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Photobaltic basic lines Create the active participation between the different countries of Central Baltic program with a common objective: the coast, the sea, culture, wildlife, environment and other natural resources generate in the time. The project is willing to use the artistic medium as photography with a book, exhibition and workshops, that will travel around the countries of the program, as interactive method of participation between the subjects and the actors to be involved. Is a propose to made during the seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn and winter like real protagonists of the Baltic area. Project objective To promote tourism and culture within Latvia, Estonia, Sweden and Finland. Also to create a network of new and professional photographers, and a interest for the use of the photography as a important tool to document the daily life of the socities. Photobaltic it is defined as a group of participative work between people and communities, the soul of the project. Objectives are very clear: To try to find a intercommunication between the photographic art and the natural spaces and people. Project activities Photographers exchange. It is foreseen to involve in the project professional photographers who has made name in their national countries and photography students from universities. 1. How is working the project? From each country professional photographers will go another countries (for example, from Latvia one photographer will go to Sweden, another to Finland, third to Estonia). In the project will be involved also twelve students from each university- 6 of them will go to particular region of, for example, Sweden and six of them will receive 'incoming' foreign photography students from, for example Estonia. They will go together in pairs and make photos, taking notes in small notebooks, recording sound of the scene and later work with it as multimedia show to be exhibited in multiple places, like squares, museums, universities, photography schools, and internet. We have confirmation of Ian Berry, one invited photographer in the project from prestigious Magnum photos agency. 2. What we all expecting with this project? Participation, spread the culture and heritage in Central Baltic countries, publish a book with photos with contents of Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden with texts in English and national languages of the countries participants, a interactive DVD. In the book will be documented coasts, beaches, capital cities, history, ethnography, everyday life of Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden of Central Baltic programme, with coastal regions (during all seasons) even the Aland islands.. 3. Will be workshops with photographers? One of the more important subject of photobaltic is sharing the information. This project is not teaching anyone. The main idea is learn from each other, get the experience, changing diferent opinions, culture and (very important) human talk and opinions. Every photographer will have the duty to take the pictures during one year and sharing his/her experience with students of photography in permanent workshops and seminars. The activities will be in the areas of trekking and routes. Wildlife, environmental, local culture, and photography will be a few of the subjects to work. At the end of the project the students and participants need to made a collective performance of their works (photography, multimedia) as a proof of dedication and work. 4. What is the mission of the writers? They will write the texts in cooperation with photographers, and will be one writer per country. The texts explain about the pictures and why each photo is important. Photography is talking by itself, don't need texts but in this case we wish that writers must be share with photography. 5. There will be outdoor activities? Of course, this is the one of the aims of the PhotoBaltic. Photographers and students working together in the biodiversity of the spaces as a group. Outdoor activities, trekking routes, taking pictures. Students will walk the routes and made new ones, as a nature and wildlife experience. All the work will be updated in the website of the project in English and others languages with photos, showing advances in the project and other descriptions of the participant countries. 6. Book The book is a memory of photos and texts of the project and can be used by partners to show a culture between baltic countries from the look of students and photographers working together. Expecting 400-500 pages book with photographs in color and black and white. The edition of the pictures will be delivery for each photographer in a DVD where will be two folders: one with TIFF files to be print in book and pictures and other folder with jpeg files as fast views. Other technical characteristics will given. 7. Exhibition Expecting 100 big pictures of the photographers to be exposed in squares and free spaces in the cities of the project. The photographs will be printed in special material to resist the water, sun, hot and wind. Open-air exhibition itinerancy in the centers of capital cities and in coastal towns during summer, when are held festivals of the towns. After the exhibition the material is distributed between project partners and remains for their use. The exhibition take the attention with (1) how foreigners see our country (2) where our photographers have been and seen. 8. Area of influence Central Baltic coast, cities of coastline from Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden including islands. Partners We need at least two partners from Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden to develop the project and a maximum of 30. To become partners of the project please read the manual that you will find in www.centralbaltic.eu Finances&Budget For partners from Latvia and Estonia EU co-financing is 85% and for Finland and Sweden co-financing is 75%. The project budget depends from codifications of project idea and number of books and exhibition places. All info in website of the programme: www.centralbaltic.eu Documentary video A professional filmaker will made a documentary video in HDV (High resolution) about the activities of the project. Website A page in the internet network will be upload to show the itinerancy of the project. There will be a administrator of the site. The website contents will be about the activities of the project including a forum of the members to generate ideas and a collective participation. The site will be: www.photobaltic.org Staff of the project: always open doors to people and ideas As any other project where the human factor in involved the project need a place where to have the meetings between the team of the project leader and the other partners and visitors. We work with photography and photographers but we wish sharing our experience with the rest of the members of the programme and projects. Our doors will be always open to ideas and people. Administration stuff, desks for Director or Art Director, project assistants and material to work during all the time of the project (office stuff, computers, monitors, scanner, printer, cameras, photography cards, card readers, projectors, etc). Project timeframe If Project approved in October-November 2008, then start to run. November 2008: Recruitment staff, Employment and other administrative issues, project partner meeting for start of the project: Estimated Schedule December 2008, selection of photographers, calls, and first meeting. |---2008---| |--------------2009--------------| |--------------2010--------------| |--------------2011--------------| start 1st stage 2nd stage 3rd stage A. First stage 2009 Divided in milestones January, February, March, April January/February 2009- final selection of artistic participants and organization of visiting points. Photographers will work as commissioners of PhotoBaltic project. March/April 2009- first workshop of photographers May, June, July, August May/June 2009- first travel round of photographers/ administrative support to arrangement of travel points June 2009- competition for writers, check photos July 2009- photographers taking summer pictures August 2009- spare time/vacations September, October, November, December September 2009- launch procurement for book and exhibition and transport, project partners meeting October 2009- Autumn round of photo traveling, setup of the website December 2009- Winter round, arrangement for exhibition places B. Second stage 2010 January, February, March, April January 2010- texts from writers for book, selection of photos for book and exhibition, second workshop for photographers February 2010- Layout of book, exhibition March/April 2010- Book, exhibition printed May, June, July, August May-September- Exhibitions September, October, November, December October, November 2010- Estimating closure of project. Fullfilled Objectives January 2011: Can be extended to 2011 depending of book and exhibition factors. We wish (applying) to support with our project the European Capitals of Culture, Turku 2011 and Tallinn 2011. B. Third stage 2011 Willing to participate as a photo project in Turku and Tallinn 2011. Open doors to Press&Media The project is seeking a clear and transparent information with the public opinion. In this case we are willing to have a good relationship with the press&media from all the countries involved in the programme, inviting journalists, photojournalists, TV crew and radio to look and participate with the experience in our project to be transmitted to the public. Links Download more informartion about the programme in the link: Central Baltic programme: www.centralbaltic.eu Meetings with future partners We are willing to have meetings with the futures partners. To write a project is important but best if we can discuss it in person and to answer all the questions and doubts. The better way is always the dialog. Bio of the author Delmi Álvarez born in Vigo, Galicia, Spain, dedicated during many years to the photojournalism and workshops in photography. In his career he got the recognize in several times the labor of his work with prestigious prize Fotopres in Barcelona. Actually he is based in Riga, Latvia, and leading projects of photography with Galician Government Xunta de Galicia, involving photographers of EU and Magnum photos agency. Exhibitions was opened in, Denmark, Bergen, Riga, Caltagirone, Alicante, Castellón and Prague. A more detailed bio will be find in www.delmialvarez.com/bio.html or download pdf Contact GSM: +371 2974 79 11 and +34 649 859 882 (international) and email: delmialvarez[at]yahoo.com Author projects in progress as curator and photojournalist Camino de Santiago, One way, 13 looks (Xacobeo, Xunta de Galicia Government): www.delmialvarez.com/camino Galicia por Magnum (Xunta de Galicia Government)in progress: www.delmialvarez.com/libro_Galiza/portal.html O mar por Magnum (Xunta de Galicia Government) in progress: www.delmialvarez.com/mar Czechs: 1989-2009: 20 years of democracy. Magnum and others. In progress www.delmialvarez.com/czechs PhotoTurkey. Magnum and others: in progress www.delmialvarez.com/turkey Photobaltic. Aplication to Interreg Central Baltic programme. www.photobaltic.org Pdf download: Photobaltic project in pdf to download  |
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