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Jessica Dimmock VII talking about her film work with Josh Siegal Associate Director of films at MoMA April 28, 2015

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Jessica Dimmock talks to Josh Siegel, Associate Curator of films at MoMA, about practical tips on filmmaking as well as insights on breaking into the independent movie scene. This is an amazing interview with a talented photographer. Much to be learnt from Jessica’s views on filmmaking. She talks about her documentary Ninth Floor, an account of the world of heroin addicts living in the Flatiron District of Manhattan  and a fictional film called ‘Without’ written by Mark Jackson.

The Visual Journey Seminars, a series of five online seminars in which VII photographers share the secrets of their expansion into new areas of creative and commercial success were produced by Blue Barn Pictures and sponsored by Canon and the EOS-1D X.

 

 

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Arthur Bondar at VII Mentor Program. Donald Weber will be his mentor. Congratulations. March 27, 2014

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ARTHUR BONDAR
Ukraine
Arthur Bondar was born in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine and later studied at the National Linguistic University. In 2000 he moved to Kiev and earned his Bachelor’s degree in English philology. He held nearly 20 different jobs before he found his way to photography, which he studied at New York University.

Arthur is now a freelancer and shoots his own documentary projects. He has participated in the Eddie Adams Workshop and NOOR-Nikon Masterclass. Arthur has received numerous awards including the Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund, The Documentary Project Fund, National Geographic Grant, and Best Photographer of the Year in Ukraine. His work has been exhibited in the U.S., Canada, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine.

He is currently based in Moscow, Russia.

VII dissolves VII Network June 13, 2011

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VII Photo has confirmed that its Network of non-member photographers will close down in October 2011, three years and a half after it was launched. The current Network photographers have been asked to re-apply for membership to the VII Photo agency.

Currently, the Network represents Lynsey Addario, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Eric Bouvet, Andrea Bruce, Stefano De Luigi, Jessica Dimmock, Tivadar Domaniczky, Adam Ferguson, Ziyah Gafic, Ashley Gilbertson, Benedicte Kurzen, Seamus Murphy, Maciek Nabrdalik, Tomas van Houtryve, Donald Weber and Venetia Dearden.

In a statement, the agency says: “VII will enlarge its core membership giving all members equal access to the agency’s services and offering clients full-service support for all photographers on the VII roster.”

Apparently VII Photo took the decision to dissolve the VII Network after it became concerned that the two entities created confusion among clients and the general public. It remains unclear whether all current Network photographers will become part of VII Photo in October.

In a statement, Ron Haviv, one of VII Photo’s founders, says: “In the three and a half years since the VII Network was initiated we have been delighted and inspired by the energy and quality of work from our new colleagues. This year marks the tenth anniversary of VII’s formation and it is a perfect time to fully embrace a new generation of curious and enterprising VII photographers who will help us steer the agency into the future.”

VII has also done a deal with Corbis who will handle distribution of the VII archive, which includes the images of the VII Mentor Group.


Ukrainian Rations October 7, 2010

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Ukrainian Officers Military Ration Photo Ashley Gilbertson VII Agency
Ukrainian Officers Military Ration Photo Ashley Gilbertson VII Agency

Ashley Gilbertson  (born 22 January 1978) is an award-winning photographer best known for his images of the Iraq war. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he started his career at thirteen taking pictures of skateboarders.[1] After graduating secondary school, he was mentored by Filipino photographer Emmanuel Santos,[1] and later Masao Endo in the Japanese highlands.While he was based in Australia, Gilbertson worked on socially driven photo essays ranging from drug addiction in Melbourne to war zones in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. In 1999 he photographed Kosovar refugees who had been granted temporary safe haven in Australia. For the next three years Gilbertson’s work focused on various refugee problems across the globe.[2]

In March 2009, he became a member of the VII Photo Agency‘s VII Network.

The following has been written  on the VII website about the photos: “Early in the war in Afghanistan, among the international troops who mingle at Bagram Air Base, a single French combat ration (cassoulet, perhaps, with deer pâté and nougat) could be traded for at least five American Meals Ready to Eat, better known as M.R.E.’s.

Recently though, the barter values have changed.

A fellow journalist who just got back from an embed with the French told me that today they look forward to visiting the Americans for a meal. American rations — hamburgers, chili, peanut butter, candy — they say, are “fun.”

Each year, among the countries with troops in Afghanistan — the current number is 47 — tens of millions of dollars are spent researching how to fit the most calories, nutrition and either comfort or fun into a small, light package. The menus and accompaniments are intended not just to nourish but also to remind the soldier of home. Some include branded comfort foods — Australians get a dark-brown spreadable yeast-paste treat called Vegemite, for example — while others get national staples like liverwurst (Germany), or lamb curry (arguably Britain’s new national dish). ”

I am in Kyiv, Ukraine eating Ukrainian food  at excellent restaurants  scattered through the capital city while on a personal project here and noticed that Ashley has photographed Ukrainian officer rations. Uncertain about their content I have posted the images as enigmatic puzzles. Are they images of varenyky, salo and garlic, salted herrings or cabbage rolls?

Ukrainian Officers Military Ration Photo Ashley Gilbertson VII Agency
Ukrainian Officers Military Ration Photo Ashley Gilbertson VII Agency

Ukrainian Officers Military Ration Photo Ashley Gilbertson VII Agency
Ukrainian Officers Military Ration Photo Ashley Gilbertson VII Agency

100 Photos: Alexandre and Pierre Boulat September 10, 2010

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David Duncan Douglas

David Duncan Douglas Photo Bohdan Warchomij

A queue outside Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts Photo Bohdan Warchomij

A queue outside Petit Palais Musee des Beaux Arts Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Photos Pierre Boulat

Photos Pierre Boulat

Alexandra Boulat, an award-winning photographer known for a clear style and  for emotionally moving images of people affected by war, died three years ago in Paris. On Wednesday night the Petit Palais Musee des Baux Arts de la Ville des Beaux Arts paid tribute to her and her photojournalist father Pierre Boulat with the show 100 Photos.  Attended by a reverent mass of supporters and luminaries the show, deep within a crypt like room in the Petit Palais brought together Gary Knight, the legendary photojournalist who with Alexandre and five other photographers started the VII Agency which dedicated itself to documenting conflict. David Douglas Duncan was there also,

Ms. Boulat’s work appeared in many publications, including National Geographic, Time, Newsweek and Paris-Match. During the 1990s, she photographed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

Before the current war with Iraq, she was in Baghdad for National Geographic and looked at the lives of affluent people at a time when most photographers were interested in showing  misery.

She published two books, “Paris” and “Éclats de Guerre,” both in 2002.

Alexandra Boulat was born in Paris in 1962. Her father, Pierre Boulat, was a photographer for Life magazine for many years, and Ms. Boulat began as his assistant. Her mother, Annie, founded the Cosmos photography agency, based in France. The younger Ms. Boulat studied graphic art and art history and worked as a painter before turning to photojournalism in 1989, when she joined Sipa Press, a French photography agency.

For most of her last two years, she lived in the West Bank city of Ramallah. American Photo magazine in 2005 said that her photographs of Arab women “reveal cultures more diverse than many Americans imagine.”

The 100 photos exhibition is a powerful tribute to two great photographers and not to be missed. Beautifully lit, powerfully curated, with a wonderful catelogue from Reporters Without Borders it is the best show in Paris,

Photos Alexandra Boulet

Photos Alexandra Boulet

Alexandre Boulet

Alexandre Boulet