Stern published the extensive story by Benedicte Kurzen about the threat of the jihadist sect Boko Haram for people living in Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.
benedicte kurzen | story 'chibok and beyond' on boko haram, nigeria - published in stern
alixandra fazzina | 'in the company of women' in the guardian
The Guardian recently published this article about Alixandra Fazzina's extraordinary five-year project documenting the intimate lives of women and children in Pakistan. To see the online article and multimedia piece see here.
kadir van lohuizen | s.o.s. miami, rising sealevels published in stern
Published in Stern Magazine, Kadir van Lohuizen returned to Miami as part of his extensive work on rising sea levels. "Glimmering new buildings, dark future - the rising sea-level is causing serious problems for Miami."
Have a look at Kadir's Rising Sea Levels project here, and see more images from Miami here.
francesco zizola | 'depth of silence' published in newsweek japan
On 3 October 2013, a Libyan fishing vessel carrying over 500 migrants sunk in sight of the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, resulting in the death of 366 migrants.
A year later Francesco Zizola photographed and filmed the wreck of the boat, which lies on the seabed 50 meters under water, its prow facing Lampedusa’s port. These pictures were made in memory of the victims.
pep bonet premiers his first short fiction film 'ponerse al dia'
'Ponerse Al Dia' or 'Catching Up: A Psychopath on a Journey of Revenge' is Pep Bonet's debut in the world of fiction. The film premiers Saturday November 8th at the 33rd Horror Film Festival Molins de Rei in Barcelona, where Pep is also participating as a jury member for the festival's competition this year.
You can watch the trailer here.
The thriller was shot on Nikon over five days in March 2014 in Santanyi, Mallorca, Spain. Take a peek at some photos of the shoot:
kadir van lohuizen's tedx talk: 'migration in the americas'
NOOR photographer Kadir van Lohuizen was invited to present a talk about his project Via Pan Am: Migration In The Americas at TEDxMaastricht. In the spirit of the TED concept of ideas worth spreading, Kadir shared his experiences creating the Via PanAm project, in which he traveled from Chile to Alaska, covering 15 countries along the Pan-American Highway, to visually investigate migration in the Americas.
Watch the talk here
rising sea levels in geo france
Today, no one any longer doubts that glaciers the world over are retreating, and even more worryingly that Greenland and Antartica are melting at an increasing pace. The question: how fast is it going? It is alarming that past figures appear to have been too conservative and humanity should start preparing for the biggest displacement of mankind in known history. As people in all of the world’s regions become displaced at ever growing scales, the biggest question is: where will they go?
For one and half year Kadir van Lohuizen has been looking at the global consequences of rising sea levels caused by climate change. He traveled to Kiribati, Fiji, the Carteret Atoll in Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh, the Guna Yala coastline in Panama, the United Kingdom and the United States. In these different regions Kadir not only looked at the areas that are affected or will be affected, but also where people will likely have to relocate to. Coastal erosion, inundation, worse and more frequent coastal surges and contamination of drinking water mean increasingly that people have to flee their homes and lands in a growing number of locales across the world. The human costs of these movements are dramatic in the extreme. The Rising Sea Levels project is designed to highlight both the immense complexities associated with in-island and inter-island/country movement, as well as the specific human rights implications involved with such involuntary movements.
This month Geo France published this important work in an extensive feature. Have a look at some of the pages here below:
benedicte kurzen covering ebola in stern
NOOR photographer Benedicte Kurzen has been covering the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Travelling from Monrovia, the capital of Liberia to the remote villages in the forest region, near the border with Guinea she has been a witness of the disease and the continuous threat it brings to the health care workers and people who are living and working in the affected areas.
Take a look at the Stern article below and the online slideshow here.
francesco zizola's work 'depth of silence' published in internazionale
On 3 October 2013, a Libyan fishing vessel carrying over 500 migrants sunk in sight of the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. The tragic accident caused the death of 366 migrants, mostly coming from war-torn Eritrea and other troubled African countries. A year later Francesco Zizola photographed and filmed the wreck of the boat, which lies on the seabed 50 meters under water, its prow facing Lampedusa’s port.
The story was published by Internazionale, where you can also view Francesco's video footage from the site.
looking back on the rnw-noor academy in mexico
A report back from academy moderator, photography editor and consultant Claudia Hinterseer (former managing director of NOOR)
After five intense days, the workshop has come to an end and looking back I can only say that it was a big success.
We explored the young photographer’s interests, passions and visual story ideas; concepts they will develop with the long-distance support of Jon Lowenstein and Sebastian Liste. And although still at an early stage, all the photographers left with a clear idea of what projects they will work on in the months ahead.
A recurrent learning point this week was: follow your heart! This approach also surfaced regularly in the presentations Jon and Sebastian gave of their long-term personal projects. To achieve the best, your passion and work should be aligned.
We debated and discussed issues of ethics, security and the possibilities Instagram and other (social) media offer. We looked at a wide range of photographic projects for insights and inspiration and talked about the international photography market. Besides this, and much more, we spent the evenings together exploring Mexico City by night.
If you would like to get to know some of the participants, read their testimonies here:
Fred Ramos (El Salvador)
Sara Escobar (Mexico)
Enrique Rashide Serrato Frias (Mexico)
Ernesto Perez (Venezuela)
And so as the week came to an end, the photographers became more and more eager to start shooting their projects; this can only mean good things are to come… stay tuned via #rnwnoor.
For a video impression of the workshop see here.
Text and images: Claudia Hinterseer, testimonies by Michiel Bles.