Highlights from Our Lower East Side Zine Workshop

Thank you to those who turned out for our zine workshop in celebration of Lower East Side History Month! Check out some of the photos from the two-day workshop honoring community histories of the Lower East Side, produced in partnership with 8-Ball Community and Photographer's Green Book.

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Announcing the 2022 Counter Histories Grantees

Magnum Foundation is thrilled to announce the participants in our 2022 Counter Histories initiative supporting projects that creatively reframe the past to engage with urgent questions of the present and future. The twenty selected artists will each receive a grant of $10,000, take part in project development workshops, and connect with collaborative partners and networks as part of our ongoing Photography Expanded series that experiments with new approaches to visual storytelling.

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See work by our 2021 Photography and Social Justice Fellows

Magnum Foundation is very pleased to share a look into the work developed by our 2021 Photography and Social Justice Fellows. Over the course of their fellowship, these photographers, artists, and activists produced powerful work that challenges injustice, pursues social equity, and advances human rights through photography.

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Bridging Futures: Portraits of Basement Workshop Elders

Now on view in the ground floor windows of our building at 59 East 4th St., Bridging Futures: Portraits of Basement Workshop Elders celebrates Lower East Side History Month by spotlighting women of the Basement Workshop, one of Chinatown’s first Asian-American political and arts organizations in the 1970’s.

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Open Call: 2022 Inge Morath Award

We are accepting applications for the Inge Morath Award, a $7,500 grant given to a woman or nonbinary photographer under the age of 30 to support the completion of a long-term documentary project. One finalist will also receive a $1,000 grant in support of their project. Submissions due by April 30, 2022.

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Looking Back at 2021

As 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.

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Open Call: Counter Histories

Counter 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.

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