A new record!
Although we believe in quality over quantity, we have to admit we are really happy to have received a record number of submissions this year!
And so, submissions for the 8th Angkor Photo Festival is now officially closed — a big THANK YOU to everyone who sent their work in this year. With over 1,200 submissions from over 65 countries (I’m rounding down the figures just to make it neater), the next two months are going to be rather intensive. If you sent your work in, you’ll be receiving a response from us by the end of July 2012.
We had a nice little meeting with John Novis this morning, who came over to Siem Reap for a couple of days. John is the Head of Photography at Greenpeace International, and he was also on the jury panel for the Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant last year. What were we meeting him about? Well, you’ll just have to stay tuned to find out!
PS: We are still accepting applications for the 8th Angkor Photo Workshops! I know there has been some confusion regarding the two different deadlines for the festival and the workshop — don’t worry if you were planning to apply for the workshops, the deadline is on July 15th.
Angkor Photo Workshops opens for applications!
As promised, the 8th Angkor Photo Workshops opens for applications today!
Head over to the APWS Official Blog for more details and to download the application form.
This year’s workshops will be held concurrently with the festival, from December 1 – 8, 2012.
Applications Deadline: July 15th, 2012
Speaking of deadlines, there are still two weeks left to submit your work for the Angkor Photo Festival. We want to thank the hundreds of photographers who have already sent in their submissions, and for those who haven’t — click here to find out how!
Coming up!
Watch out as the 8th Angkor Photo Workshops will open for applications on May 15th.
The Angkor Photo Workshops are an annual free professional photography workshop for young Asian photographers. Held each year in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 30 specially selected participants will be tutored by international photographers who volunteer their time to be a part of this initiative.
We are really excited to find out who will be joining us this year for the workshops — stay tuned for more news and information on how to apply!
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If you haven’t already done so, there’s still time to get your submissions in for the 8th Angkor Photo Festival. Do it soon – the deadline is coming up on May 31st!
(Link: How to Submit)
We’ve already been overwhelmed by the submissions received so far, but we’re ready for the flurry of entries that always comes in as the deadline approaches!
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We will also soon be updating you about Andri Tambunan’s ongoing project in Indonesia on the under-reported HIV/AIDS epidemic in Papua. Andri was the winner of the inaugural Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant, and his work will be exhibited this year at the 8th Angkor Photo Festival.
Check out some of his work here if you haven’t already seen it!
After discussions with the Reminders Project - our collaborator on the grant – we have all decided to develop the impact of the grant, and will be making the Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant a bi-annual event. We will be opening again for applications in 2013!
April News: Call For Submissions 2012
The 8th Angkor Photo Festival has official launched its Call for Submissions for this year’s festival!
To submit your work for consideration for the 2012 program, please download our Call For Submissions Notice (PDF file).
The submission process is easy and FREE. The deadline for submissions is 31st May, 2012.
We’re looking forward to seeing all your work, and we hope you’re already making plans to be with us in Siem Reap for the festival this year!
Our April Newsletter has also just been launched! (If you’re not already on our newsletter mailing list, sign up here!)
We’re Back!
We hope everyone has had a great start to the year! The team is back and revving to go – and the dates for this year’s festival has been set!
The 8th Angkor Photo Festival will take place from December 1st to 8th, 2012.
We will be launching our call for submissions a little earlier this year, on April 1, 2012.
We will be updating this blog with the latest news. For more information, you can take a look at the festival’s official website: www.angkor-photo.com
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Stay tuned!
Thank You!
And so, we’ve come to the end of the 7th Angkor Photo Festival. A big thank you to everyone who made the past one week absolutely amazing. I think some of us will be needing another week to recover from the one we just had.
At the closing night, we kicked off with a talk and slideshow by Roger Ballen, followed by a screening of the work by this year’s Angkor Photo Workshop participants!
Earlier in the afternoon, a five-member jury panel met up to view the work and to select the winners for the 2011 Photo Prize!
And the winners are….
2nd Runner-Up: Pham Ngoc Lan, Vietnam “Vietnamese Chronicle”
1st Runner-Up: Adli Ghazali, Malaysia “Insha’allah”
Winner: Carrie Lam, Singapore “Cure”
A big congratulations to Carrie – who won for herself a Canon Ixus 1000, a cash prize of 1,500 euros, courtesy of Paris Match, and her work will also be soon published in an issue of Paris Match magazine! Adli went home with a Canon Legria FS305, and Lan won for himself a US$100 book-publishing voucher from Blurb!
We want to thank again all the friends, partners and supporters that made the festival possible. Tomàs, who we only met a few weeks before the festival began, but who became an indispensable part of the team. Kim, who helped us tirelessly every night at the slideshows, Ying Ang and Sheila Zhao (who should both consider becoming professional voice talents) for helping us narrate the slideshow texts every night, all the tutors of the Anjali Photo Workshops and the Angkor Photo Workshops, and of course you — for just having been there with us.
This blog will be closed till submissions open for next year’s festival. (Sign up to receive updates via email on our website!)
Goodbye, and see you in 2012!
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Winner of the Reminders Project Asian Photographer Grant!
A big congratulations to Andri Tambunan, the winner of the inaugural Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant!
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Yumi Goto of the Reminders Project and Francoise Callier, program director of the festival, made the announcement jointly after the slideshow programme last evening.
Andri’s project, “Against All Odds”will be supported with $3000 cash and a voucher from Blurb. The next leg of his project, which he will be embarking on next year, will also be shown at next year’s festival!
His project has already been featured on the Invisible Photographer Asia website — take a look here!
Congratulations once again to Andri — and of course, to all the other finalists and their amazing projects.
It is the last day of the festival, so please do join us tonight at the FCC Angkor for our closing programme. Roger Ballen will be having a slideshow and a short talk, followed by the results of this year’s Angkor Photo Workshops! All the workshop participants will finally be there with us, and I think they are all a little relieved to finally be able to just sit back and relax.
See you soon!
