Inna Mkhitaryan
Year2012LocationArmeniaAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://innamkhitaryan.com/Inna Mkhitaryan will examine the underlying economic, social, and psychological factors that give rise to human...
View ArticleElyor Nematov
Year2012LocationKyrgyzstanAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/elyor/Elyor Nematov will document the experience of Kyrgyz labor migrants traveling to and working in Russia...
View ArticleDina Oganova
Year2012LocationGeorgiaAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://www.dikarka.ge/Dina Oganova’s project will examine a generation of Georgian youth who are growing up in a post-Soviet Union country and...
View ArticleFraidoon Poya
Year2012LocationAfghanistanAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://flavors.me/poyaFraidoon Poya will document the increasing number of women who commit suicide through self-immolation in Herat...
View ArticleDaro Sulakauri
Year2012LocationGeorgiaAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://www.darosulakauri.com/Daro Sulakauri will document the impact of a recent development project on the ethnic Armenian majority and...
View ArticleFardin Waezi
Year2012LocationAfghanistanAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://thruafghaneyes.blogspot.com/Fardin Waezi will explore themes that have emerged from his extensive ten-year body of work documenting...
View ArticleJon Lowenstein
Year2012LocationEscondido, CaliforniaAmount$30,000Term1 yearGrantee URLhttp://noorimages.com/photographer/lowenstein/Jon Lowenstein will partner with the Trans-Border Institute , part of the Joan B....
View ArticleRobin Bowman
Year2012LocationRichmond, CaliforniaAmount$24,500Term1 yearGrantee URLhttp://robinbowman.theamericanteenager.com/Robin Bowman will partner with The American Teenager Project to create an exhibition,...
View ArticleJoseph Rodriguez
Year2012LocationCaliforniaAmount$26,000Term1 yearGrantee URLhttp://www.josephrodriguezphotography.com/Joseph Rodriguez will partner with New American Media (NAM) to train journalism students at Santa...
View ArticleImages and Advocacy: Announcing Our 2012 Audience Engagement Grant Winners
Open Society Documentary Photography Project announces the winners of the 2012 Audience Engagement Grant competition: Robin Bowman, Jon Lowenstein, Joseph Rodriguez, and Emily Schiffer.
View ArticleBurma in Transition
Despite positive developments in Burma, the country remains mired in conflict. These photographs present a snapshot of life in Burma today, highlighting the causes for hope and progress and the immense...
View ArticleWomen, Violence, and Burma: Reporting from the Frontlines in Kachin State
People in Kachin State in Burma continue to endure devastating violence and human rights abuses. With limited humanitarian assistance available, local groups like the Kachin Women’s Association of...
View ArticleChachipe Map Skopje Exhibition
This exhibition features a selection of photographs from the Chachipe Map photography contest organized by the Open Society Foundations and OSA Archivum.
View ArticlePhotography, Expanded: Rethinking Engagement and Impact
Documentary photographer Marcus Bleasdale discusses his project, Zero Hour: Congo, which uses gaming to increase awareness of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
View ArticleA Photographic Look at Access to Justice in Pakistan
Open Society Fellow Asim Rafiqui shares insights gleaned from his photographic exploration of police reform and access to justice in Pakistan.
View ArticleDaro Sulakauri
Year2012LocationGeorgiaAmount$3,500Term6 monthsGrantee URLhttp://www.darosulakauri.com/Daro Sulakauri will document the impact of a recent development project on the ethnic Armenian majority and...
View ArticleFifteen Years of Human Rights Photography, Now Available Online
The Open Society Foundations are making available to the public an expansive documentary photography collection chronicling some of the most pressing human rights and social issues of our times.
View ArticleRethinking Visual Media in the Digital Age: An Interview with Fred Ritchin
Fred Ritchin discusses his new book, Bending the Frame, about transformation in photojournalism and documentary photography, and how to use visual data in the digital age.
View ArticleMeet the Photographers in Moving Walls 21
A Greek factory hollowed by financial ruin. Tattered shoes from a refugee’s 20-day journey on foot. A rusted plane used in the Argentine “dirty war.” These are some of the photo stories in Moving Walls...
View ArticleMariam Amurvelashvili
Year2013LocationGeorgiaAmount$3,500Grantee URLhttp://www.amurvelashvili.ge/Mariam Amurvelashvili will document the impact of Chinese and Indian labor migration on Georgian society. Amurvelashvili’s...
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