In anticipation of the April 2012 elections, where Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy party is running for a seat in Parliament, Sim Chi Yin traveled to Myanmar to capture the beginnings of Myanmar’s promising new chapter...
Read MoreValue of Water event, hosted by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was a wonderful evening of readings, photography and film at St. John’s Cathedral.
Read MoreOn March 23, 2012, Larry Towell appeared in TIME LightBox “Another Side of Afghanistan by Larry Towell.”
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FOTOVISURA SPOTLIGHT GRANT
Pete Pin placed second place in FotoVisura’s Spotlight Grant in the student category.
“He was born in the state of Maranhao, the poorest Brazilian State, so has spent his 60 years of life traveling the Trans-Amazonian Highway over and over again looking seeking out his fortune.”
Read MoreNazik Armenakyan, 2011 HF Fellow, spoke at a TEDx conference on her project “Survivors,” which won the Grand Prix at the Karl Bulla International Photo Contest in Russia.
Read MoreSim Chi Yin, 2010 Human Rights Scholar, featured in NY Times Magazine
After graduating from the Human Rights program in 2010, Sim Chi Yin became a stringer for the New York Times in Beijing, China. Her story on the ‘Mouse People’ of Beijing was featured on New York Times Magazine.
Read MoreSim Chi Yin, 2010 HR Fellow, featured on NY Times frontpage.
On April 4, 2011, New York Times featured article “At China’s Grand New Museum, History Toes the Party Line” with photo by Sim Chi Yin.
Read MoreBoniface Mwangi, 2011 HR Fellow, exhibits project in Washington DC and Slovenia.
Read MoreOn August 23, 2011, “A Struggle From Dawn to Dusk,” a photo essay by Taslima Akhter was featured on New York Times’ Lens blog. The essay is about the life and struggle of garment workers in Bangladesh.
Read MoreRead MoreMagnum Foundation’s 2012 Winter Newsletter with updates from all of Magnum Foundation’s programs.
Bruce Gilden, 2010 EF Photographer, completed his Kickstarter supported project Foreclosures in Las Vegas and Reno.
Read MoreThe 2012 Inge Morath Award is now open for submissions through April 30th.
Read MoreManca Juvan, 2011 Human Rights Fellow, exhibited her work on Afghanistan at the Slovene embassy in Washington D.C.
Read MoreIn case you missed it, last month Emily Schiffer’s project SEE POTENTIAL was successfully funded on Kickstarter!
Read MoreA few images from 2011 Magnum Foundation Emerging Photographer Award winner Irina Werning.
Read MoreThe Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund (EF) is pleased to announce its 2012 grantees.
Read MoreLast November, in conjunction with the Paris Photo festival a pair of limited-edition Inge Morath prints were posted for sale on 20x200.com. Proceeds from the sale of this edition will directly benefit The Magnum Foundation Legacy Program.
Read More2010 Human Rights Fellow, Sim Chi Yin, was featured in VII online gallery. Her photo essay is about the thousands of Chinese petitioners who travel to Beijing to appeal to central government.
Read MoreManca Juvan, 2011 HR Fellow, will publish the English edition of her book “Afghanistan: Unordinary Lives” this month.
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