On 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.”
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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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A few images from 2011 Magnum Foundation Emerging Photographer Award winner Irina Werning.
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The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund (EF) is pleased to announce its 2012 grantees.
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Last 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.
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2010 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.
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Manca Juvan, 2011 HR Fellow, will publish the English edition of her book “Afghanistan: Unordinary Lives” this month.
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The Photography and Human Rights Program was established in 2010 by Susan Meiselas, president of the Magnum Foundation and Fred Ritchin, NYU professor and Associate Chair. The 5-week intensive summer program explores strategies for creating effective documentary projects in pursuit of human rights.
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Sim Chi Yin, 2010 HR fellow, had her photographs of Wilson Chandler featured alongside New York Times article “The NB.A. Is Missing Its Shots in China.”
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