Watch Olga Kravets' films for the Martin Ennals Awards

© Julie de Halleux / Olga Kravets

NOOR Filmmaker Olga Kravets, in collaboration with Pierre-Julien Fieux, Julie de Halleux, Anaïs Chic and Irene Servillo, directed three short animation films to present the three nominees of 2021 Martin Ennals Awards Ceremony that took place on February 11th. The three nominees of this year were Yu Wensheng - Laureate (China), Soltan Achilova (Turkmenistan) and Loujain AlHathloul (Saudi Arabia).

We are also proud to announce that Soltan Achilova's short film will be featured at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), which will take place in Geneva from 5-14 March, 2021.

Watch all the animations here!

Nikon-NOOR Academy | Announcing the Participants for the 2021 Masterclass

We are delighted to announce the participants selected for the 2021 Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclasses, which will take place in February and March.

The tutors of this year’s academy are Andrea Bruce, Heba Khamis, Pep Bonet, Sanne De Wilde, Jon Lowenstein, Francesco Zizola, Olga Kravets, Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen.

We would sincerely like to thank all the people who sent forward their applications and congratulate the photographers who will participate in the masterclasses.

Masterclass A taking place between February 18th to 26th:

Larkat Issam
Sebastian Steveniers
Mano Svanidze
Cletus Nelson Nwadike
Dina Oganova
Cansu Yildiran
Nadja Ellinger
Emily Garthwaite
Stefanie Kulisch
Oleksandr Rupeta
Felix Adler
Thomas Victor
Zoya Shu
Danil Usmanov
Aino Väänänen
Fedor Oshchepkov

Masterclass B taking place between March 4th to 12th:

Irina Shkoda
Ivan Tomasevic
Chloe Alexandra Davies
Mattia Marzorati
Svetlana Bulatova
Kseniia Apresian
Sofia Melikova
Olga Kuzmenkova
Alexis Pazoumian
Ilyas Hajji
Arun Nangla
Maxime Riche
Mikhail Lebedev
Sina Niemeyer
Mayya Kelova

Masterclass C taking place between March 18th to 26th:

Sinawi Medine
Ira Lupu
Matjaz Tancic
Monika Orpik
Marcin Kruk
Michaela Nagyidaiová
Ludwig Nikulski
Kseniia Ivanova
Davit Nersisyan
Robin Alysha Clemens
Ingmar Björn Nolting
Sofia Gavrilova
Amirtharaj Stephen
Maria Grigorieva
Zanda Puče

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To power the Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclass applications, we teamed up with our partner Picter, an online platform hosting contests, call for applications as well as tools for professional image-makers simply their workflow.

I exist: European stories of islamophobia

I exist is a group exhibition of five NOOR authors. The narratives of I exist seek to perform a challenging task: amplify the voice of those often marginalised in the contemporary discussion of Islam and its role in Europe.

Bringing together the work of Nina Berman, Tanya Habjouqa, Olga Kravets, Bénédicte Kurzen and Sebastián Liste, I exist shares the personal stories of Muslims in Spain, France, Belgium and Italy, hoping to live as citizens but othered in a hyper-visible and critical reality.

The exhibition will take place from the 4th of September to 10th of October, 2020 (Tuesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 21:00) at Melkweg Expo, Marnixstraat 409 1071PJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

To visit the exhibition, a free online reservation by email is required. Claim your reservation by sending an email to rsvp@melkweg.nl with your time of arrival and your name and mobile number. In addition, we kindly ask everyone above the age of 13 to wear a face mask in the exhibition space. 

"Grozny: Nine Cities" exhibited in Paris for Doctors Without Borders' 20th anniversary since its Peace Nobel Prize

"Grozny: Nine Cities", a project by Olga Kravets, Maria Morina and Oksana Yushko, curated by Anna Shpakova, will be exhibited on December 10th, 2019, in commemoration of the 20-year anniversary since Medecins Sans Frontiere won the Nobel Peace Prize. Olga Kravets will discuss about her photographs and do a guided visit.

Olga Kravets / NOOR

Olga Kravets | Present at Paris Photo and "Salon de la Photo" in Paris

Signed copies of Olga Kravets' "Grozny: Nine Cities" book will be available at the stand of Dewi Lewis Publishing in Grand Palais, booth SE17, during Paris Photo 2019.

“Grozny: Nine Cities” is a cross-media project on the aftermath of two Chechen wars between 2009 and 2018: a book, a web-documentary, an exhibition. This is a collaborative project with photographers and filmmakers Maria Morina, Oksana Yushko, Olga Kravets, and curator Anna Shpakova

Nikon Ambassador Olga Kravets will be talking at “Salon de la Photo” in Paris. You can find Nikon France’s stand is at 5.2 E 067

NOOR Urges Action on Climate Emergency

NOOR supports the Global Climate Strike that will take place on September the 20th and encourages everyone to join the movement.

NOOR dedicates September to our Environment

For more than a decade, NOOR Authors have documented our growing climate crisis caused by fossil fuel production and material consumption along with the political forces enabling this planetary catastrophe. Through our work we have also pointed to solutions to help ensure sustainable human presence on this planet. The need for action is urgent.

As world leaders meet in New York City next month and climate actions are planned world wide, we will dedicate the month of September to sharing stories on the environment from our archive and works in progress. Please follow these stories on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

We encourage our media partners, researchers, and our community to do the same.