London's Southbank

In 1977, the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne. For that, the southbank of the river Thames was made more accessible for walkers. Access to lots of cultural venues like the National Film Theatre, the Hayward gallery and, later, Tate Modern is made simple. Also later, the Millennium Bridge, which despite its name, only partially opened for the millennium... and the London Eye became part of the Southbank landscape. Near the National Film Theatre, there is also a skating area which currently is facing difficulties from the authorities. It would be a shame to move it though...!

The Millennium Bridge with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background.

The South Bank skate board area.

Presentation of projects at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, June 2013

Presenters or technical reviewers describes after visiting the projects the strengths and weaknesses of each project.

Here, the project  Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp in Lebanon.

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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013

Every 3 years, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture is awarded- this year the ceremony will be held in Lisbon in September and the award is 1 million dollars!
In June, a Master Jury meets in order to decide on who should be the winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture- I was there to document the meetings...

Mahmood Mamdani, the leader of the Master Jury getting ready for the first day of viewing the short listed nominees.

Dr. Howayda Al-Harithy, at the meetings, assessing this years short listed candidates. 

David Adjaye is an award winning architect based in London.

The reconstruction of the Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp in Lebanon is one of the short listed projects.

The jury members using the breaks to continue the discussions. Mahmood Mamdani in the centre and Shahzia Sikander to the left. 

Technical reviewers visited all the short listed projects. 

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Primrose Hill

If you visit London, you may want to drop by Primrose Hill. The spectacular view of the city beets any other- it shows a panoramic view of the whole London skyline. Have a look!

Little girl running. The view up here is simply amazing!

This guy was enjoying the view as the young kids were playing

Dogs- Primrose Hill is simply known for the dogs- plenty of people constantly walk their dogs in the park.

The Blues Kitchen just south of Camden is a great place for lunch....

And where else would you put on your make up... than the tube!

Almost back at the hotel in Kensington. 

The view from Chris' & Paco's flat!

Camden Market

Camden Market obviously have a strong reference to the punk period from 30 years back- but it has a very contemporary feel and fun factor to it. On my last weekend's workshop, we visited Camden- Have a look!

getting the weekend sales started- the marked starts around 9am, not too early..

The new arcade has been rebuilt since the fire that took place a couple of years ago (2008).

Food from all parts of the world, including British food is served at the market. 

Should you want to visit, you may want to go early- it gets busy by  noon!

Brixton Market

So, this weekend was spent in London and Brixton market was one of the locations visited. Brixton market is mostly known for its African and Caribbean food. Great place, nice people and if you are interested, it is also the home of Photofusion!

The butcher

Food delivery

The Reliance Arcade is part of what is known as Brixton village

The surrounding stores complements the market stalls

The marked is open every Saturday

London Architecture..!

London, Canary Wharf

London is an absolutely amazing place for Architecture photography. The image above is taken in the area of Canary Wharf, once known to be the location of an umbrella factory... and now obviously one of the most important locations for banking!

Join me on the next London Photography Workshop that takes place on June 8-9. More info here.

London Workshop!

June 8th-9th is when the next workshop will be held- location: London!
We will look at journalism and street photography by exploring different parts of London.
Drop my an email should you be interested- more info here!

A different path...in London!

Synthon Website

Check out the new Synthon website, plenty of good photography on it (!)! It was a great job to do..

Warehouse worker at the Rider Synthon Ida in Santiago, Chile.

Life after genocide

Last week saw the annual Media Trends take place at Webster University in Geneva. I presented some of my material from my work on the community in Srebrenica and on how they are dealing with life after genocide.

These guys had already been walking for 4 days before Mars Mira started. Mars Mira is a 120km walk.

Election in Tuzla

Family in Nzuk the day before Mars Mira 

CerealPartnersWorldwide

CPW is a collaboration between General Mills and Nestlé and they produce breakfast cereals. Last week, they had their company meetings in Montreux where I had the chance to photograph them. You can learn a lot during these types of sessions and the bonus is the evening of jazz as this was done in the Miles Davis Hall where traditionally the Montreux Jazz festival is held!

An evening with Jazz!

...and some dance!

Time to check out the competition...

Video screening

Board member, Chris Johnson, from Nestlé

Board member, John Church, from General Mills

CEO Jeff Harmening

On stage questions to the leadership team. 

Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Last week I was working again with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). This time I was photographing the Steering Committee and the Master jury meetings where the parties were discussing the entries for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. This price is $1 million and is given to a project that serves a muslim community. The winner is selected from several hundred entries!

His Highness the Aga Khan

Shahzia Sikander, artist

Murat Tabanlioglu, Tabanlioglu Architects

Wang Shu, Amateur Architecture Studio

Lord Norman Foster, Foster + Partners

David Adjaye, Adjaye Associates

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Football, Bamako, Mali.

On my recent visit to Mali, I watched a football game. I did not get to see the whole game- I hope to have time for that next time!

Football game, Bamako, Mali September 2012

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Workshop in Geneva today and the "Fête de l'Escalade"

 "Workshop in Geneva today & the "Fête de l'Escalade" ", Geneva December 9th 2012

Today was a fun day in a sort of photography way. I ran a worksop for a great group in Geneva at the Hotel Royal which ended on a high as it was the  "Fête de l'Escalade" tonight! The follow up workshop will take place in a couple of months- same place!

Winter

So, winter has definitely arrived in Lausanne.

And this is from last night where plenty of people struggled with their cars. 

Nestlé Health Science & Chi-Med

Nestlé Health Science, a fully owned subsidiary of Nestlé, and the pharmaceutical and healthcare group Chi-Med, have agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture to be named Nutrition Science Partners Limited (NSP).

Christian Hogg Executive Director and the CEO of Chi-Med with Luis Cantarell, 
President and CEO of Nestlé Health Science at Nestlé Head Office in Vevey, Switzerland.

Paris Photo 2012

Every year, in the middle of November, Paris hosts the biggest photography sales Expo in the world, Paris Photo. This year, like last year, it was at the Grand Palais near Champs Elysées. lots of great work amongst the 150 or so galleries and publisher!

Paris Photo 2012

 Xmas marked on Champs Elysées

Travel book & rain, waiting for the Louvre to open

Paris, rain and yellow umbrella

The jewish quarter

Printer at the jewish quarter

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