PhotographyFestivals

Fulton Ryder, the project gallery of Richard Prince and Harper’s Books had a few surprises in store for the opening night crowd at their four day pop-up event held at…

A few Belgian photographers were chosen to exhibit their work for the 10th edition of the Angkor Photo Festival. Marie Sordat and Sébastien Van Malleghem were among them. With the support…

In the past ten years, the Lianzhou Photo Festival has become a key event on the international photography scene. What the city was missing was a museum to match China’s ambition.…

Spectacle and Blindness The theme for this year festival «  Staging Encounters » , ask a combination of the following important questions : where and when does this encounter occur ? Between whom ? What kind…

The theme of this year’s Lianzhou Fotofest is “Staging Encounters,” meaning the comparison and emerging of the creative energies of  photographers. This project offers a portrait of Chinese society.…

Face and PortraitureIn comparaison to grand historical narratives and group representations of « the people », individual portraiture sometimes constitutes a greater visual « pressure », due to its ability to draw even closer…

Memory and Allegory Yang Chen’s « Leave » present a shorter narrative structure. After  the house is emptied, the imprints of former existence remain on blank walls ? The empty walls, absent of objects,…

Poetic Sentiment and poetry It is precisely the poetry of images that provides a rich semantic aura to various spectacles. Within the framework of poetry, imagery becomes important and its value…

The 10th edition of the Angkor Photo Festival & Workshop was a success. A  selection of photographers were on hand , brought together by  Belgian curator Françoise Callier. Some of her…

APFW was founded in 2005 by Jean-Yves Navel and a group of international photographers. Navel has lived in Siem Reap for the past fifteen years. He is now the director of the…