Press Release: Manfrotto Sponsors National Geographic‚s All Roads
Photography Program
Los Angeles, CA and Washington, D.C. (26
September 2005) ˆ Manfrotto, the world‚s leading manufacturer of
support products for pro video and photography, will be a sponsor of the 2005
All Roads Photographers Program. In connection with National
Geographic‚s All Roads Film Project, this program recognizes and supports
talented photographic storytellers from around the world who are documenting
their changing cultures and communities through photography.
The 2005 All Roads Photographers Program is a key
component of the All Roads Festival, which is designed to recognize, support,
and spotlight the next generation of photographers and storytellers who have
been documenting their changing culture and community. Manfrotto is
proud to be a sponsor of this National Geographic
initiative.
The Festival provides a forum
for indigenous and under-represented minority-culture filmmakers and
photographers to showcase their work to a global audience and share their unique
culture and experiences through exhibitions, panel discussions, and
workshops.
The All Roads
Festival, an event comprised of cutting-edge film, videos, live music, art, and
a photographic exhibition, will feature work from the program‚s 2005
awardees. Featured artists will include: Marcela Taboada,
Sudharak Olwe, Neo Ntsoma, and Andre Cypriano. Awardees will receive,
among other prizes, photographic equipment from
Manfrotto.
The 2005 Festival will be held
in Hollywood, CA, September 22-25, 2005 and in Washington D.C. September
29-October 2,
2005.
Manfrotto products are
distributed exclusively by Bogen Imaging in the United States. For
information, contact Bogen Imaging at
<mailto:info@bogenimaging.com>info@bogenimaging.com or 565 East
Crescent Avenue, Ramsey, NJ 07446-0506.
About
Manfrotto
Gruppo Manfrotto are world
leaders in the manufacture of professional camera and lighting supports for
photography, video, broadcast and entertainment. For 35 years,
Manfrotto has been building the world‚s widest range of tripods, heads and
dedicated accessories to support professional and semi-professional still
cameras, from the traditional small, medium and large format to the latest
digital camera. Every product in the Manfrotto range is designed to
provide a perfect combination of important features such as: load capacity,
size, stability, transportability, interchangeability and construction quality
ˆ guaranteeing unique inimitable reliability and
longevity.
About Bogen
Imaging:
Since 1959, Bogen Imaging
(formerly Bogen Photo) has been a leading source for photographic, cinematic and
video lighting, supports, and accessories. Many of the most respected
manufacturers of precision products for the photographic, video, Cine and
lighting are distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Bogen. These include
Manfrotto and Gitzo tripods and heads, Kata protective carrying systems and
accessories, Avenger lighting grip, I.F.F. ceiling mounted lighting
suspension, Metz on-camera flash systems, Gossen light meters, Elinchrom
studio lighting systems and a wide host of additional product lines which round
out the most complete range of exceptional accessories in the
business.
Posted: Mon - September 26, 2005 at 09:37 AM