Reportage vol 7 by Mario Buncuga

WePhoto Reportage Vol 7 This is yet another proud moment to be releasing the next edition in Reportage Photography under our ‘The Series’ banner. Since 2014 when WePhoto Group was founded we have come this far out of sheer passion for this art. Over the time, thanks to the continuous help and support of many likeminded colleagues who have been as enthusiast as me in supporting this cause, that today we have created many platforms and thematic pages to represent the various genres in photography. Today WePhoto group has the widest presence across Facebook representing almost every possible genre of photography. As of date there are thematic pages, with picture boards on Pinterest, a dedicated web portal and more than 75 books published on issuu.com. This annual collection called - The Series - is made of eBooks each belonging to a specific photographic genre, and includes the artwork of several authors from Italy and abroad. The one in your hands is the seventh thematic book dedicated to Reportage Photography. Apart from the e-version these publications are available in the form of coffee table books as well

Editorial Board Mario Bunčuga: Editor & Art Director Pankaj Anand: Review Associate Priyanka Agrawal: Review Associate Germana De Chellis: Chief Graphic Designer

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We are so excited and happy to feature these beautiful images and most of all, be able to share them with a wide range of viewers. Please spread a word around by sharing, and recommend to as many as you can to visit these eBooks from our webpages and links given ahead. Do leave your positive feedback on the eStores if you care. This is how you may help us grow and share our passion for photography! In this Book you can also find the links to our Facebook Group - WePhoto. Come and join the group, invite your friends to share their work in there and enjoy some of the best images from around the world.

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Gratitude My special thanks to Reportage Group/Page Team who have helped me select images, contact authors and collect materials. These people may always be found putting things together at the back office. Thanks to all the authors who have made this volume such a great collection with their valuable contributions. Thanks to our staff too, which is constantly managing and taking care of the group with its 12 thematic pages, pin-boards and online magazines. Thanks to my admin colleagues for their patient dedication. All this time when I remain away from the routine management of our network, they are the ones who take care of everything for the groups. I have no words to express my gratitude for the wonderful work they do every day with great passion and commitment. WePhoto Network the Founder

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The Authors

Ed Peeters

Ehsanul Siddiq Aranya

Ruth Chudaska-Clemenz

Tito Dalmau

Orna Naor

Radhakrishna Ganeshan

Trevor Cole

Copyright All rights are reserved to WePhoto and Mario Bunčuga for this entire eBook and to individual authors for their work included in the related chapters. This book can be downloaded for free and distributed freely only as a whole. The images and text are exclusive property of the authors who might authorize their use elsewhere at their own discretion, if contacted personally in advance. You may also order a print version coffee table book from our link through Peecho online print service. Any misuse or otherwise will be prosecuted through the prevalent rules on the subject of copyright. © 2018 WePhoto

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INTRODUCTION: Reportage

Since the time Photography started, an important, if not the most important, use of this form of communication has been the documentation of events. From sports to war, from political events and trade to the narration of common life events, in the streets, in cities, in villages or in the fields, it is all about the description of life in its numerous forms. Sometimes it makes a story or a news, at others it creates a basis for a protest or a reporting. But nothing has ever made a greater impact on the mind of its viewers than a pictorial coverage of an instance. We sincerely hope that you will have the same feelings by the time you flip through the last page of this eBook.

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ED PEETERS Chitimba, Malawi instagram.com/edpeetersphotography facebook.com/EdPeetersPhotography www.edpeetersphotography.com

I was born in a small village in the south of the Netherlands called Meijel. Nowadays I live my life in Chitimba, Malawi, where I own and run a lodge/campsite along with the love of my life Carmen. Being in Africa I picked up my old hobby of photography once again.

I am one of those people who feel like they can see things better and more clearly through the viewfinder of a camera. I enjoy taking pictures of People, Landscapes, Architecture, Nature, Wildlife and everything else that appears in front of my camera. Basically, I just love taking pictures. I hope you will enjoy my work. 10

EHSANUL SIDDIQ ARANYA Dhaka, Bangladesh facebook.com/ehsanaranya

I am a student studying in Computer Science & Engineering in Daffodil International university, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photography is my passion and I want to click people and their life through my lens. I started capturing photos when my age was 14. Now i am 23 and still trying to show the story of different people and their life through my lens. I have a 4 years old Canon 1100D camera and a Smartphone.

Nowadays I capture most of my photos by my Smartphone camera. Some of my works were selected for some exhibition internationally. One of my photo was exhibited at Italy in 2015. Another photo was selected for WePhoto book cover in 2017, I got 1st prize in mobile category from 35awards which will be exhibited in Moscow, Russia. I got a Bronze medal from Photographic Society of America in 2016. These were my International Achievements. 22

ORNA NAOR Tel-Aviv, Israel

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Orna Naor is a Street Photographer, lecturer and member of Israeli Street Photographers collective â&#x20AC;&#x201C; URBANICA. Her street photography is shown in brick and mortar galleries in Israel and abroad, as well as in various Street Photography groups over the net. Her work is published in various Street Photography books and magazines such as WePhoto Street, World Street Photography, MonoPix, WeStreet, Israeli Lens Magazine etc.

Some of her collective shows (unless mentioned) are: Urbanica, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2014; Conflict, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2014; City Lights, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2014; CUBA, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2015; Nightmoves, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2015; Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2015; SWP, Hamburg, Germany, 2015; Badge of Shame, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015; Israeli Art,Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2016; Street Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2016; Urbanites, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2016; My Cuba, Chicago, Illinois, US, 2016 (1st Solo); Local Testimony, the Israeli Photojournalism Exhibition. 34

RADHAKRISHNA GANESHAN Varanasi, India chitrakart24@gmail.com

Native of Varanasi (India), Visual Artist by profession, Masters in Fine Arts with gold medal and Ph D

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University, Varanasi. In recogonisation to

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skills, was assigned as a special faculty for 10 years (1997-2005) by Banaras Hindu University for training students who were keen to learn photography as a hobby. Authored more than seven books on Art and Culture in Hindi. Three books of them have been awarded by various reputed Institutions. As a writer many of my articles have been published in various renowned magazines and Newspapers.

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As Visualiser, I have designed many book covers, logos for the advertising and publishing agencies. Honored for outstanding contribution towards using Hindi as a language in work areas by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Editor of a Refereed Journal titled “Shashwat”(Hindi) on Fine Arts, Performing Art, Culture & Heritage. My photographs are frequently selected and honored in various online photo websites groups like “The World wide street Photography”, “World in B & W”, “Hitit Professional Photography” “Klik”, We Photo, etc.. I am a passionate photographer & Writer, like to sing, play keyboard at leisure time. 46

RUTH CHUDASKA-CLEMENZ Finsterwalde, Germany

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I was fascinated about photography very early in age. My father gave me the first toy camera when I was about 8 years old. During my high school time I met a professional photographer who showed me the essentials and lended his first Nikon to me. He even published my first photos when I was 18. Soon it became my dream to own a Nikon for myself. Now, more than 30 years have passed. I did not follow his way to be a professional photographer because I wanted to be free in my decisions with what to shoot and what not to.

For me compulsion is the end of creativity in photography. But the fascination for photography never completely left me. Meanwhile I could realize my dreams and after having long experiences with analogue Nikons I changed to the digital one some years ago.. This is like getting one of my dreams fulfilled: Today I own professional gear and try constantly to improve my skills and to learn every day new and interesting things about photography and post processing. In my usual profession I work as psychiatrist, expert in testimonies for legal authorities in Germany. 58

TITO DALMAU Barcelona, Spain facebook.com/tito.dalmau flickr.com/photos/tito-dalmau moskabarcelona.com

I live in Barcelona, the city where I was born in 1948. I am an architect by profession, and a draughtsman and photographer by vocation. From my childhood I had a passion for drawing and used this visual language as the means to express the things that I imagined. This was one of the reasons for my choosing architecture as a career. I was young when I became seriously interested in photography, which is why many of my works of architecture are published with my photographs in many international books and magazines. Throughout my professional life I have often concurred my work as an architect with exhibitions of my drawings and travel photographs, helping me to balance the pressures that derive from my work.

Thirteen years ago I discovered India. Discoveries are always personal and my fascination with India makes me return every year to the state of Rajasthan - my favourite – although over time I have gradually been seduced by many other states in this immense country. Immense not only for its territory, but also for its cultures and its people. I like to think that my ability to make myself “invisible”allows my camera to capture people’s unguarded gestures, the secrets of their villages, their homes, their conversations, or the stray glances of travellers that move in the old buses that communicate rural areas. The fruits of my Indian travels are several books of photographs. The first was “RAJASTHAN. Houses and Men” (2007. Published in Spain by Editorial Lunwerg, in Italy by Contrasto, in France by Editions de La Rouergue). Other books are Limited Editions: “The Forgotten Havelis of Shekhawati” (2009), “Varanasi” (2010), “Viajeros de Rajastán”(2015). At present I am preparing “Conversations”, “The Rabari” and “Pushkar”, with texts by my wife Maka Abraham, anthropologist. Limited Editions are published by Galería MOSKA, Barcelona. Ever since 2009, whenever I am not travelling, I try to share one of my photographs online every day. And this year I go back to Varanasi. 70

TREVOR COLE Dunfanaghy, Ireland facebook.com/AlternativeVisionsPhotography www.alternativevisions.co.uk www.coleimages.com

I was born in Ireland but lived in England, Singapore, Togo, Italy, Ethiopia, Brazil etc. I returned to my homeland in 2012. Having lived in so many places, travel became a lifestyle and photography, a passion. I focus predominantly on culture and landscapes; my images reflect the journey of life and how we can live sustainably. I organize and lead tours in my hometown and other places where I have travelled and lived. I also travel by myself to discover new locations and capture them. My images have been published in magazines, calendars and cards. I presented them to The Royal Geographical Society in December 2011 and to the tertiary institutions in Ireland. My images have been used in the tourist industry, online travel writing and for educational purposes in the form of presentations for the International Baccalaureate

I have also exhibited in Ethiopia, Switzerland and Ireland. I have reached the finals and received special mentions as Travel Photographer of the Year in Wanderlust magazine consecutively since 2010, and won the title in 2016. I have been widely published and my work admired in National Geographic, 1x.com and Africa Geographic, The Guardian and Telegraph newspapers in the UK, Daily Mail Online, Edge of Humanity Magazine (America), and most of the major magazines in England, Spain, Africa, Denmark and America. I also attained 3rd place (Gold award) in the One Eyeland B&W Global photography contest in April 2018, besides several silver, bronze and other finalist awards. I aspire to have a vision for tomorrow - An Alternative Vision, which is more beautiful and sustainable. I believe that photography can capture inimitable moments and empower us to make a positive change in our world. 82

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