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Haiti Workshop? Photojournalism Today?

February 15, 2010 in politics & life by Stefan Rohner | 2 comments

©Rodrigo Abd

do we need bloody smashed bodies to understand what is a earthquake?
do we need burning bodies to understand what is a earthquake?
what do we want to achieve with these bloody images?

Nicola Boccaccini say at Lightstalkers:

Lightstalkers: zoriahs-haiti-workshop-ideas-and-direction

“”"Ethics? I don’t see ethics in photojournalism nowadays, …generally I see only competition in a new type of commercial photography.
…and workshops, in a world overflowed by images are only a simple solution for photographers to make money in other way.
No more sentimental or personal approach in photography, nor the joy to teach something to new generations!
It is very sad but, in my point of view, this is reality.
MONEY vs ETHICS?
MONEY ALWAYS WIN!”"”


The Iron Curtain Diaries 1989-2009

November 9, 2009 in politics & life by Stefan Rohner | 3 comments

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The Iron Curtain Diaries

AVAILABLE ON THE WEB FOR 3 DAYS – from 9 to 11 november 2009

IN OCCASION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BERLIN WALL, THE WEBSITE OF THE IRON CURTAIN DIARIES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON CLEAR

from 00:01 of 9 november to 23:59 of 11 november 2009

THE PROJECT

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall two photographers together with two journalists, a director and a cartoonist travelled along the Iron Curtain, the 6.300 km long border that used to split Europe in two blocks from the end of World War II to 1989.
As a result of this experience, The Iron Curtain Diaries 1989-2009 project was born. Two teams provided by videocamera, photocamera, audio recorder and drawing paper have left from Berlin toward two directions: the first heads to the north has travelled along Germany, Polland, Estonia, Lithuania and Russia; while the second heads to the south has touched Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.

They come back to the headquarter with dozen of interviews to writers, politicians, musicians, sport people, photographers, dissidents and ordinary people. whose lives have changed after the Berlin Wall fallen down. These stories create a big fresco, a celebration of the ideals, but also speak about the collapse of the dreams of a new western lifestyle.
The Iron Curtain Diaries 1989-2009 is a coproduction of Peacereporter, On/Off, prospekt fotografi, BeccoGiallo.

Nan Goldin in Berlin

October 6, 2009 in photography by Stefan Rohner | 6 comments

Nan Goldin

“These pictures come out of relationships, not observation.” Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin’s photographs are as touching and shocking today as they were thirty years ago. Their fascination does not necessarily stem from their subject matter—oscillating, as it does, between glamour and the gutter, with rare moments of normality and happiness—but from their radical intimacy. Goldin approaches only those who are close to her with her camera, thus sensitively capturing the everyday suffering from sickness, dependence, violence, and excess. She does not just empathize with the hardships of her friends and family, but is herself an essential part of their lives and experiences. Again and again, her photographic interiors and exterior views reveal the extent to which her photographs are interwoven with her own life and fate. In these works, the acute suffering of others simultaneously comes to represent Goldin’s own abject circumstances.

C/O Berlin presents five of Nan Goldin’s slideshows, several of which will be seen in Berlin for the first time: “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” (1981), “All By Myself” (1995/96), “Heartbeat” (2003), “The Other Side” (2008) and “New Kids Show” (2008). These slide series are highly condensed stories and memories set to music compiled by Goldin herself.

C/O Berlin

Article (German)

Interview from 2003

Photoschool Projekt 5.6 Tirana / Albania

September 7, 2009 in photography by Stefan Rohner | 4 comments

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Still-Dancing needs a new blog entry and Photoschool Projekt 5.6 some publicity.

Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2009

July 21, 2009 in photography by Stefan Rohner | 2 comments

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Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2009

100 Eyes magazine The Migrants

July 10, 2009 in photography by Stefan Rohner | 5 comments

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100 Eyes magazine The Migrants

100 Eyes the magazine, Our Children, April 2009

April 15, 2009 in photography by Stefan Rohner | 4 comments

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100 Eyes the magazine, Our Children,  April 2009

Western Outrage over Discriminatory Afghan Law

April 3, 2009 in politics & life by Stefan Rohner | 5 comments

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A new law signed by President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan requires Shiite women to ask their husband’s permission before leaving the home and forces them to have sexual intercourse. The West is outraged, and German politicians are mulling restrictions in development aid.

Read more here.

100 Eyes the magazine

March 22, 2009 in photography by Stefan Rohner | 3 comments

100-eyes“Bead Catcher, New Orleans” © Jonathan Moore All Rights Reserved

Welcome to the beta issue of 100eyes, a new web publication aimed at bringing compelling photography to the web, covering a wide range of issues and photographic styles. My aim with 100eyes is to eventually have the magazine edited by photographers and picture editors who are committed to the work they present, in many cases, alongside their own.

The current beta called Dis’ and Dat, and will allow me to present great imagery and still tinker with the organization and presentation of the site. The page entitled ‘Dis and Dat’ features pictures uploaded by subscribers which you can do on the ‘Upload’ page. Read more here: http://www.100eyes.org

BerlinPhotoWorkshops

February 22, 2009 in photography by Stefan Rohner | No comments

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For the first time BerlinPhotoWorkshops offers a workshop in Dusseldorf in cooperation with The Sonic Blog.

The Built Environment and Documentary Strategiesis a photography workshop for artists using photography, practicing photographers, advanced students of photography, photo journalists, media-artists, as well as advanced photo amateurs who want to develop project- and concept-oriented work.

More information here.

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