donderdag, september 07, 2006
Sarah Caron, Rena Affendi en Simon Roberts winnen Getty-beurzen
Getty Images today announced the final three winners of its 2006 Grants for Editorial Photography. Selected from a field of 120 entries from 29 countries, the winners are Sarah Caron from France, Rena Effendi from Azerbaijan and Simon Roberts from England. In addition to $20,000 in funding, each Grant recipient will receive collaborative editorial support from Getty Images photo editors as they execute their projects. The grants recipients will also be offered a one-year exclusive rights deal with Getty Images where their work could be marketed through www.gettyimages.com worldwide, if they choose. The photographers will always retain copyright of their imagery.
Simon Roberts proposes to use his grant to focus on the war in Chechnya from the perspective of the Russian soldiers and their families. Simon commented: "I am grateful to receive this award, especially at a time when it's becoming increasingly difficult to fund photo essays which tackle this kind of subject matter. The war in Chechnya is currently Europe's longest running conflict and is still one of the most under-reported. I hope that my project will highlight the injustices of the Chechen conflict and the wider issue of a Russian army in crisis."
Rena Effendi plans to use her grant to document lives along the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline -- a multi-million dollar project talked about as part of The New Great Game -- in reference to the political struggle to control the large reserves of oil and gas in the Caucasus. Effendi will focus on the struggle between geo-political interests and the people trapped in between.
Sarah Caron will be using her grant to highlight the martyrdom culture that drives the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades and the way they portray themselves by the image of death. Caron will focus on both the daily life and fight of the 'martyr' and of the local artists who prepare their images for display following their deaths.
Bron: Getty Images.
Simon Roberts proposes to use his grant to focus on the war in Chechnya from the perspective of the Russian soldiers and their families. Simon commented: "I am grateful to receive this award, especially at a time when it's becoming increasingly difficult to fund photo essays which tackle this kind of subject matter. The war in Chechnya is currently Europe's longest running conflict and is still one of the most under-reported. I hope that my project will highlight the injustices of the Chechen conflict and the wider issue of a Russian army in crisis."
Rena Effendi plans to use her grant to document lives along the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline -- a multi-million dollar project talked about as part of The New Great Game -- in reference to the political struggle to control the large reserves of oil and gas in the Caucasus. Effendi will focus on the struggle between geo-political interests and the people trapped in between.
Sarah Caron will be using her grant to highlight the martyrdom culture that drives the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades and the way they portray themselves by the image of death. Caron will focus on both the daily life and fight of the 'martyr' and of the local artists who prepare their images for display following their deaths.
Bron: Getty Images.
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