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PHOTSOC 2012 – International Festival of Social Photography from from Friday 14 to Sunday, September 23

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For this new edition of International Festival of social photography, the association PhotSoc created with support from the city of Sarcelles, Company Phalsbourg, My Place Shopping Centre, Canon France, Opej and other partners, an event consisting of innovative exhibitions combining the one hand, the works of nearly fifteen artists creative photographers and photo reporters and secondly, the work of children and adolescents Sarcellois.
Photographers exhibited: Eric Anthony, Bruno Boudjelal, Boutonnet Franck, Bernard Ciancia, Jordi Cohen, Matteo Gozzi, Henry Nicolas, France Keyser, Loïc Lautard, Pierrot Men (subject), William J. Plisson, Jean-Manuel Simoes, Bénédite Topuz, Pierre Torset, Agnieszka Traczewska, Luca Zanier and Xavier Zimbardo.
Exhibition from Friday 14 to Sunday, September 23, 2012
Exhibition locations: Fairgrounds, Sarcelles My Place mall, neighborhood centers and white Les Vignes Chardonnerettes, social center Chantepie-Rosiers, the Sablon and Social Centre Library Anna-Langfus

 

Contest ”From the color and happiness in my city”
Attend a free photo contest launched by the association PhotSoc as part of this exhibition. Cameras and other prizes to win!
Information and registration online http://www.photsoc.org/concours2012.html

Entrega de Premios Canson Infinity

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Ayer tuve la oportunidad de asistir a la entrega de Premios de Canson Infinity en la Tienda de Piera de Via Augusta de Barcelona. Me acompañó el equipo de Anson Infinity , de Piera y José Manuel Alorda, ganador del 2º Premio de la Cartegoría de Color.

 

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1st Prize in Canson Infinity National Photo Contest

Burial of a Voodoo Practitioner

1st Prize in Canson Infinity National Photo Contest

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@jordicohen. Main Cemetery of Port-Au-Prince (Haiti).

 

I am pleased to announce that my photograph taken at the funeral of Monexil Yonel has achieved the 1st Prize in Canson Infinity National Photo Contest in the B&W cathegory. The picture tries to convey the deep sense of pain of the mother Monexil in the final moment of his burial.

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Monexil Yonel, alias Tifre The Best, a young Haitian Christian who played in a band rasta.This is a story about his funeral, which included a number of voodoo rituals. His funeral was a mixture of sadness and joy. I was in the cemetery in search of any images related to voodoo, and suddenly a bunch of guys carrying a coffin, while singing rasta tunes. Behind them was the family, with sides of deep sadness and pain. The funeral was a real show,they opened the coffin several times to take the last pictures with him, give him a drink ofrum and, of course, as is normal in a voodoo funeral, to put a salt lick in his hand to ensurethat it could not become a zombie.

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Related Gallery: Burial of a Voodoo Practitioner

How I did one of my favorite pictures?

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@jordicohen. Main Cemetery of Port-Au-Prince

 

Monexil Yonel, alias Tifre The Best, was a Christian young Haitian who played in a rasta band. This photo is a part of a reportage on his funeral with voodoo rituals. His funeral was a mixture of sadness and joy.
I was in the main cemetery of Port-Au-Prince trying to search of any images related to voodoo, and suddenly there appeared a group of boys carrying a coffin, while singing rasta songs. Behind them was the family, with faces of deep sadness and pain. The funeral was a real show and he photo was taken moments before they opened the coffin several times to take the last pictures with him, giving him a drink of rum and, of course, as is normal in a voodoo funeral, to put a salt lick on the hand to ensure that it could become a zombie.

 

Technical considerations may have been others, but I was at the cemetery only with my Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II and  lens 24 mm 1.4. I always shoot with aperture priority, but for the curious and nurse about these things, the picture was taken in raw at ISO 500, f 1.4 speed 1 / 500, without flash and 24 mm focal length. He was subsequently processed with Photoshop.

 

Related Post: My Favorite Reportage of 2011 – Happy 2012!

Opening of the “Haitian Voodoo” exhibition on January 28th, 2012

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Melon Rouge Agency (Phnom Penh – Cambodia) and the Essences Primitives gallery (Bordeaux – France)

 

are pleased to announce the opening of the “Haitian Voodoo” exhibition by photographer Jordi Cohen. The opening will take place on January 28th, 2012 at the “Salon des antiquaires et de l’art contemporain de Bordeaux”.

 

Related Galleries: 

Fet Gédé: Eros y Tánatos en Haití,Bassin Saint Jacques Pilgrimage, Burial of a Voodoo Practitioner, Saut de Mort, Petro Ceremony

My first Exhibition of Voodoo in Bordeaux

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I have the pleasure to announce my new exhibition of photography for gallery Essences Primitives, to be held under the “Salon des Antiquaires et de l’art contemporain de Bordeaux” from January 28 to February 5, 2012.
This exhibition has emerged from a collaboration with the agency Melon Rouge Agency, with the collaboration and the special effort of its director, Emmanuel Zbinden.
The exhibition comprises a selection of photographs taken in Haiti during the years 2008 and 2011, and is part of my work on Voodoo celebrations in this country. Is my personal view about voodoo, and includes aspects of ceremonies in private peristyles, as well as moments of some of the biggest celebrations such as Fet Gede related (Day of the Dead) Saut d’Eau, or Saint Jacques Baisin .

 

Related Galleries: 

Fet Gédé: Eros y Tánatos en Haití,Bassin Saint Jacques Pilgrimage, Burial of a Voodoo Practitioner, Saut de Mort, Petro Ceremony

Preparing a selection of my Voodoo work for a French Gallery

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@jordicohen. Main Cemetery of Port-Au-Prince during Fet Gédé

Reviewing the photographs on Vudu for a French gallery, I found a pleasant surprise, as this photo I made in 2008 in the main cemetery of Port-Au-Prince during Fet Gédé.

 

Related Galleries: 

Fet Gédé: Eros y Tánatos en Haití,Bassin Saint Jacques Pilgrimage, Burial of a Voodoo Practitioner, Saut de Mort, Petro Ceremony