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breakbeat posted a photo:

A few photos from the Röyksopp gig @ Southbank Centre in London. Great gig, only ever so slightly spoilt by the retarded staff. touch the lasers! this was during fever ray’s set – got told off for taking photos right after I took this! you can see more people’s photos by clicking royksopp.com/events/3

galeopics posted a photo:

Hier, Brad a reçu la visite de Jack. Ces deux-là se connaissent depuis toujours ou presque (plus précisément une cocasse affaire de revente de matériel tatapoumesque).

Même s’ils ne se voient pas souvent, ils ont toujours autant de plaisir à manger une pizza trop cuite, boire des bières tièdes, fumer des cigarettes en se racontant des histoires à deux balles.

Ils sont nostalgiques des nuits d’été passées dans ces tours à composer sur un vieux "4 pistes" des chansons pour des filles imaginaires. Depuis les baies vitrées de l’appartement à la moquette verte et aux murs … verts …, ils aimaient particulièrement les couchers de soleils inouïs sur la sortie de la ville, mettre un disque de pavement, american music club ou jason falkner, et se consoler de quelques dépits amoureux.

Reviens vite, Jack …

26 – June 29, 2008
Scheduling

Les Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie de Ghar El Melh have become the great appointment of photography in Tunisia. Photographers from all sides: confirmed, new, children and the general public expect the last week of June to look, listen, do speak… all the senses will be arrested. Exhibits, workshops, panel discussions, slide shows a menu is also gratifying that teaching.
Exposures
Since its invention, photography continues to metamorphose, to the point where it seems that every photographer, creating its subject, invents its own medium. Each edition of the Rencontres is an anthology of looks from here and elsewhere previously. Venues from abroad or Tunisia, exhibitions are always a certain way of seeing the world. In Bamako as in Arles, Paris or Barcelona, the organisers: commissioner or curator, s’ingénient to build a theme events. In the exhibition galleries Fort Ghar El Melh – former penal colony – where for a long time any event basic freedom was banned today no restrictions are imposed. Meetings Ghar El Melh are a tribute, always renewed, the photographers who sublimate life.

Carte Blanche collectors The exhibitions last year Mustapha Bouchoucha and Victor Sebag had a great success. This year Beit Bennani and Iadh Behi return to submit their shots heart. “Anonymous” is a selection of photographs without mention delved into the fund Beit Bennani, but whose documentary value is undeniable. Soler was the photographer for a long time that any s’arrachait Tunis, he was the photographer official ceremonies, the reporter whose photos illustrated journals from the early twentieth century and a portrait of talent. Iadh Behi offers a choice of savoir faire of this photographer.

Round Tables I: “The pictures today”
(Led by Amar Dhaya, University)

It is possible to consider photography as an area that is sufficient in itself, a stirring panorama as broad as the imagination allows the photographer while being containing photographic. It is also possible to meet a different picture, known as plastic, worked or “photoshopée”, which spans areas, erases labels and demystifies history.
The first provided a wealth of world-famous photographers, a significant amount of works that take the icon. The second, because newer, less is known to the public. Visible only in the galleries, it is for the moment, confidential.
These two photographs meet sometimes violently, through their tenants, with arguments by critics texts and rarely through the works or theories.
All of this leads inevitably to, once again, seeking a definition of photography and a statute for the photographer.

Round Tables II: “The photograph in these relations with the media”
(Led by Mohamed Elhedef, journalist and photographer)

What information should be mostly in their paper version without photographs? A non-illustrated article seems sometimes suspect because the photographers, amateur or professional, are ubiquitous. But this beautiful marriage between the press and the picture is sometimes acrimonious. The scenes of households are becoming common to the point where it is periodically to the brink of collapse.
Photographs published out of context of achievement, false stories, even photographers who manipulate their works have become commonplace.
Like always trains arriving on time and nobody speaks and who become the subject of a scandal without precedent when one of them shows a slight delay, photography fills often marvel at its role . The debate, introduced by a review of photographs that have surprised, shocked or outraged, analyze the path that follows an image of the photographer drive. Course mined, chaotic and often dangerous.

The Night meetings
The evenings of meetings will be set aside for photography, how can it be otherwise, thirst that we organize and you look. In the vast courtyard of the first fort, projections will be organized to add to the vision, the sound of music accompanying commentary or a photographer. Jean Claude – alias Father Fourat – Imed and Donia show every night bêtisier Encounters. This year, a slide show will allow the public to assess programmes carried out by photographers who hope to win “The challenge for Ghar El Melh” trophy that will crown the creativity and boldness.

Photography workshop for children and adults
The workshops, as their name suggests, are more than one site preparations. The result does not count more than the work leading thereto. “The Wall images”, “Life, face and portrait”, “Their photos… our legends”, “Family Album,” are some of the workshops where children give free rein to their imagination, fantasy and innocence. The photographers will be invited to take part and children by the hand to the wonderful world of photography.

Journal of Meetings
Le Corsaire écumera the shores of Ghar El Melh for the third consecutive year. Auditors reported the course of the event, interviews with photographers, citations to remember, excerpts book to read, memorize vocabulary, helping heart of poets, are the topics.

Photo Academy
The Academy of Art in Carthage is a new private school to teach photography in Tunisia. With equipment at the cutting edge of technology, experienced teachers will be glad to show you how to use your digital camera, make a portrait studio and exploit the possibilities of Photoshop. A team of students from this institution will cover the highlights of the day and will screen his interviews and reports each evening.

Back in a work, photography by A. Kahia
What other event could pay tribute to Abdelhamid Kahia? Les Rencontres hope enroll in the Tunisian landscape photography as a reference to consult. A slide show, made after his great book “Tunisia” published in 1964, will explore photography Abdelhamid Kahia, one of the few masters of photography Tunisia.

After midnight
“After midnight” is a meeting, informal and relaxed on the beach of Sidi Ali El Mekki, where interrogations, which have always accompanied the photographer, will be raised. What is a good photograph? The photographer must seek to be happy or to please the public? And the art market! Should we follow or ignore? These are some of the questions which no reply has been unanimously. Here and nowhere else, the digressions are allowed if desired, photography leads to everything and what better place to escape the starry sky of Tunisia and the beach of Sidi Ali El Mekki? The echoes of discussions last year, which ended at sunrise, still resonate today. Some went to bed others have had enough strength to go eat doughnuts and start a new day. The meeting is also this: a performance of physical endurance.

The animations

June 26

09h-12h: photography workshops for children
“Guided tours of exhibitions with Hamideddine
“The wall images with Rania
“Your photos… our legends” with Hajer
“Life, face portraits” with Rabaa
16h-18h: Workshop for adolescents and adults
“Picture Academy”, with the Academy of Art in Carthage
22h to 00h: Nocturnes.
The information (students of the Academy of Art in Carthage)
“Back in a work, photography by A. Kahia” Hamideddine
Slideshows contributing to the Challenge Ghar El Melh
“The bêtisier of the day” by Jean Claude alias Father Fourat, Imed and Donia
Beach Sidi El Mekki
00h to 02h: “After midnight, meeting informally with photographers.

June 27

09h-12h: photography workshops for children
“Guided tours of exhibitions with Lilia
“The wall images with Rania
“Your photos… our legends” with Hajer
“Life, face portraits” with Rabaa
16h-18h: Workshop for adolescents and adults
“Picture Academy”, with the Academy of Art in Carthage
22h to 00h: Nocturnes.
The information (students of the Academy of Art in Carthage)
Slideshows contributing to the Challenge Ghar El Melh
“The bêtisier of the day” by Jean Claude alias Father Fourat, Imed and Donia
Beach Sidi El Mekki
00h to 02h: “After midnight, meeting informally with photographers.

June 28

09h-12h: photography workshops for children
“Guided tours of exhibitions” with Marianne
“The wall images with Rania
“Your photos… our legends” with Hajer
“Life, face portraits” with Rabaa ”
“Reporters at GEM” with Lilia
16h-18h: Workshop for adolescents and adults
“Picture Academy”, with the Academy of Art in Carthage
Panel I: “The pictures today”
22h to 00h: Nocturnes.
The information (students of the Academy of Art in Carthage)
Slideshows contributing to the Challenge Ghar El Melh
“The day of the bêtisier” by Jean Claude alias Father Fourat, Imed and Donia
Beach Sidi El Mekki
00h to 02h: “After midnight, meeting informally with photographers.

June 29

09h-12h: photography workshops for children
“Guided tours of exhibitions with Nathalia
“The wall images with Rania
“Your photos… our legends” with Hajer
“Life, face portraits” with Rabaa
“Family Albums” with Lilia
16h-18h: Workshop for adolescents and adults
“Picture Academy”, with the Academy of Art in Carthage
Panel II: “The photograph in these relations with the media”
22h to 00h: Nocturnes.
“The bêtisier of the day” by Jean Claude alias Father Fourat, Imed and Donia
Slideshows contributing to the Challenge Ghar El Melh and awards ceremony.
“Back in a work, photography by A. Kahia” Hamideddine
Special Info (students of the Academy of Art in Carthage)
Beach Sidi El Mekki
00h to 02h: “After midnight,” Farewell.

Via [Du photographique] freshly translated fron French with Google.

Collections
Anonymes, fonds Beit el Bennani (Tunisia)
Soler, fonds Iadh Béhi (Tunisia)

Photographers
Abid Ons (Tunisia)
Abouzid Kamel (Lybia)
Akram Abderrazzak (Tunisia)
Amri Hassen (Tunisia)
Barioun Talel (Lybia)
Belhassen Imed (Tunisia)
Ben Mustapha Aicha (Tunisia)
Bensaadi Ramzy (Algérie)
Benzid Lilia (Tunisia)
Bouali Hamideddine (Tunisia)
Catzaras Marianna (Tunisia/Greece)
Chagour Samia (Tunisia)
Chebbi Mohamed Haythem (Tunisia)
Coto Gael (France)
De la Mauvinière Sylvia (France)
Fauqué Nicolas (France/Tunisia)
Fitouri Jamila (Lybia)
Frikha Sami (Tunisia)
Hammi Mohamed (Tunisia)
Iverney Claude (France)
Jabeur Salah (Tunisia)
Jaskula Natalia (Pologne)
Jeradi Wiem (Tunisia)
Kéchine Abderazak (Tunisia)
Lefevre Patrick (France)
Maamri Karim (Tunisia)
Marouane Trabelsi (Tunisia)
Messadi Amine (Tunisia)
Paiva Suzana (Potugal)
Pieck Mela (Pologne)
Salvado Maria (Argentine)
Segur Benoit et Irina (France/Russia)
Sifaoui Riadh (Tunisia)
Sikora Tomek (Pologne)
Stoll Catherine (France)
Tangi Myriam (Moroccco)
Telissi Maraa (Lybia)
Vidal Antonio (Spain/Tunisia)
Wacowski Piotr (Pologne)
Werda Rania (Tunisia)

Via [Du Photographique]

For two weeks starting May 23th, Al Marsa (A Tunis suburb)would be totally busy with arts: a lot of exhibitions of painting, sculpture and photography especially open for amateurs showing up their skills, a challenge is in the middle of the event, in fact last year’s photography winner was Zied a close friend and an extremely talented photography who survived a film photography experience with a devil’s eye. The deadline for sending the works is over and I may be doing something next year, I’m wiling to get there myself and take a look around.

A pre-selection is already available including a lot people I know:

Téja Guiza
Image de Tunisie II
Emna Chaabouni Profil
Harmel-Mezhoud Fethia
Mosquée
Trabelsi Faten
Evasion 2
Ben Soltane Mohamed
Location gratuite d’espace
Souissi Douraîd
Sans titre I
Sans titre II
Paatto Megdiche Jacqueline Fatima
Ben Saîd Amira Le Printemps
Les barques
Fakhfakh Yassine Damier
Equilibre Selon…
Chelbi Mondher Fernand
Ben Naouar Lobna Mosquée
Coupole
Ellouze Yassine Filles
Bahri Imen Les couleurs de la vie
Ma Richesse
Shili Leîla Nature Morte
Sans Titre
Khrouf Kchaou Aîda Concept
Azaîez Khedija Café Expresse 1
Guiga Nebiha Soleil des moissons
Composition en violet
Ben Othman Med. El Hedi Impressions D’Afrique
Medini Mohamed Femme à la contrebasse
Mehiri Mounir L’arbre comme je le vois I
L’arbre comme je le vois II
Bennani Ines Sans Titre I
Sans Titre I
Soumer Henda Bécassine
Ben Jemaa Moncef Regard
Mosbah Chiraz Sans domicile fixe
Lueur Errante
Mahjoub Alia
La Lumière
Bouafif Jamila Nature Morte (Oignon)
Dziri Anis L’artiste
L’impasse
Sami Hedia Interruption
Richesse
Yoann Cimier
L’ouverture
Péninsule
Hosni Noura Théière
Feuille géante
Slim Zahra Désir Elle
Consommation télévisée
Bouzdira Hazar Vision
Ben Ayed Maya Entre les lignes I
Entre les lignes II
Gmach Nasri Takrouna
Chouchène Afifa
Un mot dans le vent
Mot libre
Labat Henri Black Mona
Sidommou Imed Sabbat
Chemin Obscure
Skik Rabaa Quarantaine
Incarcération
Saadi Tharouet Cadence
Ferchichi Miriam Danse contact
Lignes radioactives

Take a lokk at [Mars Arts(French)]

And thanks to Jeune Tunisiene to let me know.

Last Saturday night, riding the empty metro with some jerk friends nd taking some memorial photos (refer to my photolog) when suddenly a security customer (usually assigned to the metro through the hottest nights with increasing violence in Saturdays and beyond the midnights service) get out the driver booth and told me :”taking photos in the train is prohibited !! give me your camera !”, so my reaction was a big exclamation, my friends stood up and I told him that we were taking self photos, as he smelt the breeze of alcohol he gave up his fury.

The point is every time I tried to take a photo some guy usually the security forces, or even a simple employee, shows up and ask me to stop taking photos, as if I were shooting a nuclear plant or his daughter naked, damn world ! how can I practice photographing if everywhere my cam becomes a spy’s gadget ?

As locals taking photos of the market, people, the little wood next to your city around is always are not welcome : they will ask you to stop, or who you are ? or in some extreme cases :”show me you ID !”, ans so on, even I have developed many techniques of camouflage such as holding the cam in my hand and press the trigger, or try to find a hideout where nobody would notice me, or just talk with the people around creating some kind of friendship that leads to a unlimited photographing license, sometimes I have even paid to take shots.

Despite, If you’re a tourist to a resident foreigner (or just look like), you’ll just get smiles everywhere and take photos as free as a you were shooting your personnel garden, the police, or the people around won’t disturb your open photo workshop : God Bless Tourism !

I don’t understand this exaggerated awareness about the camera, or is it just about the media ? thus that most of the Tunisian think that all local photographers are working certainly for a newspaper, and their rear is justified as the press has been publishing unauthorized photos of many people without any permission for decades (the law has been fixed a few years ago), and all those photographers were pretending to be just making photos for joy or as souvenirs !

But the point is that Tunisian don’t really understand photography, except wedding or ID portrait, here in this country we don’t trust a man with a Camera, just because we don’t know him or we haven’t asked for his services, we don’t see the photos with art issues as they could harm our life making us uncovered.

It’s in the late years with the increasing popularity of the digital photography, that usual people shoot in the open air and that people are accepting those devices becoming a usual tool to memorize warm moments or just for fun, led by the outnumbering of the cell phones with camera, the freak is still on, but it’s getting less expressed to avoid getting damned as a retarded and primate person.

For the police two main reasons are making photography a real state enemy:
First, as those toys cam make videos, they have lately a useful tool to many people who started a propaganda videos, sex scenes or event took shocking videos who instantly spread over the web. Two stories are making sense to this : Two high school teacher shoot their self while making love, and the other is about a dancing policeman.
Secondly, the terrorism threat is making our national security more aware of … everybody, yes me and you and the guy pissing on the wall, as I’ve said before, we have no thought about art coming through photos, if you’re making a photo of the metro, you’re certainly getting ready to blow it, if you have take photos of an office, you’ll certainly come by night and steal its precious documents and if it’s not you, you’ll certainly send it to someone else, if ever you have no intention to any of those terrifying actions, someone in the web will use you photos as a material to harm our beloved republic. In one word, we don’t need your photos you can still make peaceful pencil drawings in a paper.

I have asked to colleagues graduated in law to find to make research and find me all about photography in the Tunisian law, the output will be published as soon as possible, and then I’ll get rid or may be of all this stupid behavior.

Finally, I just want to say , that I want make photos for fun, I don’t want to get nagged by a dirty bastard every time I tried to make an artistic photo,I don’t want to harm none, and I’d like to hear from your experiences and how do you faces such problems.

This is just a republish of an article I did write 2 years ago, since that things haven’t changed a lot.

The Exhibit will be opened next Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 6:00pm in Tahar Haddad Club inside the old Media gathering a group of amateurs with a surprising talent.

Take a look at [Tuniversality in Mysapce]
Their Group [In Facebook]

This event was created by Frank Evers(VII Photo agency) Daniel Power (Powehouse) and stands as the best US photo conquest featuring a bunch of professional photographers, unfortunately I didn’t any Tunisians or Arabs there.

More at [NYPF08]

Via [Pink Lemon]

I don’t really like Facebook that much but I really like the idea of challenges about photography.

I’m really delighted to see such events promoting photography in Africa and more happy to see two Tunisian artists on the list, Africa needs a voice a way to show up the way it wants to, as a major photojournalism victim the stored life in the continent was always a wasted potential behind the scene of war and starving.

Go to [Joburg Art Fair]

I’m really delighted to see such events promoting photography in Africa and more happy to see two Tunisian artists on the list, Africa needs a voice a way to show up the way it wants to, as a major photojournalism victim the stored life in the continent was always a wasted potential behind the scene of war and starving.

Go to [Joburg Art Fair]

The Tunisian Games is a remarkable new events dedicated to the gaming as PES, CS, War Craft, … and before starting the real events an online photo challenge has started about the way You play and how you do it, right there is many photos uploaded I didn’t find any real excitement about that, but it’s just an other bright start.

Via [La Presse]

More coverage coming soon as I go there.

Bechi Manoubi was born in November 24,1930 in Tunis he started his career as boxer -He was even Tunisian Boxing champion in 1958- before becoming a sport photographer by 1960, he has been in the major world events as 10 world cups and 12 summer Olympic games and three Mohamed Ali boxing matches, he is believed to the be the most known photographer of Africa.

He used to wear a special clothing making him easily remarkable everywhere he went: the Mexican hat with a several Tunisian flogs and tens of cards covering both his jacket and hat he have been collecting. The whole thing wights 50 Kg that he owe him to get mentioned in the Guinness book. Unfortunately although his great works all along the 60 years of sport photojournalism, he was never rewarded nor locally nor outside the country.

In his testament, Bechir Manoubi asked that:
- Save his archives.
- His costume to be used.
- Keep on his mission thus Hosni ,his son, has taken the flame.

[Bechi Manoubi Official Webiste]
[Bechi Manoubi Official Galleries]

see also http://www.playphone.com

In Tunis, there few events involving photography beside a couple of small festivals, ATB challenge is one of the major and most buzzed events ever without being that great thing about arts, the challenge is about three disciplines: Art (Photography, Cinema, painting), Technology and Business. The photography is the major part of the whole competition involving less than one hundred amateur willing to get one the prizes: 1st prize 7000 TND (About 5000USD), 1000 TND for the second one and finally 500 TND for the last challenger.

This the jury is always a gathering of business man ans celebrities unable to differ photography from art, I have been in the first edition which spots “The national treasures” my main work was a set of photos of Sidi Ali Azzouz(Zaghouan) a splendid and Arabic post-Andalusian style and I was beaten by a guy shooting his hand as “The hand that build Tunisia” and a girl taking El Jem coliseum arches with her mobile phone as a matter of fun.

The event is -unfortunately- not promoting fun as a propaganda like what the bank is smart and it supports arts and young people. Anyway, I keep the faith and stand to see what’s going to be about this edition titled: Mediterranean sea : unionism and diversity.

Since the end of the 19th century, Tunisia was drawn under the French protectorate a masked occupation that led the country under the foreign dictatorship, the resistance of the tribes and local population haven’t stopped since especially in the country side never less in the cities, the national movement have been the guiding to the independence (1965) thanks to decades of struggle with the the French authorities for decades.

The armed resistance was rarely taken in pictures, few portraits of jailed or wanted rebels were kept in the archives, people hiding in top of the mountains and in the bushes keeping eyes open even in sleep were less concerned about archiving their activity through writings or photos than having munitions, food and some intelligence to avoid or attack the enemy platoons nor did the media (a couple of national newspapers) who were over controlled by the French local government, and the French press was spreading other propaganda.

The national movement led by Farhat Hachad, Abdel Azia thaalbi, taher ben Youssef and Bourguiba was a gathering of smart thinkers who thought differently from the rebels, they chosen to peacefully to negotiate with the French occupier small peaces of freedom than the complete independence, the National party have used the most sophisticated tools in time to show their attention: meeting, strikes, newspapers, … without ignoring to take all that in shots thus their actions were shoes around in the local media and the Arab national press.

Bourguiba was on the heart of all that fighting for the independence: local meeting in the party and many visits to Egypt and USA or even as detainee in Isle of Groix was all graved into memorable and precious photos.

Bourguiba knew always how to interact with the camera as his only way of visible communication for the farther people at the time, the national TV started in 1966, the newspapers and the radio were the major mass media. The photos -even in the most worst times- showed a wise smiling leader with enlighten mind and a brighter future.

As part of his show, he was an element man but he also showed him self wearing labor clothes, working as a farmer and taking pictures with political mates and ordinary people, in one word he knew the real value of photography as much as a political speech as a matter for leadership.

Photography has been a main too on the most big struggles for freedom all over the world as much for Tunisia as for Algeria or India, it didn’t just store all those events into memory, it did change history, believes and led whole countries to change.

You can find a valuable collection of Bouguiba’s photo in a dedicated site, and other photos of the national party under the French protector in the independence site establish in the 50th independence celebration.