PhotoWork(s) in Progress.Three photographers have been chosen to participate in the third edition of PhotoWork(s) in Progress, the international program concerned with social development and sponsored by the Nederlands Foto lnstituut and the Mondriaan Foundation. Jannes Linders (The Netherlands), Susan Meiselas Susan Meiselas (born 1948) is an American photographer. Meiselas was born in Baltimore, Maryland. After taking a BA at Sarah Lawrence College and an MA at Harvard University, she joined Magnum Photos co-operative in 1976 and has worked as a freelance photographer since then. (U.S.) and Fazal Sheikh sheikh or shaykh Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. (U.S.) were chosen for the commission from among 21 nominated photographers based on proposals in coherence with this year's topic of "Constructing Identity," and the effects that rapid changes in communications technologies and visual culture have on individual and cultural identity. Linders's work centers on situations in which new communication technologies in The Netherlands influence the conduct and identity of the people. Meiselas, recently acclaimed for her book Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History [see Afterimage afterimage /af·ter·im·age/ (af´ter-im?aj) a retinal impression remaining after cessation of the stimulus causing it. af·ter·im·age n. 26, no. 5], will explore the development and representational rep·re·sen·ta·tion·al adj. Of or relating to representation, especially to realistic graphic representation. rep history of a Papuan tribe "discovered" in 1950. Sheikh will examine the culture of Islam in The Netherlands History Treaty with Morocco In the early 1600s a delegation from the Dutch Republic visited Morocco to discuss a common alliance against Spain and the Barbary pirates. , particularly in relation to how younger generations of Muslims integrate into Dutch society. All three projects will be presented in Spring 2001. |
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