Rocky Mountain News: A sad ending for an award winning newspaper

Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo.

Fifty-five-days shy of turning 150 years old, the Rocky Mountain News printed its last edition on February 27, 2009. Falling to the victim of the US economic downturn, Rocky Mountain News owner, Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group, had finally decided that the award winning paper had to go after being put up for sale since December 2008 but without success. The paper and the website showed nothing but first class reporting and design and are sources of inspiration for all of us at Panna Institute.

I had the pleasure of meeting photographer Todd Heisler in Amsterdam who in 2006 had won the 1st prize story in the World Press Photo contest by following a deceased Marine returning home to Colorado and to his wife. An excellent photo story for such an important event and one that is the signature of the editorial team at Rocky Mountain News.

We are all saddened by this great lost. We wish all of the former staff of the Rocky Mountain News farewell and our prayers and thoughts are with all of you.

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Book Discussion: FAST FORWARD by Lauren Greenfield

What makes a great photo essay? For photographers, this is an excellent opportunity to discuss with professional photojournalists a photo book by award winning photojournalist Lauren Greenfield as she captures the sometimes shocking, always startling images of children and teenagers in the relentlessly fast-lane city of Los Angeles in Fast Forward: Growing up in the Shadow of Hollywood.

Saturday March 28, 2008
Time: 10am - 12pm
Open to public (free)

Gedung Coterie, 2nd Floor
Jl. Kemang Raya No. 14B
Jakarta Selatan 12730

Tel: 7179-1839
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Joy & Sorrow in 2008: Photo Essay by Chicago Tribune

A collection of moving images by Chicago Tribune photographers. Read more!

MAGNUM IN MOTION SERIES: Lebanon by Paolo Pellegrin

Lebanon
Paolo Pellegrin - Magnum Photographer
"While covering the war in Lebanon, bombs and missiles were exploding around us, but you never saw who was launching them. It was different from all the wars I had covered before. This might be the way future wars look." Read more!

Aussie, RI promote Islamic exchange

The Jakarta Post has posted an article recently explaining that the Australian government has opened applications for the Australia-Indonesia Muslim Exchange Program 2009, which aims to promote interfaith dialogue and build links between Muslim communities in the two countries.

Information about the program and application process is available at www.indonesia.embassy.gov.au and www.paramadina.ac.id.

Applications close on Jan. 9, 2009 at 4 pm. Read more!

World Press Photo Seminar: Associated Press' Ed Wray on Creating a Photographic Portfolio

A comparison of images of different styles from Ed Wray's portfolio. Copyright Ed Wray/Associated Press

A seminar "How to Create a Photographic Portfolio" was held on Saturday December 13th with Ed Wray as the guest speaker. Ed Wray is currently chief photojournalist in Indonesia and East Timor for The Associated Press. He has covered many of the biggest stories in Asia over the last ten years. Working together with Panna Institute, Ed focused on several important points that really matter in making a photographic portfolio, whether you are aiming to become a photojournalist or a corporate photographer by asking some of these questions:

Vision - what is your vision as a photographer? Are you a corporate photographer or do you see yourself as a photojournalist? Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

Style - what style are you gravitating towards? Do you see yourself as a black and white shooter or more towards color?

Consistency - whatever you do, your portfolio needs to show that you are a consistent photographer. Even you choose to push the boundary of photography, do it consistently.

The Market: the DOs and DON'Ts - do the research to where you are offering your pictures. Some of his concerns are: Don't send fashion picture portfolio to a sports magazine. Offer them what they can use. Don't duplicate photos in your portfolio from the same event.

Presentation - there are many ways to present your photographic portfolio these days. Some of which Ed recommends is, if you are a photojournalist, is Lightstalkers, Flickr and Smugmug. Of course there is the traditional "book" that you can create as well.


From left to right: Sinartus Sosrodjojo (Head Division of Art & Photo Media Indonesia and Chairman of Panna Institute and Ed Wray, Chief Photographer of Associated Press Indonesia).


About 125 participants came to participate the seminar. Read more!

World Press Photo Exhibition 08 Jakarta Opens with a Bang!

Mr. Surya Paloh, Head of Media Group, (left) and H.E. Dr. Nikolaos Van Dam, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands both cut the ribbon marking the opening of the 2008 World Press Photo Exhibition at Pacific Place, Jakarta.

Panna Foto Institute is happy to announce that the opening of the World Press Photo Exhibition 08 was a major success. The exhibition was opened by His Excellency Dr. Nikolaos Van Dam, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Mr. Surya Paloh, Head of Media Group was visited by hundreds of people during the busy Friday late afternoon traffic at Pacific Place.

Location: Pacific Place
Date of exhibition: December 12 until December 28
Price: free


From left to right: Ruth Setyawati (General Manager of Promotions Pacific Place), Andry Adiwinarso (Country Director of Sales & Marketing TNT Express ), Saur Hutabarat (News Director Media Indonesia), Sinartus Sosrodjojo (Head of Art & Foto Media Indonesia), Femke Van Der Valk (Project Manager Exhibition World Press Photo), Gonneke de Ridder (First Press Secretary Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) during the press conference prior to the opening.


H.E. Dr. Nikolaos Van Dam speaking during the opening.


Femke Van Der Valk explains to Mr. Surya Paloh regarding one of the images while H.E. Dr. Nikolaos Van Dam and
Mr. Tan Kian, owner of Pacific Place review the images.











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World Press Photo 08 Exhibition Hadir di Jakarta!

World Press Photo hadir di Pacific Place dengan opening ceremony pada pukul 4pm hari Jumat, 12 December. Exhibition akan di buka oleh Kedutaan Besar Belanda H.E. Dr. Nikolaos van Dam beserta Pemimpin Media Group Bapak Surya Paloh . 185 foto yang di tampilkan adalah dari hasil seleksi dari 5,019 fotographers (125 negara) yang ikut serta.

Acara berlangsung pada hari Sabtu, 13 December dengan:

Seminar "How to Create A Photographic Portfolio"
Jam: 10pm-12pm
Tempat: Pacific Place Pavilion
Moderator: Sinartus Sosrodjojo - Kepala Divisi Art & Foto Media Indonesia
Speaker: Ed Wray - Chief Photographer Associated Press Indonesia

Slide Show "Media Slide Show"
Jam 1:30 - 4pm
Tempat : Pacific Place Pavilion
Partisipan: Dibuka untuk seluruh Media




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REVERIE - Vincent Laforet uses New Canon 5D Mark II for Video Production

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Vincent Laforet takes the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II for a spin but with a different angle. Just with using the new EOS 5D Mark II and ProFoto Lighting equipment, he produced "Reverie".



EOS 5D Mark II becomes the first DSLR camera kamera DSLR that supports video capture full HD 1920x1080. Read more!

Pameran Foto

Akankah Porong masih akan tercantum pada peta Indonesia lima tahun lagi?

Pewarta foto Mamuk Ismuntoro mencoba menghamparkan data-data visualnya pada kita. Sebentuk data yang memiliki roh, yang berjiwa. Semuanya disajikannya pada kita untuk mencoba menggugah betapa sangat seriusnya persoalan penghancuran lingkungan yang disinyalir terjadi karena kealpaan manusia. (Oscar Motuloh - Galeri Fotojurnalistik Antara)

Pameran Foto
"Vivere - Dare to Live"
1-30 November 2008
Malang Meeting Point (Mamipo)
Jl.Kediri no 4 Malang
http://vivere-photos.blogspot.com

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