Vietnam: Once we were soldiers

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Karl Mancini
Karl Mancini

(Vietnam, 2015). Fifty years ago it began the war against USA. Forty years ago, with the conquest of Saigon the North, Vietnamese Army won the war and thousands of veterans came back to their villages trying to start a new life. Today, just in Huè (Central Vietnam) which was one of the more hit part of the country by the fighting, close to the DMZ zone, there were settled 25.000 veterans, 4.000 of them are invalid and 2.000 victims of the Agent Orange. They have a lot of problems to solve, as how to build a new life with their families.

Karl Mancini
Karl Mancini

In fact, many Veterans didn’t get married at that time. But the entire community welcomed them as heroes, in particular North Vietnamese, while in the south the situation was different because of the long presence of the American Army there. South Veteran’s Families were scared of the revenges but after some years the situation was changed and the harmony was established again. Today, after 40 years, there are no longer distances and they live all together. – See more at: http://www.echophotojournalism.com/stories/once-we-were-soldiers#sthash.LFPKwBhh.dpuf

Karl Mancini
Since 2001 he has visited more than 80 countries, with a particular preference for Asia and South America,  following the socio-historical and political events , working as a freelance photojournalist and writer by focusing with particular attention issues such as child labor, violence against women, the tragic story of landmines (to which he have devoted years of work) and genocide that he documented  in 8 different countries. He studied photography in Rome, to achieve the Masterclass in contemporary journalism. Karl has joined Echo in 2015 as a staff photographer. – See more at: http://www.echophotojournalism.com/photographers/karl-mancini-1#sthash.AaYB1y6Z.dpuf

Vivek Singh: Frontier Dispatches

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Vivek Singh
Vivek Singh

Frontier dispatches is a series of reportages from the peripheral areas of India and beyond. India’s northeast, connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land called the chicken’s neck shares more than ninety percent of its border with Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Bangladesh. The region is a fragmented jigsaw of indigenous people in one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse parts of Asia.

Vivek Singh
Vivek Singh

This first exhibition in what will be a series through this and the coming year, is a show about a unique protest in Churachandpur, Manipur, from the very fringes of the North-East.

FRONTIER DISPATCHES: VIVEK SINGH at BANANA HOUSE, Plot 433, Lane D-22 | 100 Feet Road, Chattarpur Hills | New Delhi – 110074 | November 14, 2015 | 6 PM

Vivek Singh
Vivek Singh

http://frontierdispatches.in

Vivek Singh is a documentary photographer based in Delhi, India. He has been contributing regularly to Der Spiegel, CNN.com, The Wall Street
Journal, and The New York Times’ first country-specific website, India Ink. More infos on the photographer and his work:

http://www.viveksinghphoto.com/about/

 

Photo festival director sacked after a flood of sexual harassment allegations emerge online

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Very good round-up about the sexual harassment allegations against Manik Katyal and so important that women and men stand up when something like this happens. I raise my hat to ARITRY DAS, who had the courage to make the allegations public.

I would be careful though about transferring this onto the whole documentary photography scene – unfortunately this happens in every profession and surrounding. Our business is male dominated by photographers but female dominated by the decision makers – I would suggest, 70 to 80% of the photo editors and directors are women. Thus I would be surprised if this is more common here than in any other profession and I hope that this is a single case (which does not make it any better of course).

For the future, I hope that especially young women but also men photographers will be encouraged to complain instantly – you see the power of social media is incredible and no one, who is doing the same in the future, can feel safe anymore. Be aware, the only thing matters are your photos!!! There is no one that important in the business that he or she could prevent you from becoming a successful photographer. (by Dirk Claus)

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I Am Positiv – HIV/Aids in Tanah Papua

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Andri Tambunan
Andri Tambunan

TANAH PAPUA HAS THE HIGHEST HIV/AIDS INFECTION RATES IN INDONESIA. The region is made up of Papua & West Papua, located in the easternmost part of the country. Many improvements have been made to create better access to quality care and medicine. Still, the biggest obstacles that remain are the stigmas and discrimination directed toward people who live with HIV/AIDS or at a risk of HIV infection. The majority of the public in Tanah Papua still perceive HIV/AIDS to mean suffering, dishonor, and death. Due to fear of discrimination people often postpone or avoid getting tested for HIV. More infos and pictures on: http://www.andritambunan.com/#!/index/C00005LqjJW3U2_w 

Andri Tambunan
Andri Tambunan

Last year Andri made a film called, Saya Positif, profiling 7 people living with HIV in Tanah Papua. His objectives are to lower HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination by countering negative stereotypes associated with the disease. Earlier this year, the film was approved by Indonesia’s Directorate General of Health for distribution in clinics and hospitals in the region. 

To further inform and engage a larger audience outside of the health care settings, he printed 1000 copies of 60-page newsprint and distributed them for free to NGOs, government officials, and activists and created an official website for this initiative. 

ENGLISH:  http://issuu.com/andritambunan/docs/sayapositif_eng_issu

BAHASA:  http://issuu.com/andritambunan/docs/sayapositif_ind_issu

Andri Tambunan
Andri Tambunan

Andri Tambunan, Photographer: currently based in Jakarta, Indonesia, he divides his time between commissioned assignments and self-initiated projects focusing on social, environmental, and human rights issues. 

http://www.andritambunan.com/#!/index