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New Photo Story uploaded!

-Thailand Divided-

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-Thailand Divided -

"Injured persons were left there. The rescue worker has been shot too. I am going to help them. Don’t worry. The bullet can’t go through my body.”
-Thai Buddhist monk -

May 19, 8:32 a.m.
There are so many sounds of gunshots around us. The Thai military
exchanges gunfire with The National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) around Lumpini Park on Rama 4 Road. Many injured persons are carried to Sarashin road. Five monks stand up and head to Lumpini Park. An elder monk sees me and says, “ We will carry injured persons. Come with me. You take picture.”

To be continues.......

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“Events at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand

Event.1

-Panel discussion - Start from 8pm, on Thursday, June 10, 2010

“View from the Trenches: The Dramatic End to the Red Shirts' Rally” Cameramen and journalists discuss their first-hand experiences.
Cameramen and journalists who covered the street battles in central Bangkok will gather at the club again this Thursday to present their work and give witness accounts about the dramatic end of the epic red shirts protest.
http://fccthai.com/items/316.html

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Event.2

-FCCT group photo exhibition-

Opening reception at 7pm on Friday, June 11, 2010
-Through the lens: Bangkok's political unrest-

The FCCT presents the work of nine Thai and international award-winning photojournalists who captured first-hand the dramatic, violent clashes between security forces and red-shirt anti-government protesters during the three months of Bangkok rallies organized by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship. The images were shot in the days leading up to and on May 19 and the burning of Bangkok.

Photographers:
- Agnes Dherbeys - Athit Perawongmetha - Masaru Goto - Nick Nostitz -Olivier Sarbil - Patrick de Noirmont - Roger Arnold - Siripong Kanjanabut - Vinai Dithajohn, Editor: Olivier Nilsson
http://fccthai.com/items/318.html

-Online Symposium- October 15th 2009

Seeking Justice -
Social Activism through Journalism & Documentary Practice

The Centre for Documentary Practice invites you to logon and join the world’s first online journalism and documentary conference on October 15th 2009, starting 12 midnight (GMT).

Speakers include Ed Kashi, Jodi Bieber, Marcus Bleasdale, Shahidul Alam, Gary Knight, Adam Ferguson, Travis Beard, Michael Coyne, Masaru Goto, Jack Picone, Megan Lewis, and more to be confirmed.

On October 15th we will connect an international community of documentary practitioners and journalists for one day, to share stories, to stimulate discussion and debate about our discipline, and to inspire each other to continue the fight for justice.

↓ Register now for this free online conference ↓

http://cdp.edu.au/cdp/conferences-and-events

↓ Speakers ↓

http://cdp.edu.au/cdp/conferences-and-events/speakers

-Slide show night-

Enduring Scars: Sri Lanka's Aftermath

The Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars #10 Los Angeles, CA. 90067
Thursday, September 17
http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org

-Newsweek Japan-

Photo Story will be Published on 9th September

-PICTURE POWER-
The Unending War
Photographs by
Masaru Goto/Guevara New York-Creative Media Agency

http://newsweekjapan.jp/picture/

-LOST LOVED ONES- Photographic Exhibition

-Exhibition Opening-
Date: Thursday 6th August 2009/7:00pm
Place: Cinema House RCA
Address: RCA PLAZA 3F 31/8　RCA RD.BANGKOK
Tel:：0-2641-5177-8
Map: http://www.houserama.com/contact/house_map.html
Site: www.houserama.com

-Exhibition-
Date: Thursday 6th August 2009 to 31th
Place: Cinema House RCA
Address: RCA PLAZA 3F 31/8　RCA RD.BANGKOK

-New Photo Story Update! July 2009-

This is a link to see the story www.masarugoto.com

-Invisible Victims: Sri Lankan War Scars-

“My husband disappeared 25 years ago. Nobody thinks he is still alive, but I do. War is over now, but my war is not over yet, not until he comes back to our home ”
-A woman in Central Sri Lanka-　

One of Asia’s longest civil war ended in May, 2009, after a massive offensive by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the north of the country. Over 25 years, 80,000 people were killed and thousands more disappeared.

War is over, but there are unknown numbers of war wounded, widows, orphans and war-affected children living silently all over the country. Since the Sri Lankan government has not allowed most foreign journalists or NGOs into the country to see the war or its aftermath, victims become invisible to the rest of the world and they suffer their war scars alone.