In this moment of national reckoning, Magnum Foundation draws on the insights, solidarity, and lived experiences of our worldwide network to challenge the oppressive legacies of systemic racism and its visual regimes.
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, Johanna Maria Fritz visits her neighbors living in an abandoned factory, as services and support dry up for Berlin’s homeless population.
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, Elena Perlino chronicles the doctors, nurses, and all the health care workers struggling to quell this outbreak..
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, Gabriella N. Báez illustrates the challenge of making ends meet for sex workers in Puerto Rico.
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, Musuk Nolte documents a reverse migration from Lima as hundreds of thousands of people walk back to their home towns.
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This week we heard from our friend and colleague Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, about how to manage the emotional impact unremitting stress, and make some use of it.
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, Alice Proujansky reflects on the labor of parenthood in a society that offers little more than symbolic support.
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, Liz Sanders revisits the healthcare workers who cared for her dad in his final days.
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We are honored to share that Nicholas Mirzoeff has been awarded the 2020 Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellowship to partner with the Magnum Foundation in developing his research on anti-racist visual activism.
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, Arlene Mejorado visits the grassroots food distribution networks that are keeping Los Angeles’s undocumented communities afloat.
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We are partnering with The Nation to amplify the experiences of frontline workers and communities disproportionately affected by the upheaval of the Coronavirus. This week, photographer Cinthya Santos Briones tells a story through WhatsApp messages.
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We are partnering with The Nation on a visual chronicle of untold stories as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States and the world. This week, photographer Rola Khayyat continues the series by exploring the symbols of our current state.
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As we face the current global crisis, we are reminded of how essential it is to see the world through multiple lenses, to begin to grasp the shared as well as unequal impacts of the epidemic.
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We are partnering with The Nation on a visual chronicle of untold stories as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States and the world. This week, photographer Peter van Agtmael begins the series with the scenes he captured on the streets of New York City the past few days.
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Visual storytellers need support now more than ever, and that's why, we're moving forward as scheduled with accepting proposals for the Inge Morath Award, a $5,000 grant given to a woman photographer under the age of 30 to support the completion of a long-term documentary project. Submissions due by April 30, 2020.
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In the face of this global crisis and economic upheaval, visual storytellers can provide crucial perspective and elevate the experiences of the most vulnerable among us. To that end, Magnum Foundation is proud to announce the 2020 Photography and Social Justice Fellows, nine photographers, artists, journalists, and activists who are passionate about challenging injustice, pursuing social equality, and advancing human rights through photography.
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We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by investing in women storytellers and women-centered stories today and everyday. The projects and photographers supported by the Magnum Foundation exemplify the critical role that visual storytelling plays in movement-building around the world.
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In collaboration with The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Prince Claus Fund (PCF), we are pleased to open applications for the seventh year of the Arab Documentary Photography Program. Applications are due May 1, 2020!
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Ioanna Sakellaraki, finalist of the 2019 Inge Morath Award, explores the last generation of traditional female mourners in the Mani peninsula of Greece.
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This year we: provided yearlong training and essential networks for Photography and Social Justice fellows from nine countries, mentored ten new imagemakers in the Beirut-based Arab Documentary Photography Program, and provided direct support to committed storytellers in the creation of sixteen new in-depth projects.
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