Annual Report 2022

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‘Studio portrait’ training for

MENA photographers

Middle East and North Africa regional director Sylvain Es

tibal and photo editor Mario Goldman set up a training

programme for photographers from the region in how to

take portraits The session took place in Paris on 7 8 and 9

March focusing on preparing a portrait session and using

lighting when working with a mobile studio

The programme tackled several different aspects of portrait

photography both in terms of the personal relationship

between photographer and subject and various techniques

to get the best shot

The photographers also had a session in the laboratory

AFP is the only agency to have a image processing centre

with Philippe Driss to discuss the protocols around image

processing Portrait photos taken by the photographers in

the Middle East region all pass through the laboratory in Pa

ris for the sake of consistency

Khaled Dessouki Egypt Feti Belaid Tunisia Joseph Eid

Lebanon Fadel Senna Morocco and Ronaldo Schemidt

Israel participated in the training

2022

IN SUMMARY

The Cannes red carpet comes to

Hong Kong, thanks to AFP

AFP organised a series of photo exhibitions on the Cannes

Film Festival in conjunction with the Alliance Française

Hong Kong AFHK

From April 28 to July 31 2022 this carefully selected se

ries of photos was exhibited in AFHK centres in Wan Chai

Jordan Sha Tin and on the virtual exhibition platform Art

Placer

The series included photos of French and international film

stars such as Catherine Deneuve the icon of the French

New Wave Julia Ducournau who won the Cannes Palme

dOr in 2021 Agathe Rousselle Gilles Lellouche Charlotte

Gainsbourg Timothee Chalamet a FrancoAmerican actor

Brad Pitt Leonardo DiCaprio and Jane Birkin British singer

and actress

The three main topics of the exhibition were Candid Mo

ments Red Carpet and Editors Choice The Candid Mo

ments selection was presented in the Wan Chai centre with

the Red Carpet collection in Jordan The Editors Choice

photos were exhibited in the Sha Tin centre