Post workshop travel…

This year again the Photo Festival of Phnom Penh will take place from November 28 to December 6 in the capital of Cambodia…This is just after the workshop. For those interested to see more photography this is a good opportunity as the curator is our friend Christian Caujolle. Check their website for details… http://www.ccf-cambodge.org/ppp.php

Getting close…

Well, last news: Philip Blenkinsop get his ticket to Siem Reap… Arantxa is sick for the time… and we get some money in our account already… So… everything look fine. Prepare you bags, don’t forget camera… just one decent one is good… your laptop (if you have one), and a few shorts and T-shirts and a fleece for the evening (weather could be cool at night)… and we will be waiting for you from the 19 November (I’ll get in SR on that afternoon).

Applicants research stories…

We would like to see the chosen applicants for the free workshop to start doing some research on the stories they intend to develop during the week-long engagement in Siem Reap. There will be 4 groups divided among the tutors. Keep in mind that any story related to health/development that has to go through a government agency, hospital  or an NGO need prior approval from them (you cannot just walk into an hospital ward, even in Cambodia…). There are numerous education, development and assistance projects based in Siem Reap. And you can find lots of relevant info about it on the internet. Do not worry if you cannot outline an assignment for yourself as we are assisting you.

Workshops…tutors

Almost final now… We’ll have a great group of tutors for the workshop. With us : Antoine D’agata, Philip Blenkinsop, Patrick de Noirmont, Olivier Nilsson, Steve Raymer and Arantxa Cedillo… Nic Dunlop was a probability but he has to be in Phnom Penh that week for the ongoing KR tribunal. We’ll make four working groups. It will all evolve around documentary photography but with some variations, going with the work style of each tutor. As well, remember, we are all volunteers and there is hardly any photo-workshop where you get this kind of line-up… And since we are located next to John McDermot’s Photo Gallery in Siem Reap, John will spend sometimes with a number of students toward the end of the week, to talk and show what is it to print images for exhibition and running a Photo Gallery. I let go do the search yourself on the net to find out who’s who…

Apple computer in Cambodia

We are pleased to announce that the Apple Computer Distributor in Siem Reap/Cambodia FUTURE WORLD Ltd (on Sivutha Road) will  loan to us an iMac 24 inch and a couple of Mac Mini with monitors for the duration of the workshop… They will also offer a discount to any participant of the workshop who wish to purchase an iPods, MacBook Pro, etc… [http://futureworld.com.kh/]

A special price will be available for the people on the workshop… pdf list : APPLE_pricelist_(Future World_SR)

Visa, travel, etc…

To all who have received their invitation letter to the workshop, there is no need to send us any request for information unless you could not find ANYTHING through GOOGLE. Just think that if you were in a real world for working photographer, without an office to do all the arrangements for you. We’ll help you further after everything else have failed which we doubt.

We’ll be based at the FCC Angkor

Official… we have entered an agreement with the FCC ANGKOR to base the workshop on their ground. We’ll be able to have comfortable space for working. It’s walking distance to almost everything in Siem Reap and they have great cappuccinos. We”ll meet there first on the evening of November 21st to get together and show some work from former students and introduce the new workshop… http://www.fcccambodia.com/angkor/

Story on TB

We will, as part of the workshop, generate a story of TB situation in Siem Reap area, as STOP TB Partnership is one of our sponsor.

Following the workshop I did (your coordinator) earlier this year (March 2009) with young Brazilian photographers in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, we’ll work with one photographer on documenting TB and MDR-TB extend and treatment for that part of Cambodia. If some already invited students express some particular interest to the story, they should send me a mail.

http://www.stoptb.org/

Travel Tips to Siem Reap

Travel tips

Here is a pdf file with a number of travel tips on how to get to Siem Reap (cheaply) from Bangkok by road, from Phnom Penh and from HCM/Saigon by road. Also a few notes on VISA. It cannot cover all, but it covers the important questions you may have.

Workshop 2009 participants

We have sent invitations email to a number of applicants and several more will be sent over the following days when we have a final line-up of tutors… For those invited, we are waiting for your response. In case you cannot attend it will free a space for another one… Remember that you have to support yourself your travel to Cambodia.

Over the following weeks, we’ll post more info on travelling, visa …

If you have been invited, start to think (and do research) about what story you intend to develop during the workshop.