Bénédicte Kurzen | "Violence in Nigeria" featured in MSF and exhibited in Paris

Criminal groups and extreme violence in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara have caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee their villages and seek shelter in the town of Anka.

© Bénédicte Kurzen / NOOR

Bénédicte Kurzen's project on violence in Nigeria is featured in Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'s website.

From October 1st until November 2nd, her project will be exhibited in Paris. Nikon Ambassador Bénédicte Kurzen spoke about “Violence in Nigeria” on October the 5th.

Kadir van Lohuizen | Preview of "After us the deluge" series at AFFR

NOOR visual-storyteller Kadir van Lohuizen presented a preview of his latest NTR programme series Na ons de zondvloed at the Architectuur Filmfestival Rotterdam. His 4-movie series dives into the human consequences of rising sea levels.

© Kadir van Lohuizen / NOOR

Jon Lowenstein | Exhibition at The Gallery Club in Amsterdam and Haarlem

Jon Lowenstein will exhibit his project "South Side" at The Gallery Club, a platform for photography. There will be an Open House in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on October 13, from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M. and in Haarlem on October 26, from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M.

© Jon Lowenstein / NOOR

Kadir van Lohuizen | Opening of the "Rising Tide" exhibition

Kadir van Lohuizen's exhibition on the rising sea levels opened at the Het Scheepvaartmuseum on October 4, 2019. “Rising Tide” is a mix between old and new work and will be exhibited until May 10, 2020.

© Isabel Bonnet

Date: October 4, 2019—May 10, 2020
Location: Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sanne De Wilde | Commissioned by PhEST

Sanne De Wilde was commissioned by PhEST until November the 3rd. PhEST, or the International Festival of Photography and Art in Monopoli, Italy, is about photography, cinema, music, art, contaminations from the Mediterranean.

© Sanne De Wilde / NOOR

Sebastian Liste | Featured in TIME with the coverage of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

The Amazon is 10 million years old. Home to 390 billion trees, the vast river basin reigns over South America and is an unrivaled nest of biodiversity. At current rates of deforestation, 27% of the Amazon will be without trees by 2030. Sebastián Liste went to the Amazon for TIME to see the consequences climate change has on the Amazon.

© Sebastian Liste / NOOR for TIME

Jon Lowenstein | "Shadow Lives" exhibited at the Soho Photo Gallery in NYC

Jon Lowenstein's project "Shadow Lives" is currently being exhibited at the Soho Photo Gallery in New York City as part of the "immigrants" exhibition. You can go until October 19, 2019.

© Anastasia Page

Nikon-NOOR Academy | Announcing the Participants for the 2019 Masterclass in Spain

We are delighted to announce the participants selected for the 2019 Nikon-NOOR Academy Spain, which will take place in Barcelona from November the 11th until the 14th, 2019

The tutors for this masterclass are Tanya Habjouqa, Sebastian Liste and Jon Lowenstein.

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

Tamuna Chkareuli

Guillem Trius

Dario Scovacricchi

Joanna Demarco

Jorge Fresnillo Martínez

Sattva Orasi

Sara De Antonio Feu

Rehab Eldalil

Rebecca Conway

Cesar Dezfuli

Sara Crochet

André Alves

Kamila Stepien

Marin Driguez

Séverine Sajous

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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.

Nina Berman | Coverage of the Global Climate Strike in NYC for Liberation

Tens of thousands of people, mostly young people, gathered in Lower Manhattan for the global climate strike on September 27. For Liberation, Nina Berman covered the strike in New York City as part of a global movement that brought over 7.6 million people.

© Nina Berman / NOOR

Nina Berman | Reflection on Robert Frank's legacy for The New York Times

“Most days I never made a picture, but sometimes I did, and my bar was always Robert Frank”

— Nina Berman

© Nina Berman / NOOR

Alongside 8 other photographers, Nina Berman reflected on Robert Frank's legacy in The New York Times.