the yves rocher foundation
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the yves rocher foundation
T H E Y V E S R O C H E R FO U N DAT I O N - P H OTO G R A P H Y AWA R D 1 EDITION st © Pierre de Vallombreuse, photographer committed to aboriginal peoples (South Sudan 1999). 2015 i dat u r e appel à cand r On YVeS rOcHe O n dat i priX pHOtO – F nnel à un photographe professio Yves Rocher est attribué tiques liées à Le Prix Photo - Fondation alistique sur les probléma ux journ il enje ds trava un gran ser aux , réali la Terre désirant ions entre l’Homme etble. l’environnement, aux relat du développement dura THE YVES ROCHER FOUNDATION PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD 1 ST Edition _ _____________________________________ date limite : uit lundi 01 juin 2015 à min : nts Pour plus de renseigneme rg www.fondation-yves-rocher.o inte e r p m une e pour e v i t i pos 2015 Photo de Pierre de Vallomb reuse, photographe engagé pour la cause des peuples The Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award finances autochtones (Sud Soudan, 1999) Since its inception in 1991, the Yves Rocher Foundation - Institut de France has been leading practical initiatives revolving around plant biodiversity and its relations with humankind. Since photography provides a living testimony of the planet and creates a space for liberty and emotion, the Foundation supports photographers committed to the issues. Similarly, the Foundation is associated with major photography events, such as the La Gacilly Photography Festival (Festival Photo de La Gacilly). In 2015, the Yves Rocher Foundation created this photography award in partnership with the “Visa pour l’Image - Perpignan” International Festival of Photojournalism, the key rendezvous for international professionals in photojournalism and the press. An endowment worth €8,000, the Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award is granted to a professional photographer who wishes to engage in journalistic work on environmental issues, relations between humanity and the planet, or the major challenges facing sustainable development. the journalistic project of a professional photographer appointed every year by experts’ jury. Please consult: w ww.fondation-yves-rocher.org (under the Photo, People & Nature heading) for additional information. The jury is composed of photographic and environmental experts. The winner was chosen by a jury presided over by Jacques Rocher and composed of wellknown figures from the worlds of photography, the environment and the media. The jury took into consideration both the quality of the photographic work and the relevance of the projects proposed by the candidates. • Daphne Angles: Picture Editor - «New York Times Paris». • Andreina de Bei: Deputy Picture Editor - «Sciences & Avenir». • Pierre de Vallombreuse: Photographer. • Cyril Drouhet: Picture Editor - «Figaro Magazine». • Pierre Henri Gouyon: French biologist specialising in evolutionary science and particularly in ecology. Professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. • Delphine Lelu: «Visa pour l’Image - Perpignan». • Jacques Rocher: Honorary President of the Yves Rocher Foundation - Institut de France. An original, novel approach involving two renowned French photography festivals. The call for applications was launched in late January and closed on May 30th last. In late June 2015, the jury selected the recipient of the award from 64 applications of the highest quality received from around the world. 1 st phase - September 2015: The winner was announced during an event at the “Visa pour l’Image - Perpignan”, International Festival of Photojournalism. 2nd phase - June 2016: An exhibition of the photo-essay taken by the winner due to be held at the La Gacilly Photography Festival. 3rd phase - september 2016: Screening of the award winner’s photo-essay during the “Visa pour l’Image - Perpignan” festival. 2015 AWARD WINNER Lianne MILTON © DR on Southeast Asia and Latin America, exploring subjects such as food insecurity and violence in Guatemala, drug addiction, and the impact of river dams on ethnic minorities living down-river in Cambodia. Lianne Milton is an American photojournalist based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her work reflects the impact of policies on individuals and their environments in the countries of Southeast Asia, Latin America, as well as in the United States. She is a member of the Panos Pictures agency. Lianne began her freelance career in 2009 with a project denouncing the rise of sharia law in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. From 2009-2012, her personal work focussed In January 2013, she left San Francisco for Brazil equipped with stills cameras, video cameras and surfboards to work on a series of photo-essays highlighting the country’s changing social and environmental landscape, as well as exploring its coastal environment. Lianne’s work is regularly published in the international press, including CNN, the Guardian of London, The Sunday Times of London, the Washington Post, Mother Jones Magazine, the New York Times, Newsweek etc. She has also worked for numerous NGOs. Lianne currently lives in Rio de Janeiro, the city that reveres the ocean. When she is not taking photographs, look no further than the beach she’s gone surfing! HER PROJECT © Lianne Milton - Picture from Guatemala photos essay. The Brazilian hinterland In this semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil known as the Sertão, farmers grow only enough food to feed their families, (on subsistence farms) and have long lived with water shortages and erratic rainfall. Since 2013, the drought has been the worst in 50 years, killing livestock and stunting harvests. The land has been turned into a salt desert, a consequence of this gradual desertification. Brazil is a country where water resources are abundant (possessing 12% of the world’s fresh water). But the southern hemisphere’s largest country is facing a historic lack of water in its prosperous cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; the fate of the Sertão is just the visible tip of the iceberg. Brazil’s environmental crisis is most acute in this hinterland, and extremely alarming for the future. This desolate, dusty and hot region covering nine states is located between the northeast coast and the Amazonian rainforest to the west. Most of the vegetation has greatly degenerated, which is the result of deforestation for cattle ranching. The scene of the greatest concentration of rural poverty in Latin America, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 35% of people live in extreme poverty. Lianne Milton’s project will specifically explore the subsistence farming communities living in the heart of the Sertão, near the Sobradinho Reservoir where water levels dropped by 18% in 2014. The lake lies along the São Francisco River, the longest and most important river in Brazil. Her photographic work will investigate the following questions: How does climate change impact on subsistence farmers in the Sertão? What are subsistence farmers doing to adapt to climate change? How does the drought in the Sertão dramatically illustrate the ways a society deals with climate change? WORK • Jan. 2009 - current: Freelance photographer • Jan. 2006 - Jan. 2009: Napa Valley Register, Napa, CA. Staff news photographer for news, features, & documentary projects • Nov. 2004 - Dec. 2005: Orange County Register, Anaheim, CA. Staff news photographer for news, features & documentary projects PUBLICATIONS © Lianne Milton AARP, ActionAid, Christian Science Monitor Magazine, CNN, Die Zeit, Ford Foundation, Guardian of London, ESPN Magazine, L’Espresso Magazine, Mother Jones, National Geographic Proof, Marie Claire, National Public Radio, New York Times, Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, New Yorker, Observer Sunday Magazine, Open Society Foundation, Smile Train, The Sunday Times, UNICEF, UN Women, US News & World Report, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. AWARDS 2013 American Photography (AP-AI) Latin America 2013 Los Diez Exhibit -La Vida No Vale Nada; 2013 PDN Photo Annual -Documentary/Photojournalism -La Vida No Vale Nada; 2013 Fotovisura Grant HM -La Vida No Vale Nada; 2012 American Photography (AP-AI) Latin America -La Vida No Vale Nada; 2010 National Journalism Award for Photography by Asian American Journalist Association -Five Years Later: A New Hope; 2010 Fotovisura Grant Finalist -A Future Divided Pictures from Guatemala photos essay. © Lianne Milton ReFeRENCES • Keith Jenkins, Picture Editor / National Geographic / [email protected] • Ed Kashi, Freelance Photojournalist / VII Photo Agency / 973.746.9096 / [email protected] • Darcy Padilla, Freelance Photojournalist / Agence Vu / 415-812-4536 or [email protected] www.liannemiltonphotography.com 2015 For over 25 years, during the first two weeks of September, the “Visa pour l’Image - Perpignan” festival reviews the news from the past year with over 30 free exhibitions and screening events. “Visa pour l’Image - Perpignan” is currently the key rendezvous for top international professionals in photojournalism and the press. Over 2,800 professionals from around the world attend the event annually. www.visapourlimage.com In order to leave a positive footprint, the Yves Rocher Foundation - a pioneer of humanist and universal ecology - is actively committed to biodiversity. We firmly believe that individuals can change the world. The role of the Yves Rocher Foundation is to take actions for biodiversity: • by assisting women who have created active communities and who are dedicated to this cause • by planting trees-which are symbolic of putting down roots-around the world • by preserving plant species, which are unique and important for everyone • by capturing moments in time through the enlightening vision of photographers. www.fondation-yves-rocher.org e v i t i s o p a t n i r p t foo www.yves-rocher-fondation.org/fr Press contact Yves Rocher Foundation: F rançoise Stephan-Heintzé - Tel: +33 (0) 1 41 08 52 36 - [email protected] Anne Lokiec - Tel: +33 (0) 1 41 08 54 91 - [email protected] Press contact Visa pour l’image: 2e Bureau - Tel: +33 (0) 1 42 33 93 18 - [email protected] September 2015 - Photo Award Photo credit : © Pierre de Vallombreuse - Lianne Milton - Printed on PEFC certified paper. Don’t throw it on public highway. To leave
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