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• Korea, Photography

  Bae Bien-U

  10.28.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Bae Bien-U’s large-format photos of pines, mountains, land and seascapes are breathtaking to behold (even on my monitor). The connection Man has with nature is addressed in his works, they represent the artist’s desire to reassert nature’s presence in a society increasingly defined by technological change.

  [all images © Bae Bien-U]
  Check out his website to see […]

• Bangladesh, Documentary, Photography

  More from GMB Akash

  10.27.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Akash is currently in Germany on a Hamburg Foundation/GEO Magazine scholarship for a year. He has been documenting homeless people on the streets since January this year. He was curious why the homeless exist in a country as rich as Germany.

  Akash on his calling:
  Once, when I took a picture of a homeless in Hamburg, I […]

• India, Documentary, Photography

  Atul Loke

  10.25.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Atul Loke is a photojournalist from India. Didn’t manage to find out much about him except that he won an award and a fellowship in 2002. However, he has a website up with some works. Images below are taken from his My Chwal and Aids in India series, both on-going projects that show much potential.

  [all […]

• Cambodia, Events, Exhibitions, Outreach, Competition, Photography

  Angkor Photography Festival

  10.25.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  The third annual Angkor Photography Festival will be held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from the 17 to 28 of November this year.
  From their site:
  The festival brings together well-known and passionate photographers from across the world in a spirit of creativity and sharing. It showcases exhibitions and outdoor projections about Asia by renowned artists and photojournalists, […]

• Bangladesh, Documentary, Photography

  Saiful Huq Omi

  10.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  In 2006, Saiful Huq Omi was given the National Geographic All Roads Photography Project award for his work on the plight of political victims in his home country, Bangladesh.
  On his work:

  My photos prove how utterly shameless our sympathetic eyes are, how oppurtunistic and dominating are our looks! 11 families, 10 disabled men, 10 diamonds!

  [all images […]

• Korea, Contemporary, Photography

  Kim Joon

  10.23.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  In Kim Joon’s works, the human body becomes the canvas. Tattooing is a social taboo in Korea, where it is preconceived to be carried only by criminals and prisoners. However, tattooing is fast becoming popular as the younger generation craves for more individuality. Yet, only qualified medical professionals can perform the procedures and many tattoo […]

• Japan, Photography

  Sato Shintaro

  10.22.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Sato Shintaro’s large format pictures of Japan’s cityscapes at night are pretty interesting. His entire series was shot from emergency exit stairs, of which he says:
  I am fascinated by the power of unconsciousness of townscape when looking down from a little higher point. The town is constructed by the necessity, not for the purpose […]

• Hong Kong, Photography

  Dinu Li

  10.18.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Hong Kong born Dinu emigrated to the UK when he was just a child. Think in Pictures has got the lowdown on Dinu Li’s current exhibition for his The Mother of All Journeys series. The series traces memories of his mother’s move from China to Hong Kong and finally to England.
  From his statement:
  I am interested […]

• Korea, Photography

  Lee Yoon-jean

  10.17.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Lee Yoon-jean’s tightly-cropped images of normal household objects are surrounded with great tension. Schooled at the famous Düsseldorf Academy of Art, she was mentored by Bernd and Hilla Becher, followed by Thomas Ruff. Their influence on her work is evident.
  From Deutsche Börse Group’s site:
  Yoon Jean Lee’s photos are sober and matter of fact; her approach […]

• Blogging

  Addiction

  10.16.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I’m a RSS junkie.
  I’ve lost count of the number of subscriptions that I have accumulated over the years.
  Here’s spreading some of the love:
  Magnum Blog updates with some images by John Vink from Cambodia on the preservation of culture in Cambodia.
  The Moleskine Project makes me feel ashamed of my boring Moleskine (and my apparent lack […]

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