2010 International

Orange Photo Festival

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2010 International
Oran e Photo Festival

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(Jerry Uu)
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.A. ( Curator):
Dirk Claus
Chris Coekin
D J Clark
Francoise Callier
James Dooley
Yumi Goto
Zhuang Wubin
Tom Dooley
Shannon Castleman
Norman Leslie
Talhy Stotzer
lan Beesley
Susan Dooley
Brian Storm
Robin Fall
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Notes from the South: New Photography from
Southeast Asia
lR .. .A. (Curator l : Zhuang Wubin ( SO!iBit l
( Photographer) :
Soullya Phoum1vong
Lam Heu Thuan
Khvay Sam nang
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TanChee Hon
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Paul Kadansman
AyeKo
Nguyen Tuong Linh
Nge Lay
Kamthorn Paowatlanasuk
Charles Lim
Chua Chye Teck
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the region breathes In the shadow of China. In a way, this Shift m global attention mirrors the development
of photography m Asia
Nowadays. curators and gallery owners fly mto China from around the world and offer her photographers a p lace
on the global arena On the other hand. there 1s still an absence of in1tiat1ves in Southeast Asta where people can
see d1llerent ktnds of photography produced by local photographers w1th1n the same selling.
There are '""'atves m Southeast Asia that attempt to promote the med1um but they act as though the regiOn
doesn t have autonomous histories" of photography If not. why do we see mfluential Southeast As1an
photographers lke Sonny Yabao (Manila). Oscar Motuloh (Jakarta). Po Po (Yangon) and Ismail Hashim (Penang)
percnnally snubbed at these events? Worse. some of these events confound then very preamble of havtng these
1n111atves by featu11ng regonal photographers only m portfolio review sess1ons In a way. these photo festivals
"prove" to the world that Southeast As1an photographers are only good enough to be "reviewed"
As such, perhaps '' 1s only approproate that we have to gather m Changsha to expenence Southeast As1an
photography Chna certamty has the potential to be a mover in that regard. After all, the retat1onshp that she has
enJOyed wth Southeast Asa over the centuries has always gone beyond econom1c concerns. Myop
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commentators who peddle hysteroa to fore1gn pol1cy magazines often 1gnore the cultural and religiOUS ltnkages that
ex 1st between the reg1on and Chtna
Not only has the sp1ce trade made some of the merchants richer 1t has m fact added to th
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cu1sme Today, thanks to the work of h1stonans like Claudine Salmon and M s .
ary omers He1dhues. we have a
clearer p1cturo of the rolos played by Ch1nese Muslims (atongs
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