In 2013 bookdummypress an independent bookstore & a publisher in New York and Reminders Photography Stronghold, a gallery in Tokyo, joined forces to launch an international photography publication award to celebrate newsprint’s contribution to the evolving creativity of self-publishing.
Newsprint is not only an economical medium that allow a range of experimentation, but also has the potential of reaching a diverse audience wider and faster. Keeping this award open to photographers / artists without any entry fee, it is intended to stimulate to take a renew approach towards this format and to introduce photographers to a way to self-publish and self-distribute their work.
The 2014 winner, Noi Satirat Damampai (Thailand) with her project The War Within, has portrayed the struggles of the Karen ethnic group, involved in what is considered to be the longest civil war in the world. The project is comprised of perceptive portraits and desolate landscapes that show the intensity of those lives that have been through 60 years of fighting and fear.
You can show your support for Noi Satirat Damampai's publication and for the newsprint medium by contributing to the INDIEGOGO crowd funding campaign HERE.
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