Sim Chi Yin, 2010 HR Fellow, has published new photo essay, “Boxing for Burma."
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2011 HR Fellow Boniface Mwangi spoke at a TEDx Conference in Kibera on the political role photographers could play.
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Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund (EF) is proud to announce the launch of an initiative with Mother Jones to feature the work of Magnum Foundation EF photographers.
Manca Juvan, 2011 HR Fellow published Ordinary Lives, a collection of photographs taken in Afghanistan between 2003-2009.
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Read MoreMyanmar’s new government has shown signs of wanting to be less dependent on its old friend China. Myanmar suspended construction of a major dam–to be built near this river–last year amid outrage over what was seen as China’s imperious attitude toward Myanmar’s people and its environment.
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...
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Value of Water event, hosted by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was a wonderful evening of readings, photography and film at St. John’s Cathedral.
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On March 23, 2012, Larry Towell appeared in TIME LightBox “Another Side of Afghanistan by Larry Towell.”
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Read MorePETE PIN
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.”
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Nazik 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.
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Sim 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.
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Sim 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.
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Boniface Mwangi, 2011 HR Fellow, exhibits project in Washington DC and Slovenia.
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On 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.
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Read 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.
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The 2012 Inge Morath Award is now open for submissions through April 30th.
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Manca Juvan, 2011 Human Rights Fellow, exhibited her work on Afghanistan at the Slovene embassy in Washington D.C.
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In case you missed it, last month Emily Schiffer’s project SEE POTENTIAL was successfully funded on Kickstarter!
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