Disk Software Supports National Geographic Photography Winners
BURBANK, CA — (Marketwire) — 11/26/08 — Diskeeper Corporation announced it issupporting the 2008 All Roads Photography Program. Winners will receivefull complimentary copies of award-winning Diskeeper® and Undelete®software to help maintain the speed and efficiency of their computersystems.
The photography program, part of the All Roads Film Project, a NationalGeographic program now in its fifth year, recognizes and supports talentedinternational storytellers whose still photography documents their changingcultures and communities. Each year four photographers are awarded afinancial prize, and their photo essays are exhibited during the All RoadsFilm Festival in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Santa Fe, N.M. and othervenues around the world. Winners also receive photographic accessories toprovide the needed tools to continue their work and, through workshops,receive valuable training from world class educators to assist in theirfieldwork.
“The ability of these artists to capture the essence of their cultures,neighborhoods and families with minimal imaging tools illustrates theirincredible passion to share their stories with the world,” notes ColleenToumayan, spokeswoman for Diskeeper Corporation. “Together with otherindustry sponsors, we can support these talents with all the tools theyneed to continue producing great images and build a budding career inphotography.”
“These young photographers are creating amazing stories with nothing morethan a basic camera and lens,” says Chris Rainier, world class documentaryphotographer and National Geographic Fellow. “All Roads offers them aplatform to share their photographs while providing the marketing,educational, and technical tools they will need to reach the next level ofsuccess and build a career in photography. Support from companies likeDiskeeper and other corporate supporters make reaching that next level anattainable reality.”
2008 All Roads photography program awardees:
Rena Effendi (Azerbaijan)
Effendi’s photo essay “Khinaliq Village: A Staircase to the Sky 2003-2006″explores the effects of urbanization on the ancient village of Khinaliq inAzerbaijan, a village whose unique ancient culture is being threatened bythe development of a luxury ski resort.
Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina)
With “The High Tide: Native Islanders and the Community of the Paraná RiverDelta” Chaskielberg shows a new culture — with its own laws and codes, abyproduct of unemployment and immigration — that has formed in this uniqueestuary, with a dense forest full of water and silence.
Khaled Hasan (Bangladesh)
Hasan’s photo essay “Living Stone: A Community Losing Its Life” focuses onthe area of Jaflong on the Piyain River, near the border of India andBangladesh, whose inhabitants are struggling with the environmental,political and physical effects of the region’s stone-crushing industry.
Farzana Wahidy (Kabul, Afghanistan)
“Afghan Women” explores the enormous pressures and perils faced by thewomen of Wahidy’s native land, who enjoy far fewer rights today than theydid 30 years ago.
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About All Roads
The All Roads Film Festival is part of the All Roads Film Project, aNational Geographic program created to provide an international platformfor indigenous and under-represented minority-culture artists to sharecultures, stories, and perspectives through the power of film andphotography. In addition to providing a venue for their films, All Roadsoffers its filmmakers and photographers a series of networkingopportunities and awards a minimum of 10 seed grants a year to support thedevelopment and production of film and video projects by or aboutindigenous and under-represented minority-culture communities. Seed grantrecipients are considered for inclusion in the All Roads Film Festival andother National Geographic-affiliated broadcast outlets. The All RoadsPhotography Program provides photographers with seed money, cameras andphotography equipment to assist with their fieldwork.
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