PX3 2011 Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20th June 2011 Four Major Photojournalism Awards for Burma Gold, Silver & Bronze in ‘Photojournalism (Political)’ Gold in ‘Photojournalism (People)’ Documentary photographer, James Mackay, has won four awards for three separate pieces of work about Burma in the Photojournalism Category for professional photographers at this years’ ‘Prix de la Photographie Paris’ (PX3) Awards 2011. The Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) is one of the biggest and most important photography competitions in Europe. The jury selected 2011’s winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries and all winners can be viewed on the PX3 website www.px3.fr PX3 is juried by top international decision-makers in the photography industry and winning entries from each major category are exhibited in Paris Espace Dupon in June 2011. The winners are also published in the high-quality, full-color PX3 Annual Book, which is distributed to galleries, agencies, publishers and bookstores worldwide. About the Winner: James Mackay is a freelance documentary photographer based in South East Asia and UK where he studied photography at Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design. His work specialises in documenting the ongoing political and humanitarian issues in Burma both inside the country, on it’s borders as well as amongst those now forced into exile. He is currently undertaking a number of long term documentary projects with and about Burma’s political prisoners and Burma’s human rights defenders & democracy activists. Contact James Mackay: Images available upon request - For further details and all enquiries (Burmese and English): Tel: +44 (0) 7789 510 246 Email: [email protected] Web: www.enigmaimages.net Web: enigmaimages.wordpress.com About Px3: The ‘Prix de la Photographie Paris’ (PX3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are exhibited in a high-profile gallery in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-colour PX3 annual book. For PX3 press enquiries please contact: [email protected] www.px3.fr
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20th June 2011
Four Major Photojournalism Awards for Burma
Gold, Silver & Bronze in ‘Photojournalism (Political)’Gold in ‘Photojournalism (People)’
Documentary photographer, James Mackay, has won four awards for three separate pieces of work about Burma in the Photojournalism Category for professional photographers at this years’‘Prix de la Photographie Paris’ (PX3) Awards 2011.
The Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) is one of the biggest and most important photographycompetitions in Europe. The jury selected 2011’s winners from thousands of photographyentries from over 85 countries and all winners can be viewed on the PX3 website www.px3.frPX3 is juried by top international decision-makers in the photography industry and winningentries from each major category are exhibited in Paris Espace Dupon in June 2011. Thewinners are also published in the high-quality, full-color PX3 Annual Book, which is distributedto galleries, agencies, publishers and bookstores worldwide.
About the Winner: James Mackay is a freelance documentary photographer based in South East Asia and UK wherehe studied photography at Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design. His work specialises indocumenting the ongoing political and humanitarian issues in Burma both inside the country,on it’s borders as well as amongst those now forced into exile. He is currently undertaking anumber of long term documentary projects with and about Burma’s political prisoners andBurma’s human rights defenders & democracy activists.
Contact James Mackay:Images available upon request - For further details and all enquiries (Burmese and English):
Tel: +44 (0) 7789 510 246
Email: [email protected]: www.enigmaimages.netWeb: enigmaimages.wordpress.com
About Px3: The ‘Prix de la Photographie Paris’ (PX3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, todiscover emerging talent and introduce photographers from around the world to the artisticcommunity of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are exhibited in a high-profilegallery in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-colour PX3 annual book.
For PX3 press enquiries please contact:
8/6/2019 PX3 2011 Press Release
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About the Winning Work:
All work can be viewed at www.enigmaimages.net
“Aung San Suu Kyi: At Home With Burma’s Hope”
GOLD Winner in Photojournalism (People)SILVER Winner in Photojournalism (Political)
Burma’s democracy icon, Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi, photographed in her home at 54University Avenue, Rangoon just weeksafter her release from house arrest inNovember 2010. She has spent more than15 of the past 20 years under house arrestand since being freed has continued to fightfor democracy and national reconciliationin Burma.
“The Prison Without Bars” GOLD Winner in Photojournalism (Political)
From the refugee camps scattered along theborder with Burma to the safe houses of Mae Sot to those who have been resettledto third countries, the daily lives of Burma's
former political prisoners are documentedas they continue their fight in the struggle tobring democracy to Burma as well as theirown personal fight for freedom. This is TunLin Kyaw, a former bodyguard of Aung SanSuu Kyi, who was jailed for three years inInsein prison.
“Bo Kyi”
BRONZE Winner in Photojournalism (Political)
Portrait of Bo Kyi, the joint secretary of theAssistance Association for PoliticalPrisoners (Burma) taken from “Burma’sDefiance”, the long term documentaryproject both inside Burma as well as inexile, documenting dissidents and humanrights defenders still leading the fightagainst the ruling military regime in spite of threats and harassment from the authoritiesin the quest to bring freedom to theircountry.
