FotoEvidence and World Press Photo    announce a new collaboration

 

FotoEvidence and the World Press Photo Foundation announced their future collaboration on the FotoEvidence Book Award.  The award will be known in the future as The FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo. 

The book award  winner and two other selected finalists will be exhibited during the World Press Photo Exhibition each year  in Amsterdam in conjunction with the launch of the winner’s book. The book will also be available during the World Press Photo Exhibition in many of the 100 cities worldwide to which the exhibition travels each year, expanding FotoEvidence's reach to a global audience.

The 2018 book award is open for submissions.  The deadline is December 15, 2017.





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The  2018 FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo is currently open for submissions.  The new collaboration between FotoEvidence and World Press Photo means that the winner and two finalists for the book award will be exhibited in the annual World Press Photo Exhibition and the book will be presented in many of the 100 cities the exhibition visits.  This collaboration will strenthen FotoEvidence's mission of supporting photogarpher who demonstrate courage and commitment in the pursuit of human right. Apply at Book Award.
 

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Interview with Amber BrackenBy Svetlana Bachevanova    

Q. Some compare the Standing Rock protest with the battle at Little Big Horn in 1876, also known as General Custer’s Last Stand. This time the battle was the spirit against the grid. Who do you think won it?
AB. Well, that pipeline is completed and flowing with oil so it looks like industry won this battle. But in the larger fight for treaty rights and human rights the Standing Rock Sioux are still at war. The connections made in those camps are strong and I think we will see more organizing in the near future. Read the interview here...

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Fernando Moleres is the new addition to the FotoEvidence Gallery on line with his series of photographs "Melting Landscapes".
Signed prints are available for sale. 
Purchase of these works supports photographers working on long term projects that might otherwise never be documented or published.

From the series "Melting Landscapes" by Fernando Moleres.

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Signs of Your Identity by Daniella Zalcman recently received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for International Photography.  In  2016 she was granted for  the same work with the FotoEvidence Book Award and "Signs of Your Identity"  published. The book is available in our bookstore.

 

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Lens Blog: 'Spirit and Strength' in Nepal After an Earthquake and Destruction.
David Gonzales of Lens Blog asks Omar Havana about his experince working in Nepal after one of deadliest earthquake that devasted the country killing some 8000 people. The book "Edurance", published by FotoEvidence "is testament to the spirit of the Nepali people who showed him their determination to rebuild despite obstacles placed before them by nature and officials".