and the winner is…

Carrie Lam image of herself extract from her slideshow

In fact, in my eyes, everyone is a winner once again in the magic of Siem Reap! But we have to give a special mention to Carrie Lam of Singapore who was gratified with the top prize given at the end of the workshop. A second prize went to Adli Ghazali of Malaysia and a third one to Lan Pham Ngoc of Vietnam.

An amazing last night show and party will eventually add a lasting impression to everybody and as was the case this year, many of our 2011 invitees will come again to visit.

The 7th workshop …

a scrapbook from our base at Terraces des Eléphants hotel in the heart of Siem Reap…

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PHOTO AWARD (Prix Lucas Doléga)

A Photo award (news and documentary) in the memory of a young French photographer killed during the revolt in Tunisia is open for candidates. It has a 10.000 euro grand prize by Nikon.

http://www.lucasdolega.com/en/prix-lucas-dolega/

Gifts and Prizes!

Most of the participants are now busy getting ready for the trip to Siem Reap. (The road from Bangkok should be just fine, folks!) If you’re feeling a little stressed out, here is a little bit of good news that ought to perk you up!

We have a little present lined up for all the participants, and here are also some details about the 2011 Photo Prize!

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Of course, a big thank you to the partners that made this possible!

2011 Angkor Photo Workshops Participants & Tutors

Here’s the list you’ve all been waiting for — announcing the 30 selected participants* for this year’s 7th Angkor Photo Workshops!

Adli Ghazali, Malaysia
Alanah Torralba, Philippines
Ankit Goyal, India
Anushree Bhatter, India
Arnold Simanjuntak, Indonesia
Carrie Lam, Singapore
Cheryl Baldicantos, Philippines
Geloy Concepcion, Philippines
Harit Srikhao, Thailand
Jane Koh, Singapore
Jiehao Su, China
Karina Saputri, Indonesia
Kimlong Meng, Cambodia
Lim Taehoon, South Korea
Mitsu Maeda, Japan
Ngoc Lan Pham, Vietnam
Pooja Jain, India
Richard Reyes, Philippines
Sanjeev Thakur, Philippines
Setyo Adi Nugroho, Indonesia
Sitwat Rizvi, Pakistan
Sunny Lamba, India
Sweta Suvarnkar, India
Tanvi Mishra, India
Vannith Yin Touch, Cambodia
Viet Bach Khong, Vietnam
Wen-Yi Wang, Taiwan
Wendra Ajistyatama, Indonesia
Wisnu Agung, Indonesia

A big congratulations to everyone, and we’re looking forward to meeting all of you soon!

We would also like to introduce you to the six tutors who have kindly agreed to volunteer and teach at this year’s workshops. We’re glad to have with us: Patrick de Noirmont, Olivier Nilsson, Antoine d’Agata, Paula Bronstein, Justin Mott and Carolyn O’Neill.

Click on the images below to view the list and tutor biographies in full-size. Or, for easier reading, just download the complete PDF here. (right-click and save as!)

I’m now in Cambodia, and just met up with the workshop coordinator Roland Neveu yesterday in Phnom Penh. Tomorrow, I’ll head back to Siem Reap, which is one of the areas badly affected by the recent flooding in the country. No worries — we’ll be dry by the time November comes around!

 

* This list has been updated as some participants are unable to attend at the last minute, and we have offered their places to other selected photographers.

2011 APWS candidates selection

We have sent out invitations to 30 applicants to the Angkor Photo workshop out of the 240 applications. We have to wait for chosen applicants to respond before closing the 2011 selection in case some people cannot make it. Participants invited are from 12 Asian countries and there is a ratio gals/guys of 2 t0 3. We hope this new batch of young shooters will enjoy the workshop as much as those who have made it over the years… And for all the other who have applied, most have more chances to come in the future.

Applications for 2011 WS

We are looking at well over 200 applications for the 2011 workshop in Siem Reap.

We see some good work and it should not be too hard to choose 30 candidates for the November event. This year again, we’ll do our best to have participants from all over Asia (applications came from Armenia …to Japan). Keep in touch through this blog for more news.

Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand 2012 PHOTO CONTEST

Once more the FCCT is opening for it’s annual Photo Contest. It’s open to photographers covering stories in Asia. Go to the link below to get all relevant information. Submissions dealine is Sept. 23, 2011. It’s organised jointly with OnAsia. And 2 years ago I was member of the Jury… the Photo of the Year get a US$3,000 prize and there are more cash prizes along with air-tickets…

  Go the link FCCT Photo Contest 2012

Bravo to Sean Lee (a former participant)

Sean Lee (link to the PDF file)

From the DCR blog… here is a comment on Sean Lee who has just been awarded the ICON MARTELL CORDONBLEU photography award.

http://icon-martellcordonbleu.com/home.html

One more week!

For those who have not yet applied for this year’s Angkor Photo Workshops, there is only about one more week to go before the deadline on July 15th!

Get your application form and guidelines here, or email us at angkorworkshop [at] gmail [dot] com if you’ve any questions.

A big thank you to all those who have already submitted — it is absolutely wonderful to see how there is just so much talent in Asia. The selection process is going to be really tough!

In other news, this was published about a week ago, but just in case you missed it: the second APWS Spotlight on the Invisible Photographer Asia features Vivek Muthuramalingam’s work Leak. Vivek M was with us at the 2007 workshops – it has been been almost four years!