Second cycle: Talents announced

For the first edition of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program, the six selected visual storytellers from Southeast Asia and Oceania are:

Selection committee

With Lars Boering, former managing director of World Press Photo, as chair, the online selection committee comprises:

• Angelo Gian De Mesa, photographer, writer and researcher (Philippines)
• Maika Elan, photographer (Vietnam)
• Tim J. Veling, photographer and educator (New Zealand)
• Emmeline Yong, co-founder and director of Objectifs (Singapore)
  

Countries included in this region

Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands

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.

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First cycle:

The talents of the first cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in Southeast Asia and Oceania were selected from more than a hundred projects. Discover the results of the first cycle in this region, announced in November 2017.

With Lars Boering, former managing director of World Press Photo, as chair, the online selection committee comprised:

• Ng Swan-Ti, photographer and managing director of PannaFoto Institute (Indonesia)
  
• Heidi Romano, photographer and festival director (Australia)
  
• Wang Hui Fen, deputy picture editor of The Straits Times (Singapore)