Chobi Mela III : International Festival of Photography, Asia 2004

You are cordially invited to attend the inauguration ceremony of Chobi Mela III -The International Festival of Photography, Asia 2004, at the Alliance Francaise gallery on the 6th of December, Monday at 4 pm.

The guest of honour for the festival will be the celebrated Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer. The festival will be launched through the opening of Norway's outstanding portrait photographer Morten Krogvold. Tarek AIGhoussain from UAE and Geerte Wachter from the Prince Claus Fund of the Netherlands will be present as special guests. Shahidul Alam, Festival Director for Chobi Mela III, will preside over the session.

On this ocassion four legendary Bangladeshi photographers will be honoured by Chobi Mela for their outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of photography. This year Chobi Mela Lifetime Achievement Awards will go to Golam Kashem Daddy, Alokchitracharya Manzoor Alam Beg, Amanul Haque and Shamsul Islam Almazi.

The festival which includes 38 exhibitions from 17 countries will be on display in 7 different galleries of Dhaka city from the 6th to the 23rd December 2004. Evening performances will take place daily from the 6th till the 11th December at the Goethe Institut and will include films, multimedia presentations, lectures and video conferences.

Bangladesh
Abir Abdullah
Nayemuzzaman Prince
Press Photographers
SARPV
Shahidul Alam


India
Dharavi
Parthiv Shah
Raghu Rai
Sudharak Olwe
Suvendu Chatterjee
Swapan Nayak

Iran
Reza Deghati
Shadi Ghadirian
Omid Salehi

Japan
Shinzo Hanabusa
 
Malaysia
Alex Moh ( curator )
Victor Chin

Mexico
Pedro Meyer
 
Nepal
Ashesh Dangol
Deependra Bajracharya
Usha Titikshu

Netherlands
John Lambrichts
Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski

Norway
Morten Krogvold
 
Pakistan
Tehmina Ahmed ( curator )
 
Singapore
Chris Yap
Darren Soh
Tay Kay Chin
Then Chih Wey
Zhuang Wubin

South Africa
Neo Ntsoma

Sri Lanka
Dominic Sansoni
 
Thailand
Jerome Ming
Manit Sriwanichpoom

UAE
Tarek Al-Ghoussein

UK
Hilary Knox
Peter Fryer
 
USA
Dick Doughty ( curator )
Richard Glickstein
Srinivas Kuruganti