Tuesday
PICTURES OF THE DAY
CHRONOLOGICAL NEWS REVIEW: NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007
BRANGER, ROUSTAN, COUDERC, NISBERG & CUINIERES – ROGER VIOLLET 70th anniversary
Featured in the 2008 evening shows to mark the anniversary.
James WHITLOW DELANO / COSMOS – Burma
An outstanding documentary report, from 1996 to the present, on one of the most inaccessible countries in the world.
Kosuke OKAHARA / AGENCE VU – Burma – The Shan Army
The Shan army, commanded of one of the biggest opium dealers, has been defying both Burmese and Thai authorities since 1946.
Marco MANFREDINI – Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr – the Aftermath
November 15, 2007: Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing 3 400 and leaving thousands homeless.
Andrew BIRAJ – Climate refugees in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the countries hardest hit by climate change, and the population lives with the constant threat of natural disasters.
Thomas LEKFELDT / MOMENT - VU – Bangladesh – “Black River”
Buriganga River runs through the capital city of Dhaka, carrying 50 000 tons of foul, polluted water, mostly industrial wastewater.
Miki ALCALDE / Reportage by GETTY IMAGES –Vanishing Bangladesh
In 20 years time, part of the country will be underwater. The population already has to leave flooded areas.
Jakob CARLSEN / FOCUS - COSMOS – Untouchables in Asia
In Asia, and in particular India, 270 million men, women and children are untouchables, the very lowest caste .
Collection HUFFSCHMITT / SIPA PRESS – World War I
The First World War and its toll: 9 million dead and 6 million wounded. The horror of the trenches.
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE – 20 years Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan
The best of 20 years of international news as seen by France’s leading news agency.
Justin JIN / COSMOS - PANOS – China, “Jeans Factory”
Do you know where your jeans were made? In Zongshan, workers produce 10 000 pairs a year – chain production on an amazing scale.
Boris SVARTZMAN – China, Guangzhou
The government plan was for an “ecological district” to be built near Canton, and so ordered the demolition of homes, which meant the destruction of traditions and culture, forcing the local community to move to cities.
Dominique VIGER – RDC, Shégés in Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Congo: Shégés are “witch children,” rejected by both their family and the community.
Damien GUERCHOIS /
GAMMA - EYEDEA PRESSE – Democratic Republic of Congo: Coltan mining – Mai-Mai warriors.
The mineral coltan is found in abundance in the Congo and illegal trade is worth millions of dollars. The trade can prove lethal for some, with militia forces, such as the dreaded Mai-Mai, determined to get their share.
Andrew McCONNELL / World Picture Network – Congo – February, 2008
If not overtly, a war has been waged in the Congo for more than ten years now, and the death toll has reached 4 million, as different militia forces loot, attack, kill and rape.
Eric LAFFORGUE – Papuans – Mount Hagen Festival
Every year in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, different clans gather for a festival of traditional song and dance.
Christopher LAMARCA / REDUX PICTURES – Eco-Warriors
Secret targeted operations by radical American eco-warriors taking on the timber trade.
Philip POUPIN – Illegal Timber Trade in Ecuador
In Ecuador, timber is worth its weight in gold, and the trade is dominated by smugglers, from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
George GEORGIOU / SIGNATURES - PANOS – Turkey, from West to East
Part Europe, part Asia, part Middle East, a secular state where fundamentalism prevails, traditional, but with a modern urban landscape – a source of fascination, questions and concern.