iLevi » uncategorized http://www.ilevi.de Stefano Levi's Photography Blog & Image Archive Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:42:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Intraocular Lenses http://www.ilevi.de/2011/05/intraocular-lenses/ http://www.ilevi.de/2011/05/intraocular-lenses/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 14:22:28 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/2011/05/intraocular-lenses/
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That’s how the intraocular lenses used by Dr. Ruit and Dr. Tabin look like. Our film Out of the Darkness has been selected to be shown at the 27th Wasaw International Film Festival in Octover this year. See the trailer here! http://www.outofthedarkness-film.com

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]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2011/04/brass-jam/feed/ 0 Fred Hollows Foundation in Paris http://www.ilevi.de/2011/03/fred-hollows-foundation-in-paris/ http://www.ilevi.de/2011/03/fred-hollows-foundation-in-paris/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:08:08 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/2011/03/fred-hollows-foundation-in-paris/ Jaf Shah, CEO at the Fred Hollows Foundation UK, will join us in Paris at the European premiere of Out of the Darkness, and will be present with me at the Q&A session. We are very excited to show the work of Dr. Ruit and Dr. Tabin through this documentary and hope many of you will be interested to see how we can contribute towards eradicating preventable blindness from the face of Earth one step at the time. 25USD and 5 minutes surgery is all what it’s needed by these medical humanitarians. During the last 15 years they restored the sight of nearly 200.000 Eyes. A huge impact!

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How cool! I’ve just learned Out of the Darkness won the Jury Prize for Best Mountain Film at the Mountain Film Festival, Mammoth Lake, CA, U.S.A. The prize will be handed over end of February 2011.

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The official Artwork for for my debut Documentary “Out of the Darkness” is now finally ready!

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There will will be a new Workshop for photographers lead by myself and Grant Reed in June 2011 in Botswana/Zambia It will be a comfortable Tented Safari especially designed for the need of photographers who would like to work with the best light conditions and add some incredible shots to their portfolio. for accompanying non-photographers it will be also an incredible experience and a chance to learn something new. During the Grant and myself will be like an “open book” and happy to answer any questions. We will also work on some self-assigned goals for this trip and discuss our results around the fire at night. There are still some free seats, so don’t wait to reserve. More information can be found here: http://www.tribespotting.com and .de in German.

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Children of N≠ama Village performing their dances under a huge baobab tree.

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The eldest of the village tells a hunting story when he was young and used to dress only with skins.

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The bushmen in the village of N≠ama dancing aroud the fire while their chief digests the incredible amount of energy collected during this ritual. Bushmen doctors enter in a state of trans that enables them to liberate from their own body negative energy and to fill the hole with a flux of positive energy. Something we, in the western culture, have forgotten to do long ago.

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Have you ever had a dinner invitation by a small village in a remote area at the border of the Kalahari? Well I did, and it has been an incredible experience! I’m blessed I could share thes moments with these people. Would you take a stranger to dinner at home, without knowing him?

What you see in the pot is boiled Kudu meat. The fair sharing of food among all families of the village is quite a time intensive ceremony. It took about one hour to fill all the pots and dishes with the adequate portion of meat and rice. All village was gathered around the fire. Men and women where chatting using their distinctive language rich of click-sounds, while all children were watching silently at the food. Noone ever tried to get something before his turn. Patience seems to be one of the greatest vitues of the San Bushmen.

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]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/12/dinner-with-the-bushmen/feed/ 0 The Children of N≠ama Village http://www.ilevi.de/2010/12/the-children-of-n%e2%89%a0ama-village/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/12/the-children-of-n%e2%89%a0ama-village/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:37:32 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/2010/12/the-children-of-n%e2%89%a0ama-village/

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]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/12/the-children-of-n%e2%89%a0ama-village/feed/ 0 The Film Website of “Out of the Darkness” is online. http://www.ilevi.de/2010/08/the-film-website-of-out-of-the-darkness-is-online/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/08/the-film-website-of-out-of-the-darkness-is-online/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:21:15 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=642
Finally the website for my first feature documentary “Out of the Darkness” is out there. We are curently still working on the 3rd rough cut and hope to be soon finished. We plan to submit it to Film Festivals worldwide starting with Sundance Film Festival. If you wish to visit the website, click here.

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/08/the-film-website-of-out-of-the-darkness-is-online/feed/ 0 Out of the Darkness http://www.ilevi.de/2010/08/out-of-the-darkness/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/08/out-of-the-darkness/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:08:02 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/2010/08/out-of-the-darkness/ “Out of the Darkness” is the current working title of my first feature documentary film that I hope will be able to be shown at film festivals internationally. We just finished the second rough cut and are currently losing focus, but that’s a normal stage of the process. For editing we use the card-method. The structure of the film is summarized on cards. Each card represent a scene or a specific part. This “bricks” are then used as building blocks to move around and visually represent the outline of the film. Few more weeks of work, and I hope the final cut will be soon ready.

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/08/out-of-the-darkness/feed/ 0 Olangchung Gola http://www.ilevi.de/2010/04/olangchung-gola/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/04/olangchung-gola/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:06:58 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=262

Nepal 2010, originally uploaded by stefanolevi.

The remote village of Olangchun Gola in Eastern Nepal, close to the Tibetan border.

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/04/olangchung-gola/feed/ 0 Back to Kathmandu from Olanchungola http://www.ilevi.de/2010/04/back-to-kathmandu-from-olanchungola/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/04/back-to-kathmandu-from-olanchungola/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:52:38 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=245 Images from our documentary work in Nepal

My film crew and I are finally back to base in Kathmandu after an overwhelming experience lasted more than three weeks, that has seen us witnesses of the exceptional work of the doctors of the Himalayan Cataract Project. With Dr. Jeff Tabin and Dr. Sanduk Ruit we photographed and filmed many stories along our way to Olanchungola, the incredibly remote village at one day walking from the Tibetan border, where Dr. Ruit was born. He returned after more than 30 years absence after a strenuous 9-days trek done in 6. An entire Eye-Care-Hospital was carried for three days walking in the very remote village of Siwa, where Dr. Ruit and Dr. Tabin operated hundred of cataract-blind patients. My team and I, worked in incredibly hard conditions, filming during 12-hours trek-days and managing exhaustion, stomach sickness and diarrhea (mostly mine….). Stay tuned for some preview-images about this incredible project that I hope to present soon to some international Film Festivals around the globe. We feel extremely privileged to have witnessed the work of the two most influential medical doctors on the planet and are extremely grateful to Dr. Tabin and Dr. Ruit for their very kind support from start to end. Lisa, Rosalie and I are still in Kathmandu now, preparing for an final interview with Dr. Ruit. I am also very grateful to our new friend David Oliver Relin – the author of the bestseller “Three Cups of Tea” – who was with us for most of the time and with tips and suggestions contributed to improve our work.

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Nepal 2010, originally uploaded by stefanolevi.

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Nepal 2010, originally uploaded by stefanolevi.

Rosalie hunting for interesting sounds at the marketplace in Kathmandu.

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Nepal 2010, originally uploaded by stefanolevi.

Rosalie Kubny, our sound engineer, is excited about the Stupa she just has seen, Paolo de Santis our Nepali speaking (Italian) guide and Luca Coltri, underwater filmmaker, dragged to the Himalaya mountains by me ;-)

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Nepal 2010, originally uploaded by stefanolevi.

Lisa Wagner, assistant director, obviously has a good eye for images, and this is her shot of the day!

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/03/monkey-temple-today/feed/ 0 Nepal here we come http://www.ilevi.de/2010/03/nepal-here-we-come/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/03/nepal-here-we-come/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:59:13 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=227 image

Finally after months of preparation, my crew and I are sitting in the aircraft. Our first journey to Nepal starts today. We will be researching material for our planned documentary on the Himalaya region, and looking forward to work with our nepali friends.

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/03/nepal-here-we-come/feed/ 0 Unexpected turn in my story http://www.ilevi.de/2010/02/unexpected-turn-in-my-story/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/02/unexpected-turn-in-my-story/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:25:22 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=213 As a documentary filmmaker you always need to be aware, flexible and most of all you need to listen carefully what is around you. Stories have their own soul, and you must respect unexpected changes.
After Rabasia’s second operation, I planned to accompany her to Nunukan, and from there to visit the place where she lives with her husband. We tried to get permission to visit the camp in the jungle where they live and he is working. First he agreed, but then, one day before departure the husband refused. Rabasias family tried to convince him but no way. For some reason we don’t understand his pride was touched. Rabasia who wanted to show me her place was very disappointed. I learned there was a big fight in Nunukan because of this.

It is not uncommon that among low educated people there are murders because of small things… The Bugis are often known for their bad temper. Only after few days I decided not to go, and after talking to the relatives of Rabasia, we realized how dangerous this would have been for me.
These were his words: “I die or he dies”.
Not fun at all….

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/02/unexpected-turn-in-my-story/feed/ 1 On my way back from Borneo http://www.ilevi.de/2010/02/on-my-way-back-from-borneo/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/02/on-my-way-back-from-borneo/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:12:58 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=216 Almost 3 weeks of filming and 24 hours of footage to add to the 14 hours I had shot last year…
I can’t wait to be working with my colleagues, editors and music composers on the first version of this film. I am very grateful to Aching and Andry who took care of me for the whole period of my stay. Their help and kindness are just incredible. I have also to send a special thanks to Taufik, a young talented teacher and musician, who allowed me to record some traditional Tidung tunes that I would like to use with the footage.
Aching, who in fact is a medical doctor, not only helped me with the management and the organization of interviews and shootings, she accompanied all my filming as an interpreter, translating from Indonesian and local dialects and supported me with her wonderful voice with the recording of children songs which will be part of the soundtrack.
Everybody who participated to this project has put so much effort into this, including the Smiletrain Doctors, the local staff and Werner Kubny & Per Schnell, co-producing with me this documentary. Next task for us now is to find enough money for post-production in order to present this work to international film festivals.

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LEVI_INDO2010_4796, originally uploaded by stefanolevi.

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/indonesia/feed/ 0 Two days at home and packing again http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/two-days-at-home-and-packing-again/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/two-days-at-home-and-packing-again/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:10:22 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=200 36 hours to be exact. That’s the time I have to regenerate from the 9000Km trip in Argentina and Chile before I depart to Borneo, where I will continue my documentary project about Rabasia, the girl operated by the Smiletrain doctors. Wich me good luck, as much is yet unknown in this journey…

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/two-days-at-home-and-packing-again/feed/ 0 Encounters in the Pampa following the Dakar Rally http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/encounters-in-the-pampa-following-the-dakar-rally/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/encounters-in-the-pampa-following-the-dakar-rally/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:44:09 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=198

LEVI_DAKAR2010_4036, originally uploaded by dunerider70.

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Dakar Rally 2010, originally uploaded by dunerider70.

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I was amazed by this place on the border between Chile and Argentina…

]]> http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/on-top-of-the-andes/feed/ 0 My own private Hummer show… http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/my-own-private-hummer-show/ http://www.ilevi.de/2010/01/my-own-private-hummer-show/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:10:53 +0000 stefanolevi http://www.ilevi.de/?p=193

Dakar Rally 2010, originally uploaded by dunerider70.

Carlo DeGavardo plays with us in the car while I am leaning out of the window to take this shot at 100Km/h

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