The Magnum Foundation is currently presenting two container installations at Brooklyn’s Photoville, both examining the meaning of ‘home.’ Be sure to check out Bruce Gilden’s container on Foreclosure in America and Sim Chi Yin’s container on Beijing’s Rat Tribe.
Read MoreSim Chi Yin photographed Zu Shiming, the first Chinese boxing gold medalist for the 2008 Olympics.
Read MoreRemember World Refugee Day!
Read MoreSaiful Huq Omi, a photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, first focused on Burma’s Rohingya refugees in 2009, when he began documenting their lives in Bangladesh, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.
Read MoreIn Brazil, during the four centuries of tension and confrontation of classes in the slavery system, thousands of slaves escaped from the europeans plantations and created the quilombos.
Read MoreDue to the rapid economic growth and mass migration, many workers find themselves in cramped quarters in China’s metropolises. Sim Chi Yin covered the “Rat Tribe,” a derogatory label given to individuals living underground in Beijing’s old air-raid tunnels.
Read MoreMany Chinese citizens travel long distances to seek justice in Beijing courts. However, when they arrive many are unable to afford accommodation during their stay, sleeping outside until their day in court.
Read MoreTo commemorate yesterday’s World Press Freedom Day we want to highlight the work of EF photographers who put their lives in danger to bring to light the stories that matter the most, especially in light of the worsening conditions in press freedom.
Read MoreSim Chi Yin, 2010 HR Fellow, has published new photo essay, “Boxing for Burma."
Read More2011 HR Fellow Boniface Mwangi spoke at a TEDx Conference in Kibera on the political role photographers could play.
Read MoreMagnum 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.
Read MoreRead 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...
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.”
Read MoreRead 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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