The Pitch feat. Arn Chorn-Pond

From early November to late December 2009, The Vanderbilt Republic will devote six weeks to rigorously documenting Cambodias performing art Masters. This unprecedented partnership with Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) and Arn Chorn-Pond will allow for the creation of an iconography that will honor and celebrate the significance of these remarkable individuals in our world.

Acclaimed large-format portrait photographer George Del Barrio (http://superbiate.com) will lead a unique crew of American artists in this effort. The teams assignment: to craft truly iconic portraits of the Masters, their students, instruments and the world they inhabit, all at the highest professional standard. This groundbreaking marriage of quality and content is expected to produce results powerful enough to shape a country's future.

CLA has the vision that by the year 2020, Cambodia will experience a cultural renaissance so dynamic that the arts have become the countrys international signature. This undertaking is the first step.

What will blossom from this effort in the years to come will be a beautiful story about the arts renaissance in Cambodia today, the untapped power of the photograph, and an unprecedented convergence of attention and technology on matters of true importance.

To follow this progress of this historic project, visit vanderbiltrepublic.org.

To learn more about CLA, visit cambodianlivingarts.org.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• The Vanderbilt Republic
• Cambodian Living Arts
• Cambodia
• Arn Chorn-Pond
• large format photography
• portraiture
• iconic portrait
• photographic monument
• 4x5 film
• Fujiroid
• new iconography
• George Del Barrio
• Matthew Bogosian
• Dwayne Shaw
• Mauricio Quintero
• Jonathan Wolff
• Kip McQueen