mission

NOOR’s mission is to contribute to a growing understanding of the world by producing independent in-depth visual reports and collectively and actively promote, exhibit and sell the work of its member photographers.

manifesto

As a group, NOOR's photographers share concerns, and accept the challenge of expressing these concerns in a language capable of renewing itself, and with respect to the human dignity of their subjects. They are documentary photographers aware of the major changes facing traditional media in favor of an always-bigger diffusion of the new media.  

Although they respect the marketplace as it is, they will neither take direction from it nor base their decisions solely upon its demands, and they will continue to pursue the projects they value.

Besides individual photographic projects, collective projects are at the core of NOOR. The photographers produce important and meaningful in-depth photo-essays and pursue long-term projects. They believe that some things simply need to be seen, and have decided to unite their individual visions and capabilities to facilitate this.

The eleven members - ten photographers and Claudia Hinterseer, NOOR's managing director and co-owner - are in NOOR together to direct their professional lives towards achieving their vision by effectively pooling their resources.