“My Forest, My Future” Exhibition
The Gabarron Foundation Carriage House Center for the Arts
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As UNdelegates shape a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an exhibit celebratingthe multi-faceted connections of forests and people is being opened. Co-organized by the United Nations Forum onForests Secretariat and the Gabarron Foundation, the exhibition is on view from5-28 February 2014 at the Carriage House of Arts in New York City. It features 21 evocative images, finalists fromthe first UN International Forest Photograph Awards. An opening reception will take place onWednesday, 5 February 2014 from 6:30pm to 8pm.
Forests are at the heart of sustainable development,and the photographs highlight the many faces of forests - from a portrait of a resilient community leader fighting illegal logging in Kenya to scenic vistas in Turkey and Indonesia, and from urban escapes in Ukraine to jaw-dropping indigenous beauty in Colombia.
426 entries from 39 countries competed to win the first-ever International Forest Photograph Award. Young students vied with professional nature photographers to showcase a personal and extraordinary perspectives of their local forests. An international jury of lauded photographers and industry experts announced the top 21 photographs in recognition of the first International Day of Forests on 21 March 2013.
The 6 winning photographs are by Atakan Baykal of Turkey, Eka Fendiaspara of Indonesia, Riccardo Gangale of Italy, Olga Lavrushko of Ukraine, Prasetyo Nurramdhan of Indonesia,and Pablo Pro of Spain. The jury further awarded photographers from Laos to Canada with 9 Honourable Mentions and 6 Special Acknowledgments. Attached are the list of 21 photographs and members of the jury.
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from February 05, 2014 to February 28, 2014