PhotoEx Symposium: PhotoEx Fellowship Presentations

Magnum Foundation’s 2015 Photography, Expanded fellows, Zun Lee, Peter DiCampo and Lisa Riordan Seville and Zara Katz, had an opportunity to share their in-process work with the PhotoEx community at this year’s symposium.

Guest UserJanuary 8, 2016

Step into the Frame

Both Magnum Foundation and #Dysturb believe deeply in making photography accessible. To push the #reframeclimate project beyond Paris and extend the possibility for engagement to a global audience, a digital rendering of the installation process was produced by students and residents at the Interactive Telecommunications Program NYU Tisch in the form of an embeddable 3D photogrammetry experience.

Guest UserDecember 27, 2015

An Evening Conversation with Matt Black & Alissa Quart on: The Geography of Poverty

On December 7, Magnum Foundation and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project co-presented an evening discussion at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Susan Meiselas welcomed renowned photographer Matt Black to speak with Alissa Quart about creating work that challenges public engagement on issues surrounding poverty.

Guest UserDecember 23, 2015

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.

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

#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.

Guest UserDecember 22, 2015

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.

Guest UserDecember 22, 2015

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.

Guest UserDecember 22, 2015

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.

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.

#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.

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.

#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.

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.

#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.

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.

#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.

Guest UserDecember 15, 2015

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.

Guest UserDecember 9, 2015

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!

Guest UserDecember 2, 2015

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.

Guest UserDecember 2, 2015

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.

Guest UserNovember 29, 2015

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.

Guest UserNovember 29, 2015

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.

Guest UserNovember 16, 2015

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.

Guest UserNovember 10, 2015