PRESENTERS
There Are No Homosexuals In Iran
Laurence Rasti
While today some Occidental countries accept gays and lesbians marriages, in Iran, homosexuality is still punishable by death. This sanction prohibits homosexuals to live their sexuality. Their only options are to choose transsexuality, practice tolerated by law but considered as pathological o
Transformations
Roland Schmid
I became a photographer and decided to document the transformation of the former Eastern Bloc. Since more than 20 years I have been following the people’s struggle with the new freedom. Old values had become obsolete, a new system based on free market economy took over and left many behind.
Femmage
Mara Truog
In Mara Truog’s photo series "Femmage", older ladies appear to be in proud grace and fascinating self-confident The pictures tell stories of women, without usual focus on the exterior appearance which corresponds to the attributes from youth to perfect beauty. Her project speaks about feminity
Junta In Wonderland
Stéphanie Buret
In 2005, the Burmese junta started to build NayPyiTaw, her new capital city, in the middle of the country. The huge city became actually the new army residence. Soldiers are controlling a ghost inhuman kitsch space. The excessive parliament building and military parades are inaccessible.