PhotoPhilanthropy Multimedia Student Grant now open!

Attention all Students: PhotoPhilanthropy’s Student Grant Submissions, Round 4: Multimedia – is officially open! The theme of the forth round of our student grants is Multimedia. In order to be eligible for this grant, students must partner with a nonprofit in order to create a multimedia piece (audio slideshow and/or video). Check out details, guidelines and submission forms below. Read more

2011 Angkor Photo Festival

Created in 2oo5, the Angkor Photo Festival is the first photography festival to be held in Southeast Asia. Each year the weeklong event features exhibitions and outdoor slideshows by celebrated and emerging photographers in Siem Reap. The strong educational goals of the Angkor Photo Festival sets it apart from other photography events. At the free Angkor Photo Workshops, renowned photographers tutor emerging Asian photographers, while the festival operates its own outreach program, the Anjali Children’s Photo Workshops.

2011 PROGRAM
Like the previous editions, the 7th edition of the Angkor Photo Festival does not have a themed program, but proposes to discover -or rediscover -artists from all over the world. Consistent with the festival’s mission of highlighting emerging Asian photographers, 6o of the 11o photographers exhibiting in 2o11 are from Asia. Angkor Photo Festival is a place to meet, connect and dialogue with friends and fellow photography professionals.
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The Delhi Photo Festival

The Delhi Photo Festival, is India’s first international photography festival, a non-commercial venture to promote the photographic art, to be held from 15 to 28 October 2011. The festival is a joint initiative of Nazar Foundation and the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Paris Photo, Rome’s Fotografia, London’s Street Photography Festival, Madrid’s Photo Espana, Berlin Photography Festival, New York Photo Festival, and Tokyo Photo are all photography festivals associated with great cities. Closer home, Chobi Mela in Dhaka, the Angkor Photo Festival in Cambodia & the Singapore International Photography Festival have established themselves as important Asian festivals. China already has 3 photo festivals of international repute. Such festivals of photography are becoming the focal points of popular culture around the world, an event both for a wide audience and for the experts, energizing the host city, bringing in visitors, placing it firmly on the world map as a cultural centre and even giving a fillip to the economy.

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Invisible Children: The Frontline Tour film screening

The non-profit organization Invisible Children is a social, political, and global movement using the transformative power of a story to change lives. Invisible Children uses film, creativity, and social action to end the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony’s rebel war and restore affected areas (specifically Northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo) to peace and prosperity. The student organization Invisible Children at USC works to support the non-profit in achieving these goals.

You can support the organization by attending the  Invisible Children: The Frontline Tour film screening on Wednesday, September 28th, at 7 pm in THH 101. Volunteers will be coming to screen a recent Invisible Children film, The Rescue, and afterwards a Ugandan advocate will tell us her own personal story. There will also be the opportunity to buy Invisible Children merchandise and learn more about how to get involved with the cause.