The second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program comes to a close with an announcement of the six selected talents from the region Asia.
For the second cycle of the 6x6 Talent Program, the six selected visual storytellers from Asia are:
Online selection committee
- Dalia Khamissy, Lebanon, photographer
- Daniel Boetker-Smith, Australia, educator, writer, curator, publisher, and photographer
- Duan Yuting, China, founder of the Lianzhou Foto Festival
- Rahaab Allana, India, curator and publisher at the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts
- Saiyna Bashir, Pakistan, photojournalist
Countries included in this region
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen.
The 6x6 Global Talent Program is divided into six regions, linking to the concept of six continents. We appreciate that this division has many alternatives, and welcome queries.
Find out more about the nomination and selection processes.
First Cycle: Asia
The talents of the first cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in Asia were announced in February 2019. Discover the results of the first cycle in this region below:
With Lars Boering, former managing director of World Press Photo, as chair, the online selection committee comprised:
- Ammar Abd Rabbo, photographer and journalist (Syria)
- NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, photographer and curator (Nepal)
- Claudia Hinterseer, Senior Video Producer South China Morning Post (Netherlands)
- Kazuma Obara, photographer (Japan)
Find out more about the nomination process.
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