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A Long Walk
20140128-jensen-mw21-001-910Jamun Mam, a woman in her 70s from Iferi, walked many days to reach South Sudan’s northern border.Maban County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan, June 2012.© Shannon...
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Hong Kong Under China
20140128-leong-mw21-001-910The Mongkok district in Kowloon is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the world, and is well known for its underground night life such as the mah jong games,...
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Goodbye My Chechnya
20140128-markosian-mw21-001-910Seda Makhagieva, 15, wraps a pastel-colored head and neck covering around her head. Makhagieva fought to wear the hijab—a sharp break from her family’s...
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In Ruins: The Fall of Greek Industry
20140128-pilos-mw21-001-910The manager’s seat left behind at the John Phil carpet factory in the village of Stavroupoli, Xanthi, in northern Greece. The company was named after its owner, Ioannis...
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Shadow of the Condor
20140128-pina-mw21-001-910The archeological markers outlining what used to be “La Escuelita,” a former clandestine detention and torture center used by the Argentine army to interrogate and kill...
View ArticleMoving Walls 21
About Moving Walls 21On display at Open Society Foundations–New York. Open Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.The winter 2014 installment of the Open Society Foundations’ documentary photography...
View ArticleMoving Walls 22: Group Exhibition on Surveillance
The Open Society Documentary Photography Project is soliciting proposals for our next exhibition: Watching You, Watching Me: Photography in an Age of Surveillance.
View ArticleAn Ordinary Item Tells the Story of an Extraordinary Journey
Photographer Shannon Jensen shines a light on the crisis in South Sudan through images of the tattered shoes worn by civilians fleeing conflict.
View ArticleAfter an Economic Crisis, Modern-Day Greek Ruins
Photographer Nikos Pilos documents the wreckage of Greece's industrial zone in the wake of the financial crisis.
View ArticleOn the Trail of a Mysterious Disease in Nicaragua
Photojournalist Ed Kashi documents a deadly epidemic of kidney disease affecting sugarcane workers in Central America.
View ArticleA Photographer’s Journey Through a Changing Hong Kong
Photographer Mark Leong, whose work appears as part of the Moving Walls 21 exhibit, aims to capture the various facets of contemporary Hong Kong in his series of lush images.
View ArticleA Photographer Goes Behind the “Roma Walls”
Bjorn Steinz aims to overcome the physical—and psychological—walls erected to exclude the Roma.
View ArticleTaking a Closer Look at Surveillance Culture Through Photography
A new exhibit explores how photography has been used both as an instrument of surveillance and as a tool to document, expose, and challenge the impact of surveillance on basic freedoms.
View ArticleLife on the Margins of China’s Economic Boom
Documentary photographer Sim Chi Yin looks at the human faces behind China’s massive and rapid urbanization.
View ArticleGrowing Pains in California’s Most Neglected Region
Photographer Matt Black documents California’s Central Valley, one of the richest farming regions in the world, but also home to many of the poorest communities in the United States.
View ArticleFor Chechen Women, Modesty is the New Normal
Photographer Diana Markosian traveled to Chechnya to explore what it means to come of age as a young woman living under an increasingly repressive regime.
View ArticleMoving Walls 23: Group Exhibition
The Open Society Documentary Photography Project is soliciting proposals for our next exhibition, Moving Walls 23, opening in June 2015 at Open Society Foundations–New York.
View ArticleMoving Walls 22 / Watching You, Watching Me Opening Reception
Moving Walls 22 / Watching You, Watching Me is an exhibition that explores how photography has been used as an instrument of surveillance, as well as a tool to expose and challenge its far-reaching...
View ArticleThe Transformative Power of Photography and Collaboration
Recipients of the 2014 Audience Engagement Grants cover a range of places, populations, and ways to merge activism with documentary art.
View ArticleWatching You, Watching Me Exhibit: Public Programs
Moving Walls 22 / Watching You, Watching Me explores how photography can be both an instrument of surveillance and a tool to expose and challenge its negative impact.
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