Nikon-NOOR Academy
The NOOR Foundation is concerned with the encouragement and support of young photojournalists and documentary photographers around the world and particularly in areas where access to photography education is scarce. We facilitate educational initiatives – workshops, masterclasses, seminars, lectures, mentorship, school visits and other educational activities – in close collaboration with educational institutions, sponsor partners and NOOR’s professional photographers, all experienced teachers and lecturers. Through our ongoing partnership with Nikon we have offered Masterclasses around the world since 2009. To realize our projects we seek the collaboration of NGOs and foundations, and the financial support of grants, subsidies and sponsor partnerships.
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 350 students from more than 80 different countries and counting.
PARIS, FRANCE
2022
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
2022
WARSAW, POLAND
2022
“‘We wanted to challenge ourselves, and in the wake of the women’s rights movement in Poland, we felt this location would be perfect to hold our very first academy for female and non-binary identifying participants. While we were preparing this, the context became even more important because Poland is bordering Ukraine and the war is going on as we speak, and we are really incredibly grateful that some people who have been following the conflict have had the chance to take a break and participate to this academy.’”
Barcelona, Spain
2019
Vienna, Austria
2019
Sofia, BULGARIA
2019
Torino, Italy
2018
Zurich, SWITZERLAND
2018
Budapest, Hungary
2018
“It was an amazing experience that will stay with me forever. I cannot express how grateful I am for this opportunity. [...] It was the most intense training that I had so far, which I think is great. I was thinking about photography 24/7 and this is the most important thing and the only way to learn the most.”
Warsaw, POLAND
2018
Stockholm, SWEDEN
2018
“Everything was useful, but the most valuable to me has been to learn a bit how to organize the legal and administrative side of this job which can be so mysterious if you don’t collaborate with any agency. To share this really means to educate people to the work of photography because it gives a common way to organize, well exploit and protect our outputs.”
Brussels, BELGIUM
2018
Paris, FRANCE
2017
Berlin, Germany
2017
Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
2017
Manchester, United Kingdom
2017
“It has been a delightful experience, the level of experience NOOR photographers had were infectious and really motivated me now to push myself to create the best work possible”
Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN
2017 Nikon-SFK Documentary Photography Training Program
Almaty, KazakhstaN
2016
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015
“Absolutely exciting, extremely wonderful, maybe even perfect! [...] Very important experience!”
Belgrade, Serbia
2015
Istanbul, Turkey
2014
Bayeux, France
2013
Tunis, Tunisia
2013
Cape town, South Africa
2012
“The workshop is inspiring in so many levels. From concepts to technique, even my personal opinions have been changed. It has been a real honor to have been working with NOOR photographers. It is amazing how they shared all their knowledge with us. It will help me to redefine myself as a photographer. Knowing why I photograph something will become the main reason for taking on a project in my career as a photographer.”
Bucharest, Romania
2011
St. Petersburg, Russia
2010
“The workshop was a one-in-a-million experience for me. It has been a great week and I hope that it will happen again so that the world will be able to see more of the photographic talent in Africa.”
Lagos, Nigeria
2009
The Nikon-NOOR Academy is graciously supported by Nikon Europe