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My website www.yanseiler.com/
Exhibitions
2009 - July 11
Villa Trevisanato-Zoppolato in the town of Mogliano Veneto
2009 - June 11
SLPS slideshow at LOOK3 festival of the photograph in Charlottesville
2008 - February 1-29
"Fragments d'Orient" - Bar à vin Le Soleil - Moutier/Switzerland
Publications
2009
- NEED magazine #6 Cover and photo essay about Leprosy
2008
November - Cover and interview for Pravda - Lituania
June - Cover of World Today - UK
2007
- NEED Magazine #4 Cover and photo essay in Vietnam
- NEED Magazine #3 photo essay in Nepal
- A few calendars and diaries for non profit organizations
Awards
Winephoto 2009 (A. Majoli, P. Pellegrin, G. Neri, B. Strauss)
Special mention
Friend of the Earth 2007 (Judges Peter Menzel, G.M.B Akash)
- 3rd place in category "people"
- 4th place in category "nature's bounty"
- 5th place in category "cooking and eating"
Angkor Photography Festival 2007
- Finalist in the competition.
Note that all my pictures are copyrighted and cannot be used without my approval.
- JoinedApril 2006
- CountrySwitzerland
- Emailyanseiler@yahoo.com
- Websitehttp://www.yanseiler.com
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Testimonials
Yan’s photography has a lot to do with creativity. And art too. I used to say him that he always presents me with an alternative vision of the world. His photos are not obvious so they may require an extra moment to analyse them. And in that extra moment he often makes you think about something that is not necessarily … Read more
Yan’s photography has a lot to do with creativity. And art too. I used to say him that he always presents me with an alternative vision of the world. His photos are not obvious so they may require an extra moment to analyse them. And in that extra moment he often makes you think about something that is not necessarily present in the picture. And I find that the most rewarding aspect of scattering a photo from him. As he wrote once, "the human interaction is essential". And it really is. Even when there’s no real human presence in his photo – which happens rarely – there is always a connection to that alternative side of humanity.
Read lessy'a des matins comme ça... on se réveille, l'air de rien... juste le lien d'un ami dans sa boite mail : "regarde". Et là, le choc, la tarte dans la gueule, le bonheur photographique. Je suis sur le stream de yanseiler™. Impossible de décrocher, pas les mots pour commenter. Mais je suis là, je regarde, attentif et sub… Read more
y'a des matins comme ça... on se réveille, l'air de rien... juste le lien d'un ami dans sa boite mail : "regarde". Et là, le choc, la tarte dans la gueule, le bonheur photographique. Je suis sur le stream de yanseiler™. Impossible de décrocher, pas les mots pour commenter. Mais je suis là, je regarde, attentif et subjugué.
Read lessYan is a must for any India-lover on flickr!! He is amazing!
I've only just discovered Yanseiler's stream -- it's moving, it's honest, and the colours and documentary element are incredible . . . amazing stuff.
I think I can quite openly say that at this moment Yan is my favourite photographer going around. His consistency is at a level that is unmatched by any other photographer I know, and his quality work is at a level I can only aim for. I'm quite honoured to be able to be in the position where we can critique each others… Read more
I think I can quite openly say that at this moment Yan is my favourite photographer going around. His consistency is at a level that is unmatched by any other photographer I know, and his quality work is at a level I can only aim for. I'm quite honoured to be able to be in the position where we can critique each others work on TrekEarth.
Read lessIt was nice to spent some photographic moments with yanseiler during his chennai visit..he and his girlfriend shared an equal enthusiasm in knowing different areas of chennai and i admired his passion towards photography..infact instead of taking photos, i was just watching his postures, how he handles the situation du… Read more
It was nice to spent some photographic moments with yanseiler during his chennai visit..he and his girlfriend shared an equal enthusiasm in knowing different areas of chennai and i admired his passion towards photography..infact instead of taking photos, i was just watching his postures, how he handles the situation during interaction with chennai people etc., ....you can learn lot of street photography tips from this guy..Thanks yanseiler for your friendship..
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