On Thursday, June 9, the World Policy Institute hosted our 2015 Emergency Fund Grantee Edmund Clark and his co-author Crofton Black for a conversation moderated by Jonathan Cristol, a World Policy Institute Fellow.
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In celebration of the first ever visual biography of photographer Bruce Davidson, Executive Director of the Magnum Foundation Kristen Lubben and photo historian Carole Naggar engaged the man behind some of our country’s most iconic pictures in conversation at the National Arts Club on June 13.
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We’re taking over the #LOOK3Festival Instagram account for a couple hours as we begin our second day of installing #reframeclimate with @dysturb
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Held in collaboration with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, the Immersive Media Lab provided 17 documentary photographers hands-on experience with a range of immersive storytelling tactics and in-depth discussion about the ethical concerns and narrative possibilities of such storytelling.
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With the publication of Bruce Davidson by Vicki Goldberg on May 4, 2016, we continue the series of illustrated biographies about the lives of Magnum photographers behind their well-known photographs.
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In March we welcomed nine former Human Rights Fellows to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism for an intensive, 10-day hands-on production lab at their mid-way point in a collective project called What Works. From Iran, Ukraine, Slovenia, Syria, India, Ecuador, China, and the Philippines, this group is working together to develop a framework for exploring the global issue of intolerance through local examples of bridge-building among groups that might otherwise be in conflict.
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While many of the projects we support through Magnum Foundation’s programming arise from the journalistic instinct to expose and interrogate social injustices, we believe that rigorous explorations of positive responses to social problems are equally essential.
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We are pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Emergency Fund, a program that supports independent photographers to produce in-depth and creative stories on underreported issues.
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Travieso is a trained fashion photographer—having studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology—but after experiencing the competitiveness of the New York City fashion world, he decided to try his hand at something different. He has worked for many years as a tattoo artist - his body is covered in tattoos, each a memory attached to a story.
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A controversial church in Harlem claims that gentrification has brought the sin of homosexuality to the neighborhood and is waging a campaign through hate speech and signs to stop the “sinners”.
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The Cathedral of St. John the Divine stands in the middle of affluence and poverty—a position not uncommon in Morningside Heights, which now has the highest income disparity of any New York City neighborhood.
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In the early to mid 20th century, 125th Street in Harlem was an epicenter of African American culture and politics. Malcolm X preached regularly on the corner of 125th and 7th.
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Betsy Aldana is a single mother who lives in the Dempsey Apartments on 128 West 128th Street with her two daughters, Natalia, 14, and Angelina, 12. A 30-year resident of Harlem, Betsy is legally deaf and communicates with her daughters using American Sign Language.
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The stretch of Frederick Douglass Boulevard from 125th past 116th has been given the monikers of “SoHa” (South Harlem) and “Restaurant Row” for its new retail, dining and housing establishments.
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East Harlem’s Pathmark, which sits at the corner of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue, closed after 16 tumultuous years as a vital resource to the community.
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The 28th Police Precinct in Harlem has some of the highest crime rates in New York City. The Precinct – a monolithic concrete block – is located on the corner of 123rd Street and Frederick Douglas Boulevard in West Harlem, just moments from schools and playgrounds.
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We joined forces with #Dysturb to curate 25 images from 17 countries around the world and adhered them to public facing buildings and facades throughout the city of Paris — challenging the notions of what climate change imagery looks like and sparking dialogue amongst passersby.
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The #ParisAgreement is new ground for stronger collective action. Share to #reframeclimate.
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South Africa’s rural North West Province does not have a medical school, a serious impediment to improving primary health care in the region.
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One of The Atlantic Philanthropies’ biggest, and most well documented, success stories has been its partnership with the government of the Republic of Ireland on the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions.
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