen: Between Ritual and Gambling, by Agung Parameswara
Tajen: Between Ritual and Gambling Tajen is the Balinese word for traditional cock fighting on the island of Bali. Two cocks fight each other with sharp side knives called Taji tied to their legs. This is a most popular game for balinese men. In the beginning, Tajen was part of a religious ritual called Tabuh Rah in the Hindu society. Tabuh Rah prescribes the dripping of blood to the earth as a ritual against Bhuta Kala (evil). These days society has changed and Tajen is more a form of entertainment closely related to gambling than a religious activity. Photographer: Agung Parameswara …
Photo Essay: A Solomons Wedding, by Gyaista Sampurno
In the Solomon Islands, when a man wants to marry a girl, he and his family has to buy the bride with shell money, necklaces made from sea shells.
Slow Train Running, by Siddharth Jain
Hoping to do something different I decided to take the longest train journey in India – not only to know more about the nation but also to take it up as a personal challenge.