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Step inside the frame: Text "steinmetz" to +1 571-777-0021 to hear George Steinmetz tell the story behind this image.
Step inside the frame: Text "steinmetz" to +1 571-777-0021 to hear George Steinmetz tell the story behind this image.

#reframeclimate is a collaboration between New York based non-profit Magnum Foundation and grassroots, Paris-born group #Dysturb to challenge the notions of what climate change imagery looks like by bringing compelling documentary work investigating climate related issues and solutions into public space. 

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Guest UserDecember 23, 2015
Step inside the frame: Text "salgado" to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Ruben Salgado tell the story behind this image
Step inside the frame: Text "salgado" to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Ruben Salgado tell the story behind this image

#reframeclimate is a collaboration between New York based non-profit Magnum Foundation and grassroots, Paris-born group #Dysturb to challenge the notions of what climate change imagery looks like by bringing compelling documentary work investigating climate related issues and solutions into public space.

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Guest UserDecember 22, 2015
PhotoEx Symposium: Compelling Narratives vs. Short Attention Spans
PhotoEx Symposium: Compelling Narratives vs. Short Attention Spans

Elaine Sheldon and Sarah Ginsburg invited three women working across the creative industry to discuss innovative and compelling storytelling in the age of social media and rapid content distribution.

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Guest UserDecember 22, 2015
A partnership with #Dysturb for COP21
A partnership with #Dysturb for COP21

Magnum Foundation and #Dysturb joined together to curate 25 images from 17 countries around the world and adhere them to public facing buildings and facades throughout the city of Paris.

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Guest UserDecember 22, 2015
PhotoEx Symposium: In the Age of Data
PhotoEx Symposium: In the Age of Data

Following his presentation of “Exposing the Invisible,” Marek Tuszynski was joined by Morgan Hargrave, Katy Scoggin, and Ben Rubin for a panel discussion on big data in journalism, moderated by Stephen Mayes.

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Guest UserDecember 21, 2015
Step inside the frame: Text “guttenfelder” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear David Guttenfelder tell the story behind this image.
Step inside the frame: Text “guttenfelder” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear David Guttenfelder tell the story behind this image.

#reframeclimate is a collaboration between New York based non-profit Magnum Foundation and grassroots, Paris-born group #Dysturb to challenge the notions of what climate change imagery looks like by bringing compelling documentary work investigating climate related issues and solutions into public space.

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Guest UserDecember 21, 2015
Step inside the frame: Text “orlinsky” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Katie Orlinsky tell the story behind this image.
Step inside the frame: Text “orlinsky” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Katie Orlinsky tell the story behind this image.

#reframeclimate is a collaboration between New York based non-profit Magnum Foundation and grassroots, Paris-born group #Dysturb to challenge the notions of what climate change imagery looks like by bringing compelling documentary work investigating climate related issues and solutions into public space. 

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Guest UserDecember 20, 2015
Step inside the frame: Text “collanges” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Ciril Jazbec tell the story behind this image.
Step inside the frame: Text “collanges” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Ciril Jazbec tell the story behind this image.

#reframeclimate is a collaboration between New York based non-profit Magnum Foundation and grassroots, Paris-born group #Dysturb to challenge the notions of what climate change imagery looks like by bringing compelling documentary work investigating climate related issues and solutions into public space.

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Guest UserDecember 17, 2015
Step inside the frame: Text “brown” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Michael Christopher Brown tell the story behind this image.
Step inside the frame: Text “brown” to +1 571-777-0021 to hear Michael Christopher Brown tell the story behind this image.

#reframeclimate is a collaboration between New York based non-profit Magnum Foundation and grassroots, Paris-born group #Dysturb to challenge the notions of what climate change imagery looks like by bringing compelling documentary work investigating climate related issues and solutions into public space.

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Guest UserDecember 15, 2015
PhotoEx Symposium Presentation - “Exposing the Invisible,” Are We Documenting or Surveiling?
PhotoEx Symposium Presentation - “Exposing the Invisible,” Are We Documenting or Surveiling?

Marek Tuszynski, creative technologist and co-founder of the Berlin-based organization Tactical Technology Collective,  began his presentation on Exposing the Invisible with a brief clip from his film Unseen War. Marek selected a chapter on The Fake Drone, wherein artist James Bridle discusses one of the most widely shared images of a military drone.

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Guest UserDecember 9, 2015
Magnum Foundation Announces First Full-time Executive Director!
Magnum Foundation Announces First Full-time Executive Director!

The Board & President of the Magnum Foundation are pleased to announce the appointment of Kristen Lubben as the organization’s first fulltime Executive Director!

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Guest UserDecember 2, 2015
Join Us for a Conversation with Matt Black and Barbara Ehrenreich
Join Us for a Conversation with Matt Black and Barbara Ehrenreich

Susan Meiselas will welcome renowned author Barbara Ehrenreich and photographer Matt Black to speak about creating work that challenges public engagement on issues surrounding poverty.

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Guest UserDecember 2, 2015
Chien-Chi Chang and Tran Quoc Anh in Vietnam
Chien-Chi Chang and Tran Quoc Anh in Vietnam

For Laying Foundations for Change, photographer Chien-Chi Chang travelled the length of Vietnam, a country in which The Atlantic Philanthropies made more than $178 million in charitable investments in the health care and education systems. 

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Guest UserNovember 29, 2015
PhotoEx Symposium Case Study - Taking Risks: “Recipe for Famine,” the Challenges & Opportunities of Virtual Reality
PhotoEx Symposium Case Study - Taking Risks: “Recipe for Famine,” the Challenges & Opportunities of Virtual Reality

Journalists Marcelle Hopkins and Benedict Moran offered a unique window into the challenges of adopting new technologies in non-fiction storytelling with their work-in-progress Recipe for Famine.

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Guest UserNovember 29, 2015
PhotoEx Symposium Case Study - Creating the Illusion of Viewer Autonomy: “The Ark,” a Virtual Reality Documentary
PhotoEx Symposium Case Study - Creating the Illusion of Viewer Autonomy: “The Ark,” a Virtual Reality Documentary

“Virtual reality makes you feel like a floating brain of pure consciousness,” said Kel O’Neill, co-director of long-form documentary projects Empire and The Ark.

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Guest UserNovember 16, 2015
PhotoEx Symposium Case Study - On Long-Distance Collaboration: “After the Storm”
PhotoEx Symposium Case Study - On Long-Distance Collaboration: “After the Storm”

"Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

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Guest UserNovember 10, 2015
Laying Foundations for Change: Capital Investments of The Atlantic Philanthropies
Laying Foundations for Change: Capital Investments of The Atlantic Philanthropies

On September 17, 2015, Ireland’s Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, launched Laying Foundations for Change: Capital Investments of The Atlantic Philanthropies at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.

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Guest UserOctober 28, 2015
Raising the Curtain: In-process Updates from the PhotoEx Development Labs
Raising the Curtain: In-process Updates from the PhotoEx Development Labs

Moderator Wendy Levy opened the second panel of this year’s Photography, Expanded symposium by inviting presenters to “raise the curtain on a process that is fully in progress.”

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Guest UserOctober 28, 2015
On view: Matt Black's "The Geography of Poverty
On view: Matt Black's "The Geography of Poverty

On View: Matt Black's "The Geography of Poverty"

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Guest UserOctober 6, 2015
Third Annual Photography Expanded Symposium!
Third Annual Photography Expanded Symposium!

Co-presented with The Photography Program in the School of Art, Media, and Technology of Parsons The New School for Design, this one-day event will present innovative documentary storytelling and emerging ideas in digital media and journalism on social justice issues.

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Guest UserSeptember 30, 2015
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