Photo Contest- Gypsy culture- International Romani Art Festival (Romania)

jeremy

“Juriul a hotarat castigatorii concursului foto propus de International Romani Art Festival :)
Multe imagini frumoase. Felicitari tuturor!
International Romani Art Festival, Timisoara, 31 august- 6 septembrie
”http://www.iraf.ro">www.iraf.ro

Fotoreportaj:
1. Sorin Onisor
2. David Dare Parker din Australia
3. Livea Geabelea

Saracie/ Bogatie
1. Vlad Eftenie
2. Jasmin Brutus din Bosnia

So Keres
1. Vlad Eftenie
2. Aga Luczakauska din Polonia

Traditii Rome
1. Voicu Bojan
2. Mircea Gherase

Viata de Nomad
1. Erica McDonald din America
2. Alina Andrei

Juriul a fost format din Mihai Barbu (fotoreporter Reuters), Cosmin Bumbut (fotograf), Petrut Calinescu (Panos Pictures), Bogdan Croitoru (freelancer, colaborator permanent National Geographic), Silviu Ghetie (Grupul fotografic 7 zile), Marius Nemes (Fotoreporter), Gicu Serban (Grupul 7 zile), Mihai Vasile (Editor sef Mediafaxfoto)
Detalii despre ei gasiti la http://www.iraf.ro/events/foto_juriu.html

Fotografiile castigatoare alaturi de inca cateva selectate de juriu vor fi expuse de noi in timpul festivalului si pe siteul www.iraf.ro .
Castigatorii vor primi premiile la o luna dupa festival. (sorry)

Mersi tuturor si dati un semn daca ajungeti in Timisoara in timpul Iraf! :)"

I can only assume Erica got 1th place and i got 2nd…

translation, please :-)

really superb stuff

Jury is in on the International Romani Art Festival, we received many submissions. Congratulations to all!

International Romani Art Festival, Timisoara, 31 august- 6 september www.iraf.ro

Photo Essay: 1. Sorin Onisor 2. David Dare Parker from Australia 3. Livea Geabelea

Poverty/ Richness 1. Vlad Eftenie 2. Jasmin Brutus from Bosnia

How are you? 1. Vlad Eftenie 2. Aga Luczakauska from Poland

Roma traditions 1. Voicu Bojan 2. Mircea Gherase

A nomad’s life 1. Erica McDonald from America 2. Alina Andrei

Jurors include Mihai Barbu (photojournalist Reuters), Cosmin Bumbut (photographer), Petrut Calinescu (Panos Pictures), Bogdan Croitoru (freelance, regular contributer to National Geographic), Silviu Ghetie (The Photo Group 7 Days), Marius Nemes (photojournalist), Gicu Serban (The Photo Group 7 Days), Mihai Vasile (Editor Mediafaxfoto)
details and bios at http://www.iraf.ro/events/foto_juriu.html

The best photos will be exposed in 5 exhibitions (one for each theme) in and online at www.iraf.ro. Winning photos will be published in a photo album which will be distributed for free during during and after the festival.

Thanks to all and see you at the festival!

Hello everyone,

So keres?

The jury has deliberated and decided which are the winners of the photo contest proposed by

International Romani Art Festival
Lots of beautiful images. Congratulations to everyone!
International Romani Art Festival, Timisoara, 31 august- 6 septembrie, Timisoara, Romania
www.iraf.ro

Photo Essay:
1. Sorin Onisor
2. David Dare Parker din Australia
3. Livea Geabelea

Poorness/ Richness
1. Vlad Eftenie
2. Jasmin Brutus din Bosnia

So Keres
1. Vlad Eftenie
2. Aga Luczakauska din Polonia

Roma Traditions
1. Voicu Bojan
2. Mircea Gherase

Nomad living
1. Erica McDonald din America
2. Alina Andrei

The members of the jury are: Mihai Barbu (Reuters), Cosmin Bumbut (photographer), Petrut Calinescu (Panos Pictures), Bogdan Croitoru (freelancer, National Geographic), Silviu Ghetie (“7 zile” photo group), Marius Nemes (photojournalist), Gicu Serban (“7 zile” photo group), Mihai Vasile (Senior Editor Mediafaxfoto)

For furtherils about the members of the jury please visit: http://www.iraf.ro/events/foto_juriu.html

The wining photgraphs along with some other also selected by the jury will be exhibited during the festival and will also be posted on the festival’s website www.iraf.ro .
The winners will receive their prize a month after the festival has ended.
Thank you everyone and please let me know if you happen to be in Timisoara during IRAF!:)

anything new Jasmin or Luiza?

Hello Erica,

First I would like to apologize on behalf of my collegues and myself for this unpleasant situation, that was unfortunately projected over you, the winners. The resons for this situations were many and even though partly we were ourselves “victims” if I can say so, (deleted) And above all, some financial issues that we experienced after the festival due to low support we received from the state for a poject involving gypsyes( even though when we announced the contest, we had a prromise from a state agency that they will support the prizes(.

Anyhow, we assume all these unfortunate events, as organizers and it is too late to declaim others.

We finnaly managed to gather the money for the prizes in July, this year and sent the prizes to the winners at the beginning of August. Some packages, especially from foreign countries came back. We sent them to the adresses we received from (deleted). But probably some are npt correct or some have changes, due to our delays.

I have checked today and your package is one of them. The pizes were given in photo equipment. We sent in July a mail to all winners asking them to choose the equipment they would like to have in the amount winned. We only received a few answers. Thus, for the ones that did not chose we asked the photo company to pick something, so we can deliver them and avoid other delays. I see in the winning list that for you, the choise was
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I kindly ask you to excuse our mistakes and understand that they were made, not in bad faith, but due to lack of support. I will gladly answer any further question or give more explinations and supporting documents if needed.

Please provide me with a valid, as compleet as possible adress tomorrow and I will sheep the prize myself tommorow by courier so I am sure it reaches you this time.

(and later..)

Many thanks for your kind understanding on the matter. I hope the package reaches you soon and you will enjoy your prize. Also, as I said, we feel very bad for the unpleasant issues that derived from this unfortunate situation and that it affected the persons with no fault whatsoever, the winners. We hope we can collaborate in the future with you and maybe compensate somehow for this incident. If you wish to develop a project and we can help in any ways, we will gladly do it. Also, we will be happy to exhibit some more of your pictures in the next edition of International Romani Art Festival.

All the best and good luck in your future projects. Also, I will be happy if you could confirm the receipt of the prize, when you receive the package, so I can take my worries away from it.

..So it is a bit odd that as neither my email or my mailing info changed I didn’t receive the request that is mentioned..but I am happy they seem to be trying to put things right. If anyone wants a contact email and name, PM me..will keep posted as to the arrival of my prize..