noor women at tbilisi photo festival 2016

Welcome NOOR photographers at Tbilisi Photo Festival 2016, an annual international photography festival in the Caucasus region. This  year TPF will host NOOR photographers: Alixandra Fazzina, Tanya Habjouqa and Benedicte Kurzen, who will be involved in a series of events dedicated to the special theme "Women in Photography".

ROUND TABLE

A panel discussion will take place on September 19 moderated by Anna Alix Koffi, creator and editor-in-chief of OFF the wall photobook. 

ARAB DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM

On September 20, Tania Habjouqa will present some of the many highlights of the Arab Documentary Program. This training program features the work of twenty Arabic photographers working from Morocco to Somalia.

SPECIAL NIGHT BY NOOR'S FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHERS

September 21 TPF participants will have an opportunity to attend “Special Night by Noor Women”, featuring an open air screening of the photographers’ work at Fabrika.

WORKSHOP WITH ALIXANDRA FAZZINA

Under the framework of Tbilisi Photo Festival Alixandra Fazzina will lead 4-day intense workshop for emerging female photographers from Georgia. The workshop will take place on September 21-24.

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upcoming workshop in amsterdam: noor & the fotofactory

NOOR and the FOTOfactory are pleased to announce an upcoming workshop in documentary photography to be taught by NOOR photographers Alixandra Fazzina (UK) and Sebastián Liste (ES) at the FOTOfactory in Amsterdam from 24 to 27 November 2016.

We’re excited to team up with each other to bring NOOR’s teaching photographers to the FOTOfactory’s canal-side education center in Amsterdam’s Jordaan district.

The intimate and rigorous four-day program will focus on documentary photography. Award-winning photographers, Alixandra and Sebastián will share their practices, passions and expertise to guide participants, but also to push them to think differently about their work. Participants are encouraged to engage, share, question and debate.

Alixandra Fazzina (UK, 1974) is a photographer whose work focuses on under-reported conflicts and the often forgotten humanitarian consequences of war. Studying Fine Art, she began her career as a war artist in Bosnia. Since then, she has worked independently as a photojournalist throughout Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. In 2010 Alixandra was recognized as the winner of the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for her fearless and tireless dedication to humanitarian photography throughout her career. Alixandra is the author of ‘A Million Shillings - Escape from Somalia’ (Trolley) which follows the often deadly journey on people smuggling routes from the Horn of Africa. Her long-term project The Flowers of Afghanistan, documents the journeys of Afghan children seeking refuge in Europe. Alixandra is a lecturer and teacher, and is currently based in London.

Sebastián Liste (Spain, 1985) is a documentary photographer and sociologist devoted to document the profound cultural changes and contemporary issues in Latin America and the Mediterranean area. In 2010, while getting his Masters degree in Documentary Photography in Barcelona, he won the Ian Parry Scholarship for his project ‘Urban Quilombo’ and was named young editorial photographer of the year at the Lucie Awards. In 2011 Sebastián was selected for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. In 2012 was announced as the Young Reporter of the Year at Visa pour l'Image festival. He was the recipient of the Magnum EF Grant, the Getty Editorial Grant and the Alexia Foundation Grant. He also received the Fotopres grant in Spain to develop a project in Venezuela, and a World Press Photo prize in 2016 for his story ‘Citizen Journalism in Brazil’s Favelas‘. Most recently, he was awarded the STERN Grant for young photojournalists. Sebastián is a frequent lecturer and is currently based between Spain and Brazil.

Stay tuned for more information on the workshop & how to apply!

alixandra fazzina at panel talk for london photo

 

Alixandra Fazzina participated in the panel talk "Loose Women" during the Photo London festival on May 22, 2016. The panel was hosted and curated by Cheryl Newman, the award-winning Former Photography Director of the Telegraph Magazine, writer and photography consultant. Alixandra was invited to the panel together with other talented photographers and curators: Zelda Cheatle, Emma Blau, Hannah Watson and Olivia Arthur - to explore the role of women in photography and female photographers across fashion, editorial and documentary photography.

The panelists discussed what obstacles female photographers may have and how they can contribute with fresh perspective. Alixandra shared her experience as female war photographer and lecturer at the Danish School of photography. She discussed her long-term project, which culminated in the book "The Million Shillings: Escape from Somalia" and dismantled some gender labels in her profession:

"I was in a very male-dominated world because essentially I was working with the military most of the time. I felt very-very conscious that I needed to prove myself as a woman. I had to work a lot harder. So, people would not make fun or comment ‘You got in there because you’re a woman’ and you think, ‘No, I actually had to prove myself on the frontline, to get respect from the military'. When I showed that I worked hard, they’d respect me back and give me the access." 

Professional Photography Magazine wrote an article on the panel talk. Find the interview in the July edition.

Watch the discussion here.

'she who tells the story' with work from tanya habjouqa on view

The work of NOOR photographer Tanya Habjouqa is on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington D.C. through July 31, 2016.  Her series of images "Woman of Gaza" (2009) is selected for the exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World. Tanya challenges existing gender stereotypes and explores how Palestinian women's lives are influenced by their day-to-day activities.

The exhibition is thoroughly curated by Kathryn Wat and Kristen Gresh and features 12 female artists from Iran and Arab world: Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almurawakel, Gohar Dashti, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Shadi Ghadirian, Tanya Habjouqa, Rula Halawani, Nermine Hammam, Rania Matar, Shirin Neshat, and Newsha Tavakolian. She who Tells a Story provides visitors with a fresh perspective on women from this region and invites to in-depth discussion on themes like feminine identity, protest, war and piece.

To learn more about the exhibited works, including those by Tanya, you can listen the audio guide or read the transcripts.

Photo ©Tanya Habjouqa

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