EDUCATION

A Cutting Fear By Sim Chi Yin, 2010 Magnum Foundation Human Rights Scholarship

"Zandi", 31, is originally from Gambia. She came to New York eight years ago, using falsified identification papers. Having suffered genital mutilation when she was 14, she does not want her children to go through the same. She has been studying in her time in New York, and continues to wait quietly for a green card. After this multimedia piece was made in June 2010, "Zandi" gave birth to a little girl.

The Magnum Foundation is pleased to announce 4 scholarships for the 2012 NYU/Magnum Foundation Photography and Human Rights Program this summer.
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The 2012 scholarship students are:
Poulomi Basu, 29, India
Arthur Bondar, 28, Ukraine
Liu Jie, 30, China
Pooyan Tabatabaei, 28, Iran

About the Program

The Department of Photography & Imaging at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Magnum Foundation present programming in photography and human rights for the third summer, spearheaded again by Professor Fred Ritchin of the Department and Susan Meiselas of the Magnum Foundation. 

The scholarship is aimed at intermediate and advanced international students, including experienced professionals. The six-week program is comprised of four courses and is designed to enable students to explore strategies for creating effective documentary projects in pursuit of human rights. Students will propose multimedia or traditional presentation strategies for their photo essays, which they will develop through two studio courses. A lecture course will provide participants with an opportunity to look at photography's strengths and weaknesses, both real and imagined, in attempting to determine new strategies for its use as both society and technology evolve. The final component is a discussion and writing course correlating with a public guest lecture series featuring speakers from the fields of photojournalism, law, and media. Scholarship fellows will remain in New York for an additional week to meet with local editors, publishers, and other experts in the field and explore museums, galleries, and other cultural resources.

More information about the program, including updates, can be found on the NYU website.

The 2011 scholarship students were:
Boniface Mwangi, 27, Kenya
Manca Juvan Hessabi, 30, Slovenia
Nazik Armenakyan, 34, Armenia
Taslima Akhter, 37, Bangladesh

The 2010 scholarship students were:
Karen Mirzoyan, 27, Armenia
Taslima Akhter, 36, Bangladesh
Sim Chi Yin, 32, Singapore