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.
