Congratulations to the two Magnum Foundation supported projects recognized by this year's World Press Photo regional awards! Zied Ben Romdhane was recognized by the Long-Term Projects award for Africa and Mackenzie Calle was recognized by Open Format award for North and Central America.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is pleased to announce Yolanda Hoskey as our newest Magnum Foundation Fellow. Throughout the Spring of 2024, Yolanda will split her time between supporting Magnum Foundation’s programming and pursuing her project True American.
Read MoreFor a series of photo essays published earlier this month in collaboration with Mother Jones Magazine and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, we asked photographers to show us the paradox of today’s labor movement. Even as the popularity of unions has grown over the last decade, actual membership has continued to decline. Can new enthusiasm revitalize American labor?
Read MoreIn Aperture’s Spring 2024 issue “Counter Histories,” produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation, artists from around the world meld the personal and the political—and tell new stories about how the past informs the present.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is pleased to present an upcoming exhibition of work from our Counter Histories Initiative, featuring four photographers who excavate records of state surveillance, national mythologies, and revolutionary histories—and the stories they omit.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is excited to share that we have partnered with the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) to present an exhibition of work from our ongoing Counter Histories initiative focusing on projects that respond to family archives.
Read MoreOver the course of five days, fellows worked with mentors Eric Gottesman, Nandita Raman, and Newsha Tavakolian to explore the relationship between ecology and photographic practice, connect with members of the Jordanian photography community, and engage with climate-related projects from the region.
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, 2024.
Read MoreIn 2023, our grants and fellowships supported over 87 photographers from 31 countries whose projects challenge dominant narratives and bring forth new ways of seeing and understanding.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is pleased to announce the participants in the 2023-2024 Photography Expanded Fellowship focused on the topic of heat and climate crisis. The cohort features nine photographers whose projects reimagine what a critical and ecological photographic practice might look like. The selected participants will each receive a $10,000 grant, take part in two workshops, and connect with collaborative partners and networks.
Read MoreWe're accepting applications for the spring 2024 session of the Magnum Foundation Fellowship (NYC Work-Study Fellowship), a program offering stipends, mentorship, and arts administration experience to early-career photographers. Applications are due January 31, 2024.
Read MoreAs Johan Orellana’s Spring Magnum Foundation Fellowship wrapped up, intern Sebastian Barreto caught up with Johan to discuss the latest developments in his photo project and learnings from his time working on Magnum Foundation’s programs. Read more below!
Read MoreCongratulations to the two Magnum Foundation-supported projects that were recognized by this year’s Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards!
Read Moreaka TAWLA is a collective for photobook makers from the SWANA region, supporting photobook making and alternative narratives from the region. Organized by Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP) alums Abdo Shanan and Rehab Eldalil, the collective launched their first zine Tarweedeh.
Read MoreSince 2014, the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP) has supported over 85 photographers whose creative approaches to visual storytelling challenge conventional narratives about the region. Now entering its tenth year, the program continues to amplify essential stories in the Arab region and beyond. Applications to the 2023 ADPP Open Call, and to the new ADPP Alumni Fellowship, are due December 20.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is pleased to announce Destiny Mata as our newest Magnum Foundation Fellow. Throughout the Fall of 2023, Destiny will split her time between supporting Magnum Foundation’s programming and pursuing her project Alphabet City Yearbook 2023-2024.
Read MoreWe're excited to share the latest projects produced in the Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP), a joint initiative with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Prince Claus Fund, and Magnum Foundation. See the projects now on the program’s Arabic-English website.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation is pleased to announce Laila Annmarie Stevens as our newest Magnum Foundation Fellow. Throughout the Fall of 2023, Laila will split her time between supporting Magnum Foundation’s programming and pursuing her photo series, Clayton Sisterhood Project.
Read MoreMagnum Foundation, Magnum Photos, and the Inge Morath Estate are pleased to announce Shirin Abedi as the recipient of this year’s Inge Morath Award, and Mihaela Aroyo as the finalist. They'll each receive a production grant to support a long-term documentary project.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Magnum Foundation alums recognized with awards at this summer’s Rencontres d’Arles photo festival!
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