As Ally Caple’s Spring Magnum Foundation Fellowship wrapped up, intern Samaira Wilson caught up with her to discuss the latest developments in her photo project, learnings from her time working on Magnum Foundation’s programs, and her thoughts on photography’s relationship to surveillance and safety.
Read MoreThis week, Ukrainian Fulbright Student and photojournalist Irynka Hromotska wrapped up her summer internship at Magnum Foundation. She shares some of her project images, as well as her thoughts on photography and representation.
Read MoreAlongside The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the Prince Claus Fund, we are pleased to announce twelve new projects to be supported as part of the ninth cycle of the Arab Documentary Photography Program.
Read MoreThis summer, Magnum Foundation is supporting photographic projects on health equity in the United States, to be published in The Atlantic with support from The Commonwealth Fund. Applications are due July 19.
Read MoreThank 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.
Read MoreMagnum 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.
Read MoreThat’s a wrap on the 8th cycle of the Arab Documentary Photography Program! Alongside the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture and the Prince Claus Fund, it’s been a joy to once again share space with this incredible group of photographers as part of our joint initiative to support creative production by imagemakers in the Arab region.
Read MoreNow on NPR, Juanita Escobar tells the story of a dance troupe’s perseverance amid the pandemic in the Llanos, produced with support from the Henry Luce Foundation as a part of a Magnum Foundation initiative to show the impact of the global health crisis through a variety of perspectives.
Read MoreMagnum 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.
Read MoreAt this year’s Photoville, Magnum Foundation is proud to exhibit Where the Birds Never Sing, Soumya Sankar Bose’s long-term project on the 1979 Marichjhapi massacre in West Bengal, India.
Read MoreNow 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.
Read MoreCongratulations to Isadora Romero and Rehab Eldalil, two of our 2021 fellows recognized in this year’s World Press Photo Awards.
Read MoreWe 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.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation and Dysturb are bringing #ReframeClimate, a public art campaign focused on climate change, to Washington D.C. as part of this year’s COAL + ICE exhibition.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce Ally Caple as our Spring Magnum Foundation Fellow. She will split her time between supporting Magnum Foundation’s programming and pursuing her project exploring the role of NYC public spaces in childhood development.
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 eighth year of the Arab Documentary Photography Program. Applications are due April 1, 2022!
Read MoreLast 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.
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