Last month, Experimenter Outpost brought Magnum Foundation grantee Soumya Sankar Bose’ s project on the Marichjhapi massacre back to the island as an outdoor exhibition, the images standing as witnesses of the unspeakable atrocities committed over forty years ago.
Read MoreAs we look ahead to a new year, we are taking stock of the incredible breadth of activity and achievements of our creative community in 2021. Thank you for your partnership as we work together to challenge dominant narratives and envision a better future.
Read MoreCounter Histories is an initiative supporting projects that creatively reframe the past to engage with questions of the present and future. Selected participants will receive a grant of $10,000, take part in project development workshops, and connect with collaborative partners and networks. Apply by February 1, 2022.
Read MoreThe Rubios and other families in the San Miguel forest placed their hopes on the Salvadoran government. They hoped the government would give them land to build permanent homes. But more than a year later, they are still waiting.
Read MoreWe're accepting applications for the spring 2022 session of the Magnum Foundation Fellowship, a program offering stipends, mentorship, and arts administration experience to early-career photographers. Apply by January 12, 2022!
Read MoreWe're excited to share the latest projects produced in the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP), a joint initiative with theArab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Prince Claus Fund, and Magnum Foundation. See the projects now on the program’s Arabic-English website.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce Tif Ng as our Fall Magnum Foundation Fellow. She will split her time between supporting Magnum Foundation’s programming and pursuing her project interviewing and photographing women of New York’s Chinatowns.
Read MoreAt this year’s Photoville, Magnum Foundation and American Jewish World Service are proud to exhibit Esther Ruth Mbabazi’s collaborative portraits with Gulu Women with Disabilities Union celebrating individuality and personal expression.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation, Magnum Photos, and the Inge Morath Estate are pleased to announce Fabiola Ferrero as the recipient of this year’s Inge Morath Award, and Taniya Sarkar as the finalist. They'll each receive a production grant to support a long-term documentary project.
On the 20th anniversary of the Inge Morath Award, Sumeja Tulic reflects in The Guardian on the photographer’s brilliance and perseverance in what remains a male-dominated industry, and her influence on generations of women photographers since.
Read MoreWe're accepting applications for the fall 2021 session of the Magnum Foundation Fellowship, a program offering stipends, mentorship, and arts administration experience to early-career photographers. Apply by September 15, 2021!
Read MoreMagnum Foundation grantee Soumya Sankar Bose in The Caravan on how natural farming is empowering independent women farmers to gain control over land rights in India.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation grantee Showkat Nanda in The Guardian on the hopes and dashed expectations of young people under lockdown during the pandemic in Kashmir.
Read MoreAlongside The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the Prince Claus Fund, we are pleased to announce eleven new projects to be supported as part of the eighth cycle of the Arab Documentary Photography Program.
Read MoreIn the Summer 2021 issue of Truth in Photography, we reflect on our 2020 U.S. Dispatches initiative spotlighting diverse experiences of a year of unprecedented national crises.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation grantee Gabriella N. Báez in TIME on the House of Grace, a trans collective reimagining family values in Puerto Rico.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation grantee Esther Ruth Mbabazi in Vogue with her collaborative portraits of women with disabilities in Northern Uganda.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation grantee Esther Ruth Mbabazi in The Guardian on how Batwa communities living on the edges of Bwindi national park in Uganda are coping with the pandemic.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation Fund grantee Natalie Keyssar in Rolling Stone on the elderly incarcerated vulnerable to Covid-19 and their families.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation grantee Johis Alarcón in The Guardian on community education among indigenous and African-Ecuadorian families in Ecuador amid the pandemic.
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