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On our COM.PASSION website we exhibit the works of selected photographers.
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NICOLAS
LAINEZ was born on the 7th May 1975 as a French-Spanish
national. After cinematographic studies at Montepellier University
and Universite de Montréal he started his career as a
photographer in Paris – working for Magnum Photos, Agence
VU, Agence France Presse, Agence Rapho and La Gazette. Since
2000 he is focussing on the issues of prostitution, trafficking
and AIDS in Asia. His photoseries ”Kamathipura Paradise”
(Bombay Brothels) won him the ”Young Reporter”-prize
at the International Festival Scoop & Journalism in Angers/
France 2001. His book and an exhibition called ”Phnom
Penh, Red Light Areas” were presented at FNAC galleries
together with the French NGO ”Pharmaciens Sans Frontières
in France, Spain, Swiss, Belgium and Taiwan. Lainez is a member
of Asia Works Bangkok. In the moment he is studying anthropology
at Nanterre University in Paris. PHOTO_01 PHOTO_02 PHOTO_03 PHOTO_04 PHOTO_05 |
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MASARU
GOTO has 13 years experience in photographing social
and human rights issues in Southeast Asia and South America.
He is a member of Asia Works Photography in Bangkok and won
the prestigious Fifty Crows Foundation award for Documentary
Photography (former the Mother Jones award) for his photos essay
on Human Rights Colombia. For the past four years, Masaru has
devoted himself to a work-in-progress on the AIDS crisis in
Cambodia. His photos portray the stigma and abandonment experienced
by many people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. This
work was presented at the Bangkok International AIDS conference
in July 2004. Masaru's images of HIV/AIDS in Cambodia won two
prizes for "The River of Life" World Health Organization
(WHO) photo competition. PHOTO_01 PHOTO_02 PHOTO_03 PHOTO_04 |
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KERSTIN
DUELL took on South East Asia Studies, Latin America
Studies and Political Science in Berlin and completed her MA
at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Recently,
she has started a PhD scholarship at the National University
of Singapore. She has worked on Afghanistan for the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
in Berlin and on Burma for UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre
in Paris. From November 2002 to May 2004, she has lived in Bangkok
working as a researcher and photographer on Burmese issues.
Duell`s works were exhibited at UNESCAP and the Goethe Institute
in Bangkok. She worked for publications such as International
Herald Tribune (UNESCAP supplement), The Nation Bangkok, Dharmalife,
SEAMEO Arts and Archeology, Heinrich-Böll Foundation (exhibition
catalogue). PHOTO_01
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photogaph by Kerstin Duell