NOOR Annual General Meeting
NOOR 9th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Amsterdam, May 31 – June 6, 2016
The NOOR Annual General Meeting brings together the agency’s international photographers
& staff to discuss photography, visual storytelling, ideas, company business and vote on potential new members.
This year’s AGM took place between May 31 and June 5, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
As a result of this year’s AGM, NOOR is pleased to announce:
Tanya Habjouqa and Robin Hammond have been made Nominees
Sebastian Liste and Benedicte Kurzen have been unanimously elected NOOR President and
Vice President for the coming year.
NOOR would like to express great gratitude and thanks to Nikon Europe, Pakhuis de Zwijger,
X-Bank, W Hotel, PhotoQ Bookshop.
A note from NOOR Managing Director, Clement Saccomani:
“This AGM was a great moment to meet and share ideas and new projects with the NOOR Family. Several initiatives to engage further with the world have been discussed and will be announced
very soon. This is an exciting time for NOOR. Congratulations to Tanya and Robin for joining us as nominees. We strongly believe that some things simply need to be seen. All together, we will keep making and telling stories that impact humanity.
“This year AGM in Amsterdam was a very special one. We were sailing together for some days, discussing the future of our collective, sharing experiences and visions. We are confident that today is a moment of reflection and changes and we are extremely glad to announce that Robin and Tanya are joining us as nominees to head this bright future together”
Today, the NOOR boat came back to Amsterdam docks but our sails will remain up for the year to come! From the great energy that always spread from those days we are ready to face a new chapter of our collective history. This year our group is widening its horizon with two new additions - Robin Hammond and Tanya Habjouqa-. It feels very natural to incorporate those strong visionaires with who we share the heart bit of our group: story telling with heart, respect. Also, we were happy to launch a new group project about the actors of change all over Africa, “Rise up! Shout out!”, which of course is very close to my heart. This project and the one to come reflect, we hope, our strong desire to participate in the most relevant way in the greater narration of the world.
For more information contact:
Antonella Clare Vitiello
Skype: antonella.clare
Office Tel. +31.20.60.60.780
Cell: +31.629.15.61.21
Image: © Sybren Vanoverberghe
NOOR 2016 Annual Meeting in Amsterdam
The NOOR Annual General Meeting brings together the agency’s international photographers & staff to discuss photography, visual storytelling, ideas, company business and vote on potential new members.
This year’s AGM will take place between May 31 and June 5th, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. After four days of meetings, NOOR is pleased to invite you to come and explore the NOOR world and meet NOOR photographers!
© Pep Bonet / NOOR
Friday, June 3rd, 2016 - From 20:00 to 22:00
Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Six photographers. Six countries. Six stories. One continent.
NOOR on Africa, literally translated to “light on Africa”, is a new visual dialogue and approach on Africa, a collective lens on the continent, questioning the way stories are made and told.
NOOR Foundation and Nikon have joined forces to portrait the continent through stories of political and social expression, captured in Tunisia, South Sudan, Ghana, Mozambique, Burkina Faso and Botswana.
NOOR photographers Pep Bonet, Benedicte Kurzen, Stanley Greene, Yuri Kozyrev, Kadir van Lohuizen & Asim Rafiqui will each show their projects and talk about the different approaches they have chosen to picture the continent.
Seats are limited. Register now: ow.ly/F0uz3006k39
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© Pep Bonet / NOOR
AMSTERDAM PORTRAIT STUDIO
Saturday, June 4th, 2016 - From 14:00 to 18:00
X BANK, Spuistraat 172, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Share a unique afternoon with NOOR & X BANK. Explore, visit and have your exclusive portrait taken by NOOR photographers.
On the occasion of NOOR’s Annual General Meeting in Amsterdam, NOOR is excited to be collaborating with X BANK, the ultimate collective fusion between fashion, art, design, culture and the urban landscape located in a 700 m2 hybrid space to produce the Amsterdam portrait studio.
NOOR photographers will take your portrait according to your wishes: polaroid, portrait Studio, close-up, different atmospheres and visual creativity will be accessible for a privileged public.
Come solo, with a friend, or your significant other to live this unforgettable experience.
Reservation, info and price list:
Leonie Buitenhuis
+31.62.43.37.485
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© Francesca Pradella
MEET NOOR
Saturday, June 4th, 2016 - From 18:00 to 20:30
PhotoQ bookshop, Wijdesteeg 3A, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Come and share a drink with NOOR photographers at PhotoQ Bookshop. A selection of NOOR books will be available for purchase and signing!
collaboration with SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO
NOOR is proud to announce a collaboration with SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO, aimed at developing and promoting Slovak's visual journalism.
SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO is a photographic and multimedia contest, and subsequent exhibition, presenting an independent and authentic visual testimony of life, as seen by journalists from Slovakia and Eastern Europe.
This year's jury will be chaired by Stanley Greene.
NOOR photographer Alixandra Fazzina will be a member of the jury, together with Joe Klamar, AFP chief photographer for the Central European region, prof. Jindřich Štreit (CZ) from the Institute of Creative Photography, and Doc. Mgr. Jana Hojstričová (SK), Vice-Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts.
NOOR will support SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO in developing workshops for Slovak and Central European photographers, to be held by NOOR photographers, starting from September 2016. A call for applications will be released in mid June.
In October 2016, an exhibition of Stanley Greene's work will open in Pálffy Palace in Bratislava.
More about SLOVAK PRESS PHOTO: ow.ly/E3wo300zuE7
kadir van lohuizen's work on msf boost hospital in le monde journal
yuri kozyrev's work from abkhazia in sweekly magazine
sebastián liste's work from cuba in fortune life magazine
sebastián liste's work from brazil in south reviews magazine
Photos from Sebastián Liste's story 'Rio v.i.p. the endless party' were recently published in South Reviews magazine.
Francesco Zizola | Work from the Maldives in Die Zeit
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Photos from Francesco Zizola's work from the Maldives were recently published in Die Zeit.
Clement Saccomani | NOOR Managing Director Interviewed by BJP
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NOOR Managing Director Clément Saccomani interviewed by the British Journal of Photography.