Tag: Tomas van Houtryve
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North Korea: multimedia slideshow by Tomas van Houtryve – lens culture
LensCulture – Contemporary Photography Discover and share the best in contemporary photography via LensCulture: http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2010/10/north-korea.html VII, The Magazine, in partnership with Lens Culture, released a rare glimpse inside contemporary North Korea, with this colorful slideshow. The soundtrack is a trippy heroic anthem called, “The Unforgettable Top Of Mount Osung” and is recorded by The Korean…
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Storm in the Swat Valley – By Tomas van Houtryve / VII Network
Even before the floods hit, the peace and beauty of Pakistan’s Swat valley had been shattered by a Taliban invasion and a violent army counter offensive. Up to two million people were displaced by the fighting. It was only in the Spring of this year that the Pakistani army managed to bring this rugged and…
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VII Photo Announces New Network and Mentor Program Photographers – PDN Pulse
Afghanistan-based photographer Andrea Bruce, who has worked extensively in Iraq as a staff and contract photographer for The Washington Post, and Paris-based photographer Tomas van Houtryve, who won 2010 Photographer of the Year from POYi, have joined the VII Network. Both are new to VII. Link: VII Photo Announces New Network and Mentor Program Photographers…
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Van Houtryve Wins POYi's Freelance Photographer of the Year Award
Photographer Tomas van Houtryve has won POYi’s Photographer of the Year award in the freelance/agency category. His portfolio included several critical essays about the social and political effects of entrenched communist regimes in Moldova, Cuba and China. The second place award went to Getty staff photographer Paula Bronstein, while Marcus Bleasdale, a member of VII,…
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2009 The Year in Pictures by Tomas van Houtryve
Link: 2009 The Year in Pictures by Tomas van Houtryve
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Photojournalist Enters 'Surreal' North Korea in Ruse
Photojournalist Enters ‘Surreal’ North Korea in Ruse – TIME: In 2007 and 2008, photojournalist Tomas Van Houtryve visited North Korea by infiltrating a communist solidarity delegation. In the first of a three-part TIME.com series, he reports on the elaborate ruse that is required to enter the world’s most isolated country.
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Secrets and lies – Tomas van Houtryve in North Korea
panos.co.uk says: Adopting the persona of a Belgian chocolate magnate, complete with disguise and funny accent, Tomas van Houtryve made his second trip to North Korea in February 2008. Despite his credentials as a foreign businessman keen to invest in the country, he faced hours of interrogation, was threatened by apparatchiks, and at one point…
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Into the Heart of Unrest
From PDN: Photojournalist Tomas van Houtryve has been covering political unrest in Nepal for years, from the rise in power of King Gyanendra Shah to the secretive Maoist insurgency. This spring, when popular outrage against the monarch reached a boiling point, he knew he had to return to Kathmandu. “When we arrived in the neighborhood…