©stefan rohner
Taking photographs is to symbolically snatch away the object we photograph. In some cultures, when he takes a photo the photographer usurps the soul of the photographed person. In the west we have gotten rid of the soul a long time ago, but we have replaced it with intimacy, that luxury of the 20th century, we need to preserve at all cost as before we looked after our “immortal part”. One myth replaces another and establishes a new system of taboos and prohibitions.
Top Secret America – A Washington Post Investigation
After 9/11 the government has built a national security and intelligence system so big, so complex and so hard to manage, no one really knows if it’s fulfilling its most important purpose: keeping its citizens safe.
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Bruno visited the festival. You can read his field report at our forum
Finally they uploaded the videos of the lectures. Last time they were great and I am sure this time will be no different.
Daniel Rosenthal / deutsch
David Burnett / englisch
Carolyn Drake / englisch
Sergey Maximishin / englisch
Ernesto Bazan / englisch
Wojciech Grzedzinski / englisch
Ed Kashi / englisch
Anthony Suau / englisch
Enjoy! > link to the lectures
“CAMERA, CAMERA is a stunning new documentary that shows Laos through the fascination and confusion of a traveler’s lens. The directorial debut of award-winning cinematographer Malcolm Murray, the film was written and features interviews by journalist and author Michael Meyer, and was produced by New York Times staff photographer Josh Haner. Throughout CAMERA, CAMERA, Murray and Meyer recreate the experience of traveling in Laos, a fragile yet deceptively brutal world. From ancient temples to mountain villages, in jungles and on rivers, we see what travelers see and discover what they don’t as the plot moves deftly from the comical to the taboo, reveling in the experience of Laos and lingering on things left unsaid. CAMERA, CAMERA is a documentary for anyone who has traveled to or taken a photograph in a foreign country. The film quietly calls upon viewers to ponder the multifaceted and often ambiguous impacts of travel and photography on citizens of two worlds.”
The official website of the movie is here, it also contains a trailer and some stills. I didn’t see the movie, but the trailer is looks promising. It should be featured at the LA Film Festival 2010.
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