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For issue two of Enter, we asked former World Press Photo seminar participants to offer us galleries of images with a theme – The Elements. They depict Air, Water, Land and Fire, though not in all cases literally.
Air was chosen by thirty-four-year-old Jordan Simeonov, who lives in the Bulgarian
capital Sofia and has been a staff photographer for a daily newspaper there since
1996.
A World Press Photo seminar attendee four years ago, he decided to photograph former pilots from the Bulgarian air force who had, at some time in their careers, bailed out of their aircraft. It is said that in the past the Bulgarian was the only air force in the world in which pilots bailed out so that colleagues could use the abandoned planes as target practice – though this did not happen to any of the men featured.
Freelance photographer Rana Chakraborty from Calcutta wanted to highlight claims that pharmaceutical companies in India pollute water resources with effluent and waste.
His wide-ranging career includes work for India-Today, The Times of India, The Economic Times, The Associate Press and BBC News Online. He visited Medok, the neighboring district to Hyderabad, where local people have been engaged in a fight to prove that pharmaceutical companies there have been poisoning water and causing widespread health problems. His gallery on the theme of Water tells their story.
Andrei Liankevich focused on one of the minority communities in Armenia - the Yezids – for his gallery on the theme of Land.
Twenty-four-year-old Andrei, from Minsk, Belarus, says the Yezids have been engaged in highland cattle breeding for centuries and have always led a nomadic life, governed by the rhythm of the seasons. He photographed them during a crucial period in the migration cycle when the Yezids move their cattle up the slopes of Mount Ara and prepare for a stay of five to six months in the mountains.
Karén Mirzoyan took Fire as his theme. The 23-year-old has lived in Yerevan, Armenia
for the last 11 years, presently working for armenianow.com magazine.
Karén attended a World Press Photo seminar in 2004 and his gallery features portraits of people who, sometime in their lives, have seriously contemplated or actually attempted suicide. What he wanted to show was the “fire of life” that was rekindled in this group, some of whom had gone to successful careers and lives.
Issue three of Enter is due to be published at the end of January 2006 and the
galleries then will be on the theme of Festivities.
It happens to be just after Christmas and New Year (in fact, we shall be publishing
in the same week as the first day of the Chinese New Year 2006) but photographers
should by no means confine themselves to those. Any festivities qualify.
If you have been a seminar attendee and would like to submit a gallery for consideration,
please click here and email Claudia.
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