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Thomas Haugersveen signed to VU July 8, 2010

Posted by bohdan.warchomij in : Documentary, Edith Cowan University, Norwegian Photographers, Photojournalism , add a comment
Congratulations to Thomas Haugersveen on being signed to Vu Agency in Paris.

A Norwegian photographer born in 1980, Thomas Haugersveen took up photography during his studies at the University of Perth in Australia. He graduated from Edith Cowan University in 2005. He worked for a time at Perth’s Sunday Times newspaper where I first met him.

For his first project, he examined the AIDS epidemic in Saharan Africa, resulting in his « A brave new world » exhibition, which was presented at the « 46664 Mandela » concert in Tromsø, Norway.
Thomas Haugersveen has worked on stories as different as the homeless of Saint Petersburg, the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka, coal pollution in China, Georgian refugees, and most recently, handicapped children in Vietnam.

In 2010, he was named a recipients of the « Norwegian Picture of the Year » award for a report on Georgian looters. His work on young Indian body-builders was recognized with an honor from the PGB Award.

With a unique visual style and signature story telling approach Thomas Haugersveen is a unique voice in photojournalism.

Indian Wrestlers Photo Copyright Thomas Haugersveen
Indian Wrestlers Photo Copyright Thomas Haugersveen

Claire Martin wins Inge Morath Award July 5, 2010

Posted by bohdan.warchomij in : Australian photographers, Documentary, Edith Cowan University, Foto Freo, Photojournalism , add a comment

Photographing marginalised communities has paid off for Perth’s Claire Martin. Her striking photos from the series ‘Slab City’ in the Colorado Desert, California and from ‘The Downtown East Side’ in Vancouver Canada have combined to win her The Inge Morath Award for a female photographer under 30 from the prestigious Magnum Photo Cooperative. Coming on top of last years win in the Sony World Photography Up and Coming Portrait Photographer of the Year Awards and also being chosen as an ‘emerging talent’ by Reportage for Getty Images it is obvious that Claire Martin is striking chords with her photographs and touching us all. Her photos of ‘Slab City’ in the Moore’s Building for Foto Freo were powerful and quite unforgettable.

Claire Martin has recently joined Oculi and is available for assignments.

Photograph of Tony copyright by Claire Martin
Photograph of Tony copyright by Claire Martin

Bangladesh in the Piazza May 7, 2010

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A long awaited collaboration between Photo Media students at Edith Cowan University and the Pathshala: South Asian Media Institute is screening publicly in the Northbridge Piazza from Monday 10th May 2010 from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.  Participating photographers are Jacinta Buick, Olivia Davies, Mahani Del Borrello, Anni Fordham, Emma Gianotti, Alex Hong, Sarah Landro, Rebecca Mansell, Belinda Minogue, Nagvelu Nagabushnam, Deidre Noon, James Simmons, Janina Snowsill, Jacquie Warrwick.                        Norm Leslie Photomedia Coordinater and Duncan Barnes Photo Media Lecturer were instrumental in the organisation of the exchange and this is a great opportunity to share the experiences of these photographers in Bangladesh.                                                                                                                                   piazza_invite textBangladesh in the Piazza

Bangladesh in the Piazza

Photojournalist Students to Bangladesh January 17, 2010

Posted by bohdan.warchomij in : Australian photographers, Bangladesh, Edith Cowan University, Education, Photo Media, Photography Festivals, Photojournalism , add a comment

Bangladesh photography has been in the news recently. The growth of Chobi Mela, a festival of photography in Asia, images of work from Bangladeshi photographers in Andy Levin’s 100 Eyes Magazine, the winning portfolio Living Stone by Bangladeshi photographer Khaled Hasan that was announced as the Centre For Documentary Photography Award Winner have opened up our eyes to the talent and potential within Bangladesh.

The growing connection between the Edith Cowan University Photomedia Faculty and Pathshala, the South East Institute of Photography is an important  link between Austalian and Bangladeshi tertiary institutions and exemplifies the growth of photography in both countries.

Following the success of the initial first link project between the Edith Cowan University Photomedia Faculty and the Pathshala: South East Asian Institute of Photography for the 2008 Summer School, this year, fourteen top ranking ECU Photomedia students are going to Dhaka in Bangladesh from 7 January to 8 February. The ECU students will attend classes and conduct in-field work in collaboration with Pathshala students. New York based Picture Editor Tina Ahrens will supervise the first week of learning before students are sent out to cover their individual projects. The project culminates with an exhibition at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka and there will be another in Perth in April at Spectrum Gallery. At this stage it looks that the focus topic will be the rivers of Bangladesh.

Lecturers Duncan Barnes and Norm Leslie with students heading to Daka, Bangladesh
Lecturers Duncan Barnes and Norm Leslie with students heading to Daka, Bangladesh

Tina Ahrens

Tina Ahrens

Born in Germany. Studied film and photography at London Guildhall University in London, UK. Organised “snap ’n roll” photo exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa, and curated parts of the “Portrait Africa” exhibition at Haus der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany. Worked as a photo editor for GEO magazine in Hamburg since 2000. Travelled extensively in Asia and parts of Africa. She now lives in NYC, working as a photo editor at GEO’s New York office. She is a member of the photography board of the National Geographic AllRoads program.
Was guest photo editor for the new issue of OJO DE PEZ #8 “The fall of nature” (published in October 2006).
www.ojodepez.org