Exhibition

NOOR x Pix.T presents an online panel discussion on image ownership and theft in the digital age

NOOR x Pix.T present an online panel discussion on image ownership and theft in the digital age. With NOOR members Andrea Bruce, Francesco Zizola, Olga Kravets, joined by NOOR Creative Director Stefano Carini, Pix.T chief of design & UX Allison Crank and Worldcrunch editor Jeff Israely.

© Andrea Bruce / NOOR Images.

The Details

DIGITAL EVENT | image ownership and theft in the digital age: a new protocol for digital photography. 


TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2022.

7 PM CET | 1 PM ET

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On the week of NOOR’s first ever NFT drop in collaboration with Pix.T, we ask how we can create new protocols and systems to protect digital ownership? What does authenticity and ownership mean in regards to digital, perfectly reproducible, images? And what steps can be taken to ensure the protection and fair-use of images on the internet? 

To address the urgency of this development in digital image culture, the conversation will touch on the NOOR authors’ personal experiences with the theft and misuse of their work by third parties online. The discussion will further expand on the unique manifesto and ethos around the newly developed Pix.T blockchain-backed technology, which aims to promote a new set of professional protocols and a healthier digital economy for professional photographers and visual storytellers. 

© Olga Kravets / NOOR Images

MODERATOR

JEFF ISRAELY

Jeff Israely is the co-founder and editor of Worldcrunch. A former Time magazine bureau chief in Rome and Paris, he has also been a correspondent for the Associated Press, Boston Globe and Oakland Tribune. He teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism of the Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

PANELLISTS

ANDREA BRUCE

Andrea Bruce is a documentary photographer whose work brings attention to people living in the aftermath of war. She concentrates on the social issues that are sometimes ignored and often ignited in war's wake. 

Andrea’s work started in 2003, Iraq, where she focussed on the obstacles of the conflict experienced by Iraqis and the US military. Over the last decade, she has chronicled some of the world’s most troubled areas. She has worked within various agencies and institutions, including the Washington Post, where she authored the column Unseen Iraq. Andrea went on to join the VII Network before becoming a member of the NOOR agency and foundation. 

She has been named Photographer of the Year on four occasions by the White House News Photographers Association, and has been awarded 2nd prize in the category Daily Life by the World Press Photo Foundation. Andrea is the recipient of multiple awards, grants and fellowships, including; the International Pictures of the Year contest, the prestigious John Faber Award from the Overseas Press Club, NY.

FRANCESCO ZIZOLA

Francesco Zizola (IT) has documented some of the world's major conflicts and the social and humanitarian issues that define human life, keeping intact his strong ethical commitment and signature aesthetic sensibility. In 2008, Zizola founded 10b Photography, Rome, a centre for contemporary digital photography and visual culture. 

Through his many assignments and projects, he has travelled around the world to carefully portray forgotten crises often disregarded in the mainstream media cycle. His work has been awarded on several occasions over the years, including four Picture of the Year International awards, and ten awards from the World Press Photo Foundation. His work has been published in seven books, among which Uno Sguardo Inadeguato (Collana Grandi Autori, FIAF, 2013), Iraq (Ega/Amnesty International, 2007) and Born Somewhere (Delpire/Fusi Orari, 2004), an extensive work on the living conditions of children from 27 different countries.

In 2018 he was awarded the SIAE Prize for Creative Talent at the Venice Film Festival for his movie 'As if we were tuna', selected for 'Giornate degli autori', the autonomous review inside the Festival'

OLGA KRAVETS

Olga Kravets is a journalist by education. She started to take photographs as an alternative means of expression in Russia, where press freedom continues to be a struggle. Filmmaking came naturally after that, a love at first sight. She decided not to choose among the three mediums but combine them all for the sake of the story, be it a week-long reportage or a long-term project.

She is fluent in English, Russian and French. She has working knowledge of Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian, but she also enjoys working in countries where she does not speak the language.   

In 2018, she accomplished her longest project up to date, Grozny: Nine Cities. Since 2009 she has been exploring the complexity of the aftermath of the two gruesome wars in the tiny North Caucasian republic of Chechnya. Together with Maria Morina and Oksana Yushko, they produced a three-screen installation, a web-documentary that won the 2014 Prix-Bayeux Calvados for war correspondents and a book that launched at Les Rencontres de la Photographie, in Arles, accompanied by an exhibition of the project during the festival.

Currently she is working on a documentary feature set across Europe, taking pictures, filming and directing for media, institutions and companies, as well as teaching documentary storytelling. She works principally in ex-USSR, Europe and Middle East and she is always happy to expand her geography. 

ALLISON CRANK

With a Master's from EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in Advanced Studies, Design Research in Digital Innovation, Crank works at the intersection of art, technology, and digital user experience. She helped conceive and design the Pix.T platform.

STEFANO CARINI

Born in Torino, Italy in 1985, Carini is the Creative Director of NOOR Images and the NOOR Foundation. 

An independent thinker, visual artist, photographer, curator, book designer, writer and filmmaker Carini’s core interest lays in visual education, visual literacy and indigenous production of visual work. After studying photography and photojournalism in London, UK and Arhus, Denmark, he briefly worked as photo editor for NOOR Images in Amsterdam before moving to Iraq where he lead Metrography, the first Iraqi photo agency through the war with ISIS and until October 2015 producing several bodies of work which were exhibited across Europe. In 2016 he co-founded DARST Projects, an independent cultural hub for the research, production and publishing of documentary projects that produced ground breaking projects ever since. Carini trains photographers and visual storytellers in Europe and The Middle East and has given lectures at different institutions across the world. He has led visual laboratories with children in the Roma community, with refugees and IDPs in Iraq and with students across Europe.

He is based in Torino Italy where he lives with his two children. 

Photo © Francesco Zizola/ NOOR

For more information contact:

Stefano Carini | Creative Director

stefano@noorimages.com

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NOOR Celebrates 15 Years at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

From April 13 to June 5, the Bibliothèque nationale de France will host the exhibition "This World That Watches Us: 15 Years of NOOR Agency," which celebrates NOOR authors' contribution to visual storytelling.

In addition to the exhibition, a panel discussion with NOOR authors Olga Kravets, Francesco Zizola, Sanne De Wilde and Bénédicte Kurzen was held on April 19 at the François-Mitterrand - Petit auditorium.

The Details

EXHIBITION Dates: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 - SUNDAY, JUNE 5

Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 10H - 19H & Sunday from 13h - 19h.

Location: Donors’ Gallery at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Quai François-Mauriac, 75013 Paris.

Created in 2007, NOOR is comprised of 13 award-winning photographers from 9 different nationalities. This year the agency celebrates its fifteenth anniversary. For the occasion, these established visual storytellers delved into their archives to share over sixty prints with the Bibliothèque nationale de France's Department of Prints and Photography.

Photo © Yuri Kozyrev/ NOOR

This collection of images, which highlights global events, will be presented in the François-Mitterrand location in the Donors' Gallery from April 13 to June 5. Titled “This World That Watches Us: 15 Years of NOOR Agency,” this exhibition embodies the motto of one of the agency's founders, Stanley Greene, that "some things simply need to be seen," a maxim for members who continue to demonstrate their photographic intent and commitment to the world around them.

Officially launched during the Visa pour l'Image festival in Perpignan, France, in September 2007 by Stanley Greene and Kadir van Lohuizen, they were soon joined by seven other co-founders, including Pep Bonet, Yuri Kozyrev and Francesco Zizola. This new agency came at a time when the codes of photo-reporting and visual documentation had been turned upside down; budgets were downsizing, and crowd-sourced photojournalism was becoming increasingly prominent. For NOOR members, the aim was to apply their journalistic approaches to shed light on forgotten stories that media organizations gradually turned away from. The creation of this agency, in the form of a cooperative, is all the more poignant for its continued commitment to educating talented young photographers around the world as part of the Nikon-NOOR Academy sponsored by Nikon Europe.

By integrating different themes––reports on elections, wars, ecology, sociological or economic research––with supportive writings, this exhibition is an immersive experience as witnessed by NOOR photographers.

Photo © Tanya Habjouqa/ NOOR

This exhibition is generously supported by Matthew Rothman and the NOOR Documentary Foundation USA. NOOR would also like to thank Nikon for their continued commitment to the agency.

Entry requirements: This exhibition is free to the general public. The Health Pass is compulsory to access the exhibition. It should be noted that the conditions of access may change according to the ongoing health situation. Be sure to consult bnf.fr before your visit.


RSVP is required to attend the panel discussion. Contact 01 53 79 83 00 or evenements@bnf.fr to express interest.

Header Image © Sanne De Wilde/ NOOR


Check out the Panel Discussion held on Tuesday, April 19.

Location: François-Mitterrand - Petit auditorium, Quai François-Mauriac, Paris 13 Arrondissement.

Please note: In French only.


Press

Arte.fr: ‘Photographie : les 15 ans de l'agence Noor’, published on April 21, 2022.


For more information contact:

Samira Damato, Project Manager & Curator

samira@noorimages.com


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Empreintes - Retrospective of Stanley Greene's lifework

Through more than a hundred of photographs taken over the span of four decades, from the American punk scene to the great conflicts and disasters in the 21st Century, this premiering retrospective of Stanley Greene's lifework allows visitors to rediscover the depth of his commitment and the strength of his testimony.

In Le Centre du Patrimoine Arménien From 6th of June until the 30th of December 2020

© Stanley Greene / NOOR

© Stanley Greene / NOOR

EXTENDED: Rising Tide by Kadir van Lohuizen at the National Maritime Museum

Due to popular demand, the Rising Tide exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam will be extended until the 12th of October 2020. Kadir van Lohuizen's online tour of the exhibition is also available where you can discover the show online.

© Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR

© Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR

Take a Virtual Tour of 'Rising Tide'

Kadir van Lohuizen takes you on a tour of his exhibition 'Rising Tide' at The National Maritime Museum. Watch videos of different areas affected by the rising sea level.

Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR

Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR

Croyances, faire et défaire l'invisible - "Land of Ibeji"

Benedicte Kurzen and Sanne De Wilde's latest collaborative project Land of Ibeji will be exhibited in Paris as part of the group exhibition Croyances: faire et defaire l'invisible, curated by Jeanne Mercier.

Bénédicte Kurzen & Sanne De Wilde / NOOR

Bénédicte Kurzen & Sanne De Wilde / NOOR

'In Transit' exhibited at Crawford Art Gallery, Ireland - with the work of Tanya Habjouqa

Tanya Habjouqa's longterm project "Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots" is exhibited in the touring group show "In Transit", curated by East Wing Gallery Artistic Director Peggy Sue Amison at the Crawford Art Gallery, in Cork, Ireland from March 6th to May 4th.

Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR

Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR

Object Lessons by Nina Berman - Exhibition at the Albany NY Library

Sex trafficking is a worldwide problem, raking in profits of roughly $99 billion dollars per year for traffickers. “Object Lessons” was created by Nina Berman to bring awareness to the pervasive problem of sex trafficking in the Capital Region and beyond. The exhibition depicts the evidence used to try and convict sex traffickers, including victims’ clothing and the weapons used to coerce victims into submission.

Nina Berman said she chose “to investigate the physical evidence as a way to communicate the mechanism of control and the underlying motivations of profit and power that drive perpetrators and imprison victims.”

“Object Lessons” premieres on Friday, March 6, with an opening reception at 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the library’s Washington Ave. Branch. The photo exhibition will be open during branch hours and run through April 18.

Sanne De Wilde's and Bénédicte Kurzen's work exhibited at the Cultural Institute for Islam in Paris

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From march until december 2020 Sanne De Wilde's and Bénédicte Kurzen's work will be exhibited at the Cultural Institue for Islam in Paris. Their project 'Land of Ibeji' is part of the exhibition 'Beliefs: make and break the invisible'.