Alongside the Inge Morath Estate, we are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2018 Inge Morath Award, Melissa Spitz, and finalists Peyton Fulford and Emily Kinni. From a pool of 98 applications from 31 countries, Melissa, Peyton, and Emily were selected by the membership of Magnum Photos at their Annual General Meeting to honor the legacy of their colleague, Inge Morath.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the 2018 grantees of the Arab Documentary Photography Program, a joint initiative with The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the Prince Claus Fund that offers production support for long-term creative projects with six months of individual mentorship.
Read MoreWe're accepting applications for the fall and spring sessions of the Magnum Foundation Fellowship, a program offering mentorship and stipends to early-career practitioners. Fellows produce an in-depth project local to New York City and work part-time alongside the Magnum Foundation team on programming and events.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is accepting proposals for Photography in Collaboration: Migration and Religion, an initiative for photographers to expand upon their practice by working with creative partners from other disciplines. We will support up to five projects that further understanding of the politically significant and vastly complex intersections of migration and religion. Selected projects will receive production grants of up to $25,000.
Read More50 years ago today, Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train traveled from New York to Washington, DC, passing the nearly one million Americans lining the tracks to pay their respects. Looking at the iconic works of Paul Fusco that captured the scenes from the train windows, artist Rein Jelle Terpstra observed that many of the subjects too were holding cameras. He spent years tracking down more than two hundred vernacular images, home movies, and personal recollections to construct another vantage point of this historic day.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is pleased to announce the 2018 grantees of the Magnum Foundation Fund, a program that supports photographers to expand creativity and diversity in the field. In collaboration with the Prince Claus Fund, the Magnum Foundation Fund provides grants and project development support to both emerging and experienced practitioners, with an emphasis on photographers working within their communities.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is pleased to announce the 2018 Photography and Social Justice Fellows, ten emerging and early career photographers, artists, journalists, and activists who are passionate about challenging injustice, pursuing social equality, and advancing human rights through photography. Selected from over 600 applicants, they join 29 other young image-makers from 19 different countries that have been trained through this program since 2010 to be effective storytellers, creative leaders, and changemakers.
Read MoreOn April 16 and 17 in collaboration with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, sixteen photographers, artists, academics, and media professionals chosen from an open call participated in an intensive, experimental laboratory to explore strategies for applying new digital tools to image-based stories.
Read MoreIn early April, grantees and mentors of the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP) gathered together in Beirut for their second workshop of the program. In a series of editing sessions, group critiques, and one-to-one meetings with their program mentors and advisors, grantees propelled their projects forward and planned next steps for completing or embarking on another phase of work.
Read MoreWe’re pleased to announce Photography Expanded: Counter-Histories, a project development lab for select participants and a full-day symposium open to the public. Both events will engage with projects that challenge the status quo, question official histories, disrupt power structures embedded in archives—and explore the radical possibility of alternative narratives.
Read MoreWe're now accepting applications for the Inge Morath Award, a $5,000 grant given annually to a woman photographer under 30 years of age to complete a long-term documentary project.
Read MoreJoin us for REFEST 2.0, CultureHub's annual festival exploring the intersection of art and technology.
Read MoreIn collaboration with The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Prince Claus Fund (PCF), we are pleased to open applications for the fifth year of the Arab Documentary Photography Program!
Read MorePresenting photographs, video, and documents, The Day the Music Died, visualizes the processes, sites, and experiences associated with the United States' response to international terrorism.
Read MoreIn this lab, we will explore strategies for applying new digital tools to challenge the status quo, question official histories, disrupt power structures embedded in archives—and explore the radical possibility of alternative narratives.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is honored to have been selected to participate in the Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab, a yearlong training program to increase racial equity in the arts and culture sector.
Read More“I think politics affects every decision in daily life – it’s hard to remain on the sidelines,” says Musuk Nolte. “For me, photography is a visual element to work on these very complex issues.”
Read MorePlease join us for a conversation with Susan Meiselas and Daniella Zalcman about the shifting challenges and opportunities for women in photography.
Read MoreThe doors open at Photoville on Wednesday, September 13! We’re proud to be presenting “The Blood and the Rain” by grantees Yael Martínez and Orlando Velázquez.
Read MoreOn view at Photoville
September 13–17 & 21–24
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free and open to the public!
