join March for Innovation to support economic reform
For the month of May, Magnum Foundation will be showcasing work from the Magnum Photos archive to highlight issues in the immigration debate as part of our LA RUTA project.
Join March for Innovation to support reform that supports economic growth! #iMarch
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Immigration debate: the 2006 US-Mexican border wall
For the month of May, Magnum Foundation will be showcasing work from the Magnum Photos archive to highlight issues in the immigration debate as part of our La Ruta project. When Larry Towell was in Tijuana in 2006, he was documenting construction of the new U.S. border wall designed to keep out migrants. Today, the ACLU estimates that over 5,000 migrants have perished.
To get involved, sign up for updates from the Border Network for Human Rights or the ACLU!
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Emergency Fund Fellow, Ruth Prieto Arenas featured on NY Times LENS blog
Fantastic work by 2013 Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund Fellow, Ruth Prieto Arenas. She is featured today on the NY Times LENS blog. Ruth’s work is also being exhibited at LA RUTA, a theatrical collaboration and photographic installation currently on view in Snug Harbor.
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HR Fellow Poulomi Basu awarded 2nd place in Foto visura grant
2012 Magnum Foundation Photogaphy & Human Rights Fellow, Poulomi Basu’s work on rural women in India’s armed conflict awarded 2nd place in Foto visura grant.
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HR Fellow, Taslima Akhter featured on Time Magazine Photo
Powerful work by Taslima Akhter 2010 HR Fellow, features on Time Magazine Photo. Read the backstory on LightBox today
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New study finds spending on jailing and deporting undocumented immigrants is skyrocketing
For the month of May, Magnum Foundation will be showcasing work from the Magnum archive to highlight issues in the immigration debate as part of our LA RUTA project.
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La Ruta featured in Le Journal de la Photographie
La Ruta was featured in Le Journal de la Photographie on May 6, 2013.
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La Ruta featured in The Nation
LA RUTA was featured in The Nation on April 30, 2013.
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La Ruta featured in The New York Times, Arts section
La Ruta was featured in The New York Times, The Arts section on Saturday, April 27.
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Center for American Progress finds granting citizenship to undocumented workers would stimulate the economy
According to the Center for American Progress, if undocumented workers were granted citizenship in 2013: The U.S. GDP would grow by $1.4 trillion and the economy would create an estimated 203,000 additional jobs per year over the next 10 years.
To call for a quick and direct path to citizenship for millions of undocumented workers in the U.S. this May Day go to:
http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org/#content-campaigns
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Photography as Entry Point- blog by Miki Johnson
Of all the revolutionary ideas shared last weekend, I was struck most by one that seemed to go without comment. Marcus Bleasdale mentioned that for him “photography is just an entry point,” a way for him to gather information about a situation.
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Perpetual Collaboration and More #PhotoEx
At the Photography, Expanded event this weekend, seven photographers and their teams will share what they’ve learned by taking their documentary work beyond photography into the collaborative, multi-platform, sometimes chaotic future of storytelling.
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#PhotoEx-join the conversation
“In a world of billions of cameras, I’m not sure what ‘documentary photographer’ really means,” says Teru Kuwayama, who is well known for creating online community platforms including Lightstalkers and Basetrack. “We live in the most recorded era of human history, so photographers should ask themselves what value they add to a very densely populated ecosystem.”
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Alexis Lambrou published in New York Times Sunday Metropolitan section and featured on NYT Lens blog
Alexis Lambrou, 2012 Emergency Fund Fellow, was published in New York Times Sunday Metropolitan section and featured on NYT Lens blog for her work “Teaching for Life.” Lambrou followed Ferrin Bujan, a young teacher at Brooklyn Community Arts and Media High School and was curious to explore what it was like to be a 22-year-old teacher teaching 18-year-old students.
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Announcing collaboration with Working Theater and Ed Cardona-La Ruta
Magnum Foundation is proud to announce its collaboration with Working Theater in the presentation of Ed Cardona, Jr.’s world premiere play LA RUTA. This unique collaboration will illuminate and clarify some of the central issues within the current immigration reform debate through a theatrical performance and accompanying photo-based installation.
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Working Theater and Magnum Foundation presents: La Ruta
La Ruta, a theatrical experience staged inside a 48 ft smuggler’s trailer, follows the journey of several undocumented migrants across the border into the U.S.
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HR Fellow Sim Chi Yin featured in the New York Times
Sim Chi Yin, 2010 HR Fellow, was featured in The New York Times Opinion section for her piece, “In China, a Vast Chasm Between the Rich and the Rest.”
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2010 EF grantee, Bruce Gilden featured in the New Yorker
Bruce Gilden, 2010 EF photographer, was featured in New Yorker’s “Home Economics” print spread for his work on Foreclosures in America.
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watch "Children of Europe"
Children of Europe was co-produced by the MF Legacy program in relation to the current exhibition “We Went Back: Photographs from Europe 1933 1956 by Chim” at ICP and the publication “Chim: Children of Europe,” forthcoming from Umbrage Books. The video is edited and narrated by Carole Naggar.
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2012 HR Fellow, Liu Jie featured in TIME Lightbox
Liu Jie, 2012 Human Rights Fellow, was featured in TIME Lightbox on February 5, 2013. Jie visited more than 20 Chinese villages to document the separation of rural families due to the country’s rapid urbanization.
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