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I LOVE AFRICA – Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo still on thru 30 September in Baden near Vienna with 36 exhibitions including an open-air gallery, 2000 large-format photos and key notes, presented by Edition Lammerhuber on GoSee

As part of Europe's largest photo festival, the who's who of photography – from Seydou Keïta, Malick Sidibé to Brent Stirton, from Omar Victor Diop to Elliott Erwitt – presents fascinating imagery in a huge open-air gallery themed upon I LOVE AFRICA. 36 exhibitions with 2000 large-format photos, some of which up to 300 square meters in size, turn the gardens, alleyways and squares of Baden into a city of photography over a length of 4 kilometers for four months.

Public space becomes the stage for a synthesis of the arts, in which photographic art, horticulture and the landscape all come together. The festival’s energy is nurtured by two highlights: geography and the environment. The spotlight of the world’s most famous photographers is on a country, and in 2018, on a continent – where particularly images from African portrait studios tell about the dreams of people who live south of the Sahara.

On the other side, long-term reportages tell about the touching and surprising relationships between humans and animals. Paired with an artistic and photographic perspective of urgent environmental issues as well as the beauty of our world and existence, the festival stands for the search of humans for peace and a successful life.

This annual festival was created in 2004 by Jacques Rocher, the president of the Yves Rocher Foundation, and has not only become a hub for photographic art and photojournalism but is now also a yearly destination for around 400,000 visitors. Created on the initiative of photographer and publisher Lois Lammerhuber was the cooperation with Baden near Vienna.

The political charm of this double festival is just as evident in the position of the two communities. The village of La Gacilly is located near the Atlantic coast, on the former western edge of the world. The spa city of Baden near Vienna close to the former Iron Curtain is located on the eastern border of the free world.

The Festival 2018 also marks the beginning of an exclusive collaboration between La Gacilly and Baden. Alternating each year in summer, the photo festival takes place in La Gacilly and then in Baden. What is on display in France 2019, is presented in Baden in 2018. This rhythm goes on and on. That gives you the opportunity to marvel at the best photographers in the world – first in the west of the continent and then in the heart of Europe

A few highlights : For 18 July and the 100th Anniversary of NELSON MANDELA, there is a festival key note by Gisela Kayser, Artistic Director of the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin, including a birthday party.

18 August : BRENT STIRTON: AUSROTTUNG/EXTINCTIONS / RICHARD LADKANI: THE IVORY GAME
In February 2017, Brent Stirton received the World Press Photo Award for his work on the smuggling of rinoceros horns. This recognition was nothing new for the South African photographer – who has received it now for the ninth time, unlike any other photographer.

Since 2008, Stirton documented the invisible war which has been bleeding out Africa and endangering the valuable population of wild animals on the continent for National Geographic. Director and cameraman Richard Ladkani, who has lived in Baden for the past year, was inspired by the photos by Stirton to realize the issue of ivory trade in a film documentary. Produced as a Netflix Original by Leonardo DiCaprio, Terra Mater Factual Studios and Paul Allen, Co-founder of Microsoft, THE IVORY GAME received multiple awards at internationa festivals and was shortlisted for the documentary film Oscar.

The entire program is available here (German: https://mailchi.mp/lagacilly-baden/festivalprogramm-929841 , English: http://mailchi.mp/lammerhuber.at/festivalprogramm-eng)

Appearing at Edition Lammerhuber is the festival catalog I LOVE AFRICA (German/English; 17 x 23 cm; 260 pages; softcover; 14.90 euros)

Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo 8 June thru 30 September, 2018, Baden near Vienna

CREDITS
Photographer     Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Baudoin Mouanda

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Baudoin Mouanda

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Lois Lammerhuber

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Brent Stirton

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Brent Stirton

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Baudoin Mouanda

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Baudoin Mouanda

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO/Gerd Ludwig

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Aida Muluneh

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Aida Muluneh

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Aida Muluneh

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Aida Muluneh

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Brent Stirton

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Brent Stirton

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents David Naude

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents David Naude

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents David Chancellor

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents David Chancellor

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents David Chancellor

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents David Chancellor

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Ed Alcock

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Ed Alcock

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Elliott Erwitt

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Elliott Erwitt

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Emanuele Scorcelletti

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Emanuele Scorcelletti

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Emanuele Scorcelletti

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Emanuele Scorcelletti

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Emmanuel Berthier

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Emmanuel Berthier

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Eric Pillot

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Eric Pillot

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Eric Pillot

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Eric Pillot

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Fatoumata Diabate

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Fatoumata Diabate

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Girma Berta

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Girma Berta

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Helene Jayet

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Helene Jayet

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents James Barnor

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents James Barnor

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Jean Depara

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Jean Depara

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Jean Depara

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Jean Depara

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Joel Sartore

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Joel Sartore

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Malick Sidibe

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Malick Sidibe

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents MANON LANJOUÈRE

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents MANON LANJOUÈRE

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents MANON LANJOUÈRE

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents MANON LANJOUÈRE

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Nyani Quarmyne

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Nyani Quarmyne

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Omar Victor Diop

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Omar Victor Diop

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Omar Victor Diop

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Omar Victor Diop

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Oumar Ly

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Oumar Ly

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Paras Chandaria

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Paras Chandaria

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Pascal Maitre

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Pascal Maitre

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Phil Hatcher Moore

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Phil Hatcher Moore

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Rob MacInnis

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Rob MacInnis

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Sammy Baloji

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Sammy Baloji

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Seydou Keïta

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Seydou Keïta

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Seydou Keïta

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents Seydou Keïta

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents TIM FLACH

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents TIM FLACH

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents TIM FLACH

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents TIM FLACH

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents ZHEN SHI

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents ZHEN SHI

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents TEO BECHER

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents TEO BECHER

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents "MENSCHEN BILDER"

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents "MENSCHEN BILDER"

 
FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents DAS SCHÜLERFESTIVAL „FESTIVAL PHOTO DES COLLÉGIENS DU MORBIHAN“

FESTIVAL LA GACILLY-BADEN PHOTO presents DAS SCHÜLERFESTIVAL „FESTIVAL PHOTO DES COLLÉGIENS DU MORBIHAN“

 



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