this came into my inbox, some californian PDMLers might be interested:
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RENA EFFENDI LECTURE Rena will visit FiftyCrows from Baku, Azerbaijan
and give a Slide Lecture of her recent work at UC Berkeley, on March
3, 2005. Her lecture titled "Lost & Found", offers a rare glimpse into
contemporary urban life in post-Soviet Azerbaijan
Lecture / Photography / Art
DATE THURSDAY March 3, 2005
WHAT Rena Effendi: Lost & Found
photography slide lecture
WHO Presented by FiftyCrows International Fund for Documentary
Photography and the Center for Photography at the Graduate School of
Journalism
WHERE UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
121 North Gate Hall, Room 105
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-5860
main office: 510-642-3383
TIME Program 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30
TICKETS TICKETS AT THE DOOR: Free to Journalism Students, suggested
donation to other students and the public: $3-5
DESCRIPTION
The stories of “Lost & Found” are about people and places stuck in
time, pending for change and abandoned. Through powerful photographic
essays and music Effendi offers a rare glimpse into contemporary urban
life in post-Soviet Azerbaijan, including the award-winning work,
Mahalla: Faces of Change. A Question and Answer period will be
included in the program.
Rena Effendi is a Regional Winner of the 2004 FiftyCrows IFDP Central
Asia and the Caucasus competition visiting the Bay Area from Baku,
Azerbaijan. Effendi has photographically documented issues ranging
from orphans with bone tuberculosis to post-Taliban Kabul, to
condemned communities in Balakhani. A member of the Caucasus Agency of
Photojournalists (PATKER) since 2002, her work has appeared in
numerous online and print publications as well as promotionally for
the World Health Organization.
Good light!
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