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Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo 2023 |
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Baden near Vienna: The largest outdoor photography festival in Europe will take place from 15 June until 15 October 2023. festival-lagacilly-baden.photo | |
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© Lois Lammerhuber/Stephan Gladieu/Fotomontage |
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REBELLIOUS AND DEEPLY ROOTED IMAGES OF HOPE FROM THE ORIENT! A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW. ORIENT! focuses on photographers from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three countries that all belong to the Persian cultural area. Three predominantly Muslim countries with Indo-European populations that remain subject to the laws of religion and obscurantism. Three countries that we know little about, although they have captured the hearts of all travellers like Marco Polo. Three countries whose photographers are the defenders of positive thinking and ambassadors of environmental awareness. Three countries that are home to a millennia-old civilisation, a unique artistic creativity and courageous authors who have chosen photography to define their place in society. Photographers from these countries have always chosen to break conventions in order to develop an innovative style and look at people and gods with a humanistic eye. Honour to whom honour is due: Abbas, Gohar Dashti and Hamed Noori, Ebrahim Noroozi, Maryam Firuzi, Hashem Shakeri, Paul Almasy, Véronique de Viguerie, Fatimah Hossaini, Shah Marai and Wakil Kohsar, Sarah Caron. |
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© Maryam Firuzi |
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Since its inception, the festival has never wavered from its mission to show the beauty of nature as well as to address the need to protect it. Through the prism of photography, we aim to highlight the challenges of a sustainable world without naivety. At the same time, the sometimes dramatic reality is never disregarded. All photographs are signs of our unshakeable belief in the future. The photographers at our festival are determined to be witnesses and part of the effort to preserve our most beautiful common asset - planet Earth: Mélanie Wenger, Bernard Descamps, Gabriele Cecconi, Stephan Gladieu, Money Sharma, Reporters Without Borders, Brigitte Kössner-Skoff and Gerhard Skoff, Antonin Borgeaud, Jérôme Blin, Alisa Martynova, Maxime Taillez, Chloé Azzopardi. |
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© Maxime Taillez / Lauréate du Prix Nouvelles écritures de la photographie environnementale en 2022 |
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This year, the bilateral photo project of the Morbihan schools in Brittany and Lower Austria is dedicated to the theme of openings. Whether in the literal or figurative sense, the concept of opening also encompasses communication and journeys to new places or people. Ultimately, it raises the question of the construction of our individual and collective identity and our relationship with others. |
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THE SCHOOL PROJECT OF THE FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO 2023 |
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Photography undoubtedly remains the most incisive tool for changing public opinion and for preserving glimmers of humanity. The Austrian photographers Rudolf Koppitz and Horst Stasny also stand in this tradition. From Gregor Schörg, the festival will show the second part of his work on the wilderness area Dürrenstein-Lassingtal. The exhibition of Lower Austrian professional photographers and the exhibition of the winning photos of the world's largest photo competition, CEWE's "Our World is Beautiful", with almost 700,000 pictures from 170 countries, will round up the festival, as will the retrospective of 2021 in the pictures of the artist in residence. In addition, the Austrian photographer Cathrine Stukhard was commissioned to portray the World Heritage Site of Vichy and place it in the context of UNESCO's eleven "Great Spa Towns of Europe", which also include Baden near Vienna. |
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Opera de Vichy © Cathrine Stukhard |
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Under the guiding principle of Culture of Solidarity, the cooperation with the festival partners Garden Tulln, Celje in Slovenia and Month of Photography Bratislava will continue in 2023. While in Bratislava the winning photos of the Global Peace Photo Award as well as a kind of best-of retrospective of the festival will be presented as part of the Month of Fotografie, in Tulln the festival will show Gregor Schörg’s work on the wilderness area Dürrenstein-Lassingtal, and in Celje Erik Johannson’s picture series „Enigmatic Illusions“ and two picture cycles by Nick Brandt „This Empty World“ and „The Day May Break“ will be on display. |
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© Nick Brandt, Fatuma Ali & Bupa, Kenya 2020 from THE DAY MAY BREAK |
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EXHIBITIONS Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo 2023 : Abbas Light and shadow Paul Almasy Travel in an enlightened kingdom Artists in residence This was the festival 2022 "Due North" Chloé Azzopardi Ecosystems Jérôme Blin The promise |
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© Abbas / Magnum Photos |
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Antonin Borgeaud A showcase for the islands Sarah Caron The Land of the Pure Gabriele Cecconi The wretched and the earth Cewe Photo Award OUR WORLD IS BEAUTIFUL Culture of Solidarity The exhibitions in Tulln, Celje und Bratislava |
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© Sarah Caron |
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Gohar Dashti Fragments of memories Bernard Descamps Natura Maryam Firuzi Persian identities Stéphan Gladieu Homo Detritus Fatimah Hossaini Under the veil |
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Fragments of memories © Gohar Dashti |
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Rudolf Koppitz Photogenie Shah Marai & Wakil Kohsar A painful history Alisa Martynova Nowhere Near Ebrahim Noroozi Deceptive daydreams Prix Nouvelles écritures de la photographie environnementale Discovering new perspectives Reporters Without Borders Trees |
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© Stephan Gladieu |
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Gregor Schörg Wilderness Dürrenstein-Lassingtal Hashem Shakeri Sandy landscapes Money Sharma Indian night Horst Stasny ICONS Gerhard Skoff & Brigitte Kössner-Skoff Indias Living Root Bridges |
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© Wakil Kohsar/AFP |
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Cathrine Stukhard World Heritage Great Spa Towns of Europe – VICHY Maxime Taillez Border(s) The school project of the festival Öffnungen / Openings Véronique de Viguerie Shards of peace Mélanie Wenger At the heart of the largest French sanctuary |
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The festival katalogue is published by Edition Lammerhuber |
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| German/English; 18 x 24 cm; 272 pages; Soft cover; 24 Euro. |
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| Accompanying the festival, Edition Lammerhuber is publishing the book PAKISTAN, which pays tribute to Sarah Caron’s photographic work. edition.lammerhuber.at |
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Download festival plan: festival-lagacilly-baden.photo/en/service Tourist Information Baden Brusattiplatz 3, 2500 Baden near Vienna MON – FRI 9.00 – 18.00 SAT – SUN 10.00 – 18.00 Tel: +43 (0) 2252 86800-602 festival@lagacilly-baden.photo |
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