Northern Laos, Village LifeA 50 Minute programme showing 5 films:
Below a trailer and lower down the descriptions of the films that are part of the Featured Programme.
Black & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
16TH ANNUAL BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS HONOURS PHOTOGRAPHER ADRI BERGER
LOS ANGELES NOVEMBER 2021
Photographer ADRI BERGER was presented with the 16th Annual Black and White Spider Awards at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photo Show streamed Saturday, November 6, 2021.
3rd Place – Honour of Distinction in Sport | Lake Swimmer
Honourable Mention in Silhouette | Cape Cornwall
Honourable Mention in Wildlife | Sleepy Leopard
Nominee in Portrait | Ma Cheri
GALA PRESENTATION
The live online gala was attended by industry leaders and the photography community from around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the world’s premier event for black and white photography. 16th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Galerie Springer, Berlin; HackelBury Fine Art, London; DROGA5, New York; Artfactory Club, Vienna; Portuguese Center of Photography, Porto; Spurs Gallery, Beijing; Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels; The Guardian, London; Istanbul Museum of Modern Art; Alessia Paladini Gallery, Milan; ADK Creative One Inc., Tokyo; Hiroshima MOCA, Japan; Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney; Silvan Faessler Fine Art, Switzerland; Goldsmiths, University of London; Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin; NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale; Cassina Projects Gallery, Milan; David Clarke, London; Paola Anselmi Contemporary Art, Perth; Chiara Badinella, Art Advisory & Appraisals, Milan; MWWM, New York; and Galerie Bugada Cargnel in Paris who hounored Spider Fellows 33 categories.
Caroline Hunter, Picture Editor for The Guardian Weekend Magazine, London added, “It was a real pleasure viewing such inventive and diverse imagery – after the year that we’ve all experienced, globally and collectively.”
“It’s an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 6,211 entries from 75 countries we received this year” said Basil O’Brien, the awards Creative Director. Adri Berger’s photo Lake Swimmer, an exceptional image entered in the Sport category, represents black and white photography at its finest.
BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS is the leading international award honouring excellence in black and white photography.
www.thespiderawards.com
Contact: Adri Berger
Email: hello@adriberger.net
Recycled Artists
Buy into Art more easily
Through online galleries it becomes easier to buy into art after learning and reading more about an artist’s collection of works. Often pricing plays a role too and there is a demand for high quality limited edition prints at affordable prices and printed to top specs fit for a museum.
Prints of my work can be purchased via Recycled Artists, however, I ofcourse also continue to sell prints through my own website. Just drop me a line; hello@adriberger.net
The transformation of space: Move the slider to see the change.
A triptych of a limited editon of screen prints hand pulled by Wayne Johnson, London of photographs by artist Adri Berger. Signed on each print.
Four colours; silver, bronze, cream and black on Somerset Satin paper. This is a 100% cotton acid free and mould made paper.
The sheet size is 30 inch x 40 inch with an image size of 26.5 x 31 inch.
Contact us for more info; hello@recycledartists.net
Prevalent feature in Vietnam, the Non La hats, incredibly versatile.
From my Buddha Head collection; Existence
Black & White Spider Awards 2015
Black & White Spider Awards
This year I received 6 nominations in the prestigious Black & White Spider Awards with one receiving an honourable mention. It’s remains a great stimulation to has ones work accepted among such a great amount of wonderful imagery done by incredibly talented photographers.
For more information please do contact me at any time.
The online link to the awards you can find HERE
International Color Awards Nominee
Great news for several nominations in the 2015 Color Awards:
Village Life in Northern Laos, Nominee in the People category
Soriya Bathing, Nominee in the Wildlife category
The Roaring Leopard, Nominee in the Wildlife category
Going Out Saigon, Nominee in the Portrait category
Elephants in Northern Laos
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER:
Adri Berger
LOS ANGELES April 18, 2015
Photographer Adri Berger was presented with the 8th Annual International Colour Awards Nominee title in the categories of People, Portrait and Wildlife at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow webcast Saturday, April 18, 2015.
8th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Christie’s, Paris; Frieze Art Fair, London; DB Agency, Milan; Clair Galerie, Munich; Edinburgh Film Festival; Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong; Gup Magazine, Amsterdam; and Eyestorm, London who honoured Colour Masters with 541 coveted title awards in 33 categories.
“It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 7,358 entries we received this year,” said Basil O’Brien, the awards Creative Director. “Adri Berger’s exceptional images entered in the People, Portrait and Wildlife categories, represents contemporary colour photography at its finest, and we’re pleased to present him with the title of Nominee.”
INTERNATIONAL COLOUR AWARDS is the leading international award honouring excellence in colour photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best photographers worldwide and honours the finest images with the highest achievements in colour photography.
Black & White Spider Nominations
This year I received three nominations in three categories in the Black & White Spider Awards. The categories were: Portrait, Nude and Fashion.
International Photo Awards Honourable Mention
A film about the beauty of Luang Prabang...
A film about the beauty of Luang Prabang received an honourable mention in the Lucie Foundation International Photo Awards.
For me again a great inspiration, the third year in a row, and keeps my energy flowing to continue the work in film.
IPA Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
2013 International Photography Awards Announces Winners of the Competition
Adri Berger was awarded in the International Photography Awards Competition. International Photography Awards (IPA) has announced the winners of 2013’s competition.
Adri Berger was Awarded: Honorable Mention in Moving Images – Moving Images category for the winning entry “The Seasons.”
ABOUT IPA:
The 2013 International Photography Awards received nearly 18,000 submissions from 104 countries across the globe. IPA is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation, where the top three winners are announced at the annual Lucie Awards gala ceremony. The Foundation’s mission is to honor master photographers, to discover new and emerging talent and to promote the appreciation of photography. Since 2003, IPA has had the privilege and opportunity to acknowledge and recognize contemporary photographer’s accomplishments in this specialized and highly visible competition. Visit www.photoawards.com
Contact:
info@adriberger.com
www.adriberger.com
IPA Contact
Jade Tran
Competition Director
International Photography Awards
jtran@iawardsinc.com
Chris after surgery
Chris lived down the road, a friend who apart from his high powered corporate job also ran a shop with beautiful vintage and antiques with his partner Anthony. Early in 2012 he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He suddenly fell ill and had to have emergency surgery as the cancer had spread to his brain. He responded incredibly well to the initial treatment. After he came back home for a short while I asked him to sit for me and let me take his portrait and he agreed. He was his jovial self and very optimistic about his chances. The portrait above was the one I picked as it expressed his state quite well. The portrait below was the one I worked on first and sent to him. He wrote back and below the image you can find his writing. The image above received an honourable mention in the PX3 awards this year 2013.
‘It’s interesting as the portrait looks less gloomy / scary than I expected and I am not sure, if you didn’t know about the scar, that you would notice it…or not at first anyway…
What catches my eye is all the different textures and nuances of “colour”, the mottling on the wall which echoes the mottling around the scar, the bars from the back of the bench, the black lines on the wall which kind of link up with the lines of the arms, and then the light catching all the folds in the T shirt are all really interesting…
I need to spend some more time looking at it more carefully as I am sure there is lot more to see in there…’
Chris Groocock
He sadly lost the battle and passed away in September 2012.
The Seasons, a Hmong story
This short film shows part of the working seasons for most of the Hmong living in the mountains of Northern Laos. The film follows a couple while they slash and burn the hillside to prepare for planting rice. The rice will be mainly used for their own subsistence and after the harvest stored in the village where they live.
London Eco Film Festival
On May 12th, 2013 the first London Eco Film Festival takes place in the Rich Mix event space.
http://www.richmix.org.uk
Links for the organisers:
http://www.whalenation.org/
http://www.slieff.org
I’ll be showing projects I have worked on over the last few years in Laos:
SCREENING
Title: Free the Bears (directed and produced by Adri Berger)
7.30 minutes documentary featuring Jude Osborne and Jane Clegg
Made for Free the Bears, an Australian NGO set up to rescue the Asian Black Bear. This film shows the rescue centre in Luang Prabang, Laos and through interviews gives an insight into the murky world of bile farming and other practises undermining the existence of this now endangered species.
directed and produced by Adri Berger
Production Assistence by Ka Xiong
http://www.freethebears.org
Title: Song of the Lao Elephant
50 minute documentary made for KBS (Korea Broadcast Systems)
Directed and written by: Hyun Cheol Son, KBS
Director of Photography: Adri Berger.
Produced in Laos by Adri Berger and Sebastien Duffillot.
Local production assitance by Ka Xiong.
Produced by © KBS Korea Broadcasting Systems 2012
This documentary shows the imminent disaster facing the Asian Elephant in Laos. The numbers are swiftly decreasing and this film shows the challenges to preserve this species. It shows the hardship of logging elephants in the Lao Jungle and follows one old mahout, showing his elephant’s predicament.
The film was made for Korean Broadcast Systems as part of their environment specials.
Korean Narration with English subtitles. More useful information on the subject: http://www.elefantasia.org
Below the Trailer for the 50 minute doc SONG of the LAO ELEPHANT
During the festival a cross section our work will also be shown in the
FEATURED SECTION:
Voices from Laos
Length: 15 minutes.
Showing a food security program, set up by CESVI an NGO from Italy, in Phonexay District, Northern Laos, through interviews with the project leader and locals.
Chit’s story
Length: 3 Minutes
A case study showing the impact of Save the Children in Northern Laos.
The short films tells the story of a midwife and how she recued a newborn from potential death durng child birth. Chit was recued and the midwife goes over the reasons as to why she was able to rescue the little baby.
Portraits from Luang Prabang
Length: 20 minutes Format: HD
Short description;
The film incorporates interviews with local people to create a ‘window’ on Luang Prabang in Laos from a different perspective. Many visitors see the traditional arts and culture of Luang Prabang when they buy souvenirs, go to a show or visit museums. However they don’t often get to see how these traditions are kept alive by the people who work as local artisans and in small village industries. This film goes behind the scenes and depicts a vital part of life in Luang Prabang. We created simple ‘moving’ portraits (vignettes) of the people who are the heartbeat of this small heritage town in SE Asia.
Way of the Mahout
Length: 5 Minutes
The film takes us to the Elephant Conservation Center in Sayaboury Province, Laos.
In the story the beauty of the animal is central and explains what the Center stands for. Since this film was made the practise of riding elephants was abandoned.
The Centre in Sayaboury:
For more information about the Elephant Conservation Centre please visit their website HERE