In August, Andrea Bruce’s new project Our Democracy traveled to Rhode Island, Georgia and El Paso. In connection with the project, she is a CatchLight Fellowand a National Geographic Explorer. The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and National Public Radio are also supporting the project. See more about the project here: http://ourdemocracyproject.com
Announcing the 2018 Nikon-noor Academy masterclasses Second Series
NOOR, the NOOR Foundation and Nikon Europe are delighted to announce the second series of the 2018 Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclasses. This autumn, the tuition-free Nikon-NOOR Academy will take place in Italy, Hungary and Switzerland.
During each of the 4-day trainings the 15 participants will work together with 3 NOOR photographers as tutors, to share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills and learn how to create more impactful visual stories. NOOR and the NOOR Foundation are committed to encouraging young, aspiring photojournalists and documentary photographers. Masterclasses are provided free for all participants, made possible with the continued support of Nikon Europe.
The Nikon-NOOR Academy is a unique opportunity to learn impactful visual storytelling, further develop personal vision, strengthen ongoing projects and gain new knowledge and contacts in an intimate and interactive environment.
Participants can get the most out of the experience when they come to the masterclass with a body of work they are currently developing, editing, working on and/or thinking about how to share with audiences. Thus, applicants are encouraged to include this work and indicate what they want to explore in relation to the work in their application portfolio and motivation statement. Below you will find more information on each masterclass.
- Teaching in Turin, Italy: Bénédicte Kurzen, Sanne De Wilde, & Francesco Zizola
- Teaching in Budapest, Hungary: Tanya Habjouqa, Sebastian Liste & Kadir van Lohuizen
- Teaching in Zürich, Switzerland: Tanya Habjouqa, Jon Lowenstein & Léonard Pongo
Participants can look forward to intensive communication with NOOR photographers and their peers on subjects ranging from how to develop and edit a photographic story or project, to the nuances of the international photo market.
The NOOR-Nikon Academy is a unique opportunity to learn impactful visual storytelling, further develop personal vision, strengthen ongoing projects and gain new knowledge and contacts in an intimate and interactive environment.
Each masterclass is led by a diverse and unique combination of three NOOR photographers. All experienced teachers and lecturers, NOOR photographers are actively engaged in their own documentary practices, current debates in the field and in the development of the next generation of photographic talent.
Since 2009 NOOR and Nikon have partnered on education programs encouraging and supporting young photographic talent around the world. We have built strong collaborations with an international network of young photographers, photography professionals, cultural organizations, journalism and educational institutions. NOOR-Nikon educational programs have successfully trained more than 250 students from more than 64 different countries and counting.
*Deadline for applications to all masterclasses: Sunday 16th of September, 11:59pm*
About the Masterclasses:
Turin, Italy
Tutors: Bénédicte Kurzen, Sanne De Wilde & Francesco Zizola.
Duration: 12th – 15th of Nov
Deadline Application: 16th Sept.
Application Link: http://bit.ly/2Nrl3Jm
Budapest, Hungary
Tutors: Tanya Habjouqa, Sebastian Liste & Kadir van Lohuizen
Duration: 26th – 29th of Nov
Deadline Application: 16th Sept.
Application Link: http://bit.ly/2PeKVbT
Zürich, Switzerland
Tutors: Tanya Habjouqa, Jon Lowenstein & Léonard Pongo.
Duration: 3rd – 6th of December
Deadline Application: 16th Sept.
Application Link: http://bit.ly/2MBCD10
For any questions please contact education@noorimages.com.
Reactions from previous NOOR-Nikon educational programs:
“Photography is part education and part evolution of one’s talent. This was my first workshop and it was an enriching experience. I learned more in these days than probably I could have learned in a year working in the field.” – Bogdan Chesaru, Romania (NOOR-Nikon Masterclass, Bucharest, Romania)
“The workshop was fantastic! Meeting with NOOR photographers and very talented people from our region is a great opportunity. You should continue organizing programs for regional cooperation among young photographers. I got great tips about storytelling, editing, grants and bookmaking!” – Ozge Sebzeci, Turkey (NOOR-Nikon Masterclass, Istanbul, Turkey)
“The masterclass helped to draw an overall picture of my career. The experiences shared by NOOR helps to make a long-term plan.” – Elyor Nematov, Kyrgyzstan (NOOR-Nikon Masterclass, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
"As If We Were Tuna" at the Mostra del Cinema Venezia
At the Mostra del Cinema Venezia, Francesco Zizola showed his movie "As If We Were Tuna", selected for Giornate degli Autori, the autonomous review inside the Venice Film Festival. With his movie, he was awarded the SIAE Prize for Creative Talent.
"Northern Ghana Life" Exhibition with Nuku Studio and Noorderlicht
Bénédicte Kurzen will be exhibiting her work as part of a 3 year project with 10 Ghanaian and international photographers that created a visual documentation of "Northern Ghana Life", in cooperation with Nuku Studio and Noorderlicht.
A Place to Go: Sanitation and Open Defecation at Visa Pour l'Image
Andrea Bruce's project A Place to Go: Sanitation and Open Defecation will be exhibited this year's edition of Visa Pour l'Image.
Where Will We Go: Rising Sea Levels in Santiago, Chile
The Centro Cultural La Moneda will be the host of Kadir van Lohuizen's exhibtion "Where Will We Go" showing the human consequences of the rising sea levels around the world. The exhibition is graciously supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Chile.
NOOR in Arles
NOOR Authors and Team will be present during this year's Rencontres d'Arles! Come and join us to the various events where we will be present! Check out our newsletter to know more: https://mailchi.mp/noorimages/noor-in-arles
Wasteland at We Make The City Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NOOR and the NOOR Foundation are proud to invite you to the opening of Kadir van Lohuizen's long term project Wasteland, exhibited as part of the festival We Make The City.
Wasteland: Exhibition
Overhoeks, Amsterdam-Noord, The Netherlands
From the 20th of June to the 23rd of September
In 2050, 70 percent of the world population will live in a city. Together they produce an enormous amount of waste, which a lot of metropolises are already unable to process. Kadir van Lohuizen documented the main waste streams in 6 metropolises Tokyo, Japan, New York, Jakarata, São Paolo, Lagos and Amsterdam.
His exhibition is part of the program of We Make The City Festival, the largest city festival in Europe, taking place from 20 to 24 June, tackling the issue of urban living.
Triumph of the Shill screened at DC Independent Film Festival
Saturday, February 17th
NAVAL HERITAGE CENTER Screens as part of Really Real Documentary Shorts
Using Washington D.C and New York’s Trump Tower as a backdrop, Triumph of the Shill, reimagines the Leni Riefenstahl Nazi classic as an aesthetic blueprint to consider the 2017 presidential inauguration and the election of Donald J. Trump.
Director Bio: Nina Berman is a photographer, author and filmmaker creating work around politics, ideology and militarism in the U.S. She was a 2010 Whitney Biennial artist and teaches documentary photography and film at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
UNFRAMED Exhibition from 15.06.2018 to 19.08.2018, Brussels
On the roads of the entire world, photographers testify to the realities and stakes of an era. With the exhibition Unframed, Brassage Photographique and NOOR wish to offer a new event to these visual change makers thanks to whom photography continues day after day to forge our representation of the World. Unframed is an exhibition, crossed-visions of international committed photographers, who by their singular writings, decipher the great issues of our time. At the heart of this program, women, victims of violence and inequalities but also empowering, leading revolutions reshaping our societies and reinforcing ou desire to take action.
