• June 1 - January 26, 2019
  • Fully Funded
  • New York

Magnum Foundation’s Photography and Social Justice Program expands diversity and creativity in the field of documentary photography through capacity-building and critical explorations of photography and social change.

Each year, the program supports a diverse, international group of Photography and Social Justice Fellows who are passionate about challenging injustice, pursuing social equality, and advancing human rights through photography. With New York City as a cultural resource, the program provides space for interdisciplinary experimentation, mentored project development, and cross-cultural, critical discourse at the intersection of photography and social justice. During the program, Fellows work on projects in their home communities* with support from Magnum Foundation’s mentors.

Featured Image: TAKO ROBAKIDZE

Location:

United States

Benefits

  • During the program, Fellows work on projects in their home communities with support from Magnum Foundation’s mentors.
  • Magnum Foundation covers the cost of travel and room and board for the sessions in New York City.
  • Fellows also receive a modest stipend to support the production of their projects. The program is produced in partnership with the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
  • The Photography and Social Justice Program is designed to prepare our fellows to be effective and creative leaders in their home communities. Their hope is that the fellows become models and resources for other practitioners and that they cultivate strength and support through their international colleagues.
  • Through this program, Magnum Foundation trains photographers to use their creative skills to inspire social movements, to witness, to resist oppression, to pose the difficult questions, and to stimulate debate and awareness about critical social issues.

Eligibilities

  • Early-career documentary photographers, artists, and photojournalists
  • Activists who use photography in their change-making practice
  • Journalists who would like to deepen their engagement with photography
  • Scholars who incorporate images and image-making in their research and scholarship
  • Preference is given to those who have not had previous opportunity to do a formal course of study in photography at the university level.
  • Applicants must be proficient in spoken and written English. All instruction will be in English and there will be no simultaneous translation for instruction or discussion during the course sessions.
  • We are especially seeking applications from people of color, women, individuals who are part of social, political, or cultural groups who are currently or historically oppressed or excluded, and individuals who are LGBTQ or non-binary. Refugees are welcome to apply.
Eligible Regions: Open for All

Application Process

  • Apply online through the given link.
  • Photography and Social Justice Fellows are selected through an open, international call for applications. Those not eligible for the program can recommend someone else by sharing the open call, or contacting us, as we welcome recommendations.
  • Fellows applications will be received and reviewed on a rolling basis until October 1st, 2018.
  • Fellows will be chosen by the Magnum Foundation’s internal selection committee and notified Mid-December 2018. All finalists for the fellowship will be interviewed to ensure verbal proficiency in English. (Please note that this language requirement exists because Fellows’ discussions, workshops, readings, and mentorship sessions in New York are conducted in English.)

Application Deadline: October 1, 2018

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