participants for nikon noor berlin academy

© Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR

We are delighted to announce the 15 participants selected for the Nikon-NOOR Academy Workshop, which will take place in Berlin between 7 to 10 March 2017. We would like sincerely thank all the people who sent forward their applications and congratulate the photographers who will participate in the workshop with  Yuri Kozyrev, Bénédicte Kurzen and Kadir van Lohuizen

Agata Szymanska-Medina

Arne Piepke

Astrid Dill

Daniela Koenig

Emile Ducke

Emine Akbaba

Ingmar Björn Nolting

Jonas Kako

Ksenia Les

Lena Mucha

Lisa Hermes

Lukas Schulze

Natalya Reznik

Paul Lovis Wagner

Sebastian Wells

Sebi Berens

We are excited to meet & work together in Berlin!

noor-nikon academy upcoming workshops

NOOR Foundation and Nikon are excited to announce our 2017 educational program - the NOOR-Nikon Academy. Early this spring, the NOOR-Nikon Academy will launch with a series of free-of-charge workshops for young, aspiring documentary photographers taking place in The Netherlands, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

During each of the four-day trainings, 15 participants, together with three NOOR member photographers will share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills and learn how to develop visual stories.

Participants can get the most out of the experience when they come to the workshop 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.

• Teaching in Amsterdam: Pep Bonet, Yuri Kozyrev & Sebastian Liste 
• Teaching in Berlin: Yuri Kozyrev, Bénédicte Kurzen & Kadir van Lohuizen
• Teaching in Paris: Pep Bonet, Robin Hammond & Benedicte Kurzen 

• Teaching in Manchester: Tanya Habjouqa, Robin Hammond & Sebastian Liste 

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 workshop is led by a diverse and unique combination of three NOOR member 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 175 students from more than 64 different countries and counting.

Below please find the Calls for Applications for the NOOR-Nikon Academy. Calls are open to young and aspiring photographers in the respective countries where the workshops will be held: The Netherlands, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

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Call for Applications for NOOR-Nikon Amsterdam Academy Workshop.

Deadline to apply is 8 January 2017.

Apply here

Call for Applications for NOOR-Nikon Berlin Academy Workshop.

Deadline to apply is 15 January 2017.

Apply here

Call for Applications for NOOR-Nikon Paris Academy Workshop.

Deadline to apply is 22 January 2017. 

Apply here

Call for Applications for NOOR-Nikon Manchester Academy Workshop.

Deadline to apply is 29 January 2017. 

Apply here

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)

If you would like to be added to our education mailing list please email education@noorimages.com with the subject line “Subscribe NOOR Education” with the following information:

• Your full name
• Email address
• City of residence
• Country of residence

Photos from NOOR-Nikon Masterclass in Almaty, Kazakhstan © MediaNet

announcing paris nikon-noor academy tutors

We are excited to announce the tutors for 2017 Nikon-NOOR Academy Workshop in Paris, France taking place at the Loft Roquette from 20 to 23 March 2017. NOOR photographers Pep Bonet, Robin Hammond & Benedicte Kurzen will lead the workshop, sharing their expertise and working together with participants to develop their visual stories and projects.

THE WORKSHOP

NOOR and Nikon Europe invite young aspiring documentary photographers and photojournalists living and/or working in France to submit their applications before 22 January 2017. The workshop is free of charge. Read more about the workshop and how to apply here.

THE TUTORS

Pep Bonet is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has travelled extensively capturing profound moments that represent the unbalanced world in which we live. His longer-term projects focus on African issues, with his most well known project being “Faith in Chaos”, a photo essay on the aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone. He is also know for a long-term reportage on the rock ‘n roll band Motörhead. Pep was a recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Humanistic Grant in Photography in 2005 and of the Horbach Award in 2015, and won three different World Press Photo Awards in 2007, 2009 and 2013. Pep frequently lectures on photography, multimedia and film, and lives in Mallorca, Spain. 

Robin Hammond  is a documentary photographer with a primary interest in human rights and development issues around the world through long-term photographic projects.

He was the recipient of the W.Eugene Smith Fund for Humanistic Photography, a World Press Photo prize, the Pictures of the Year International World Understanding Award and four Amnesty International awards for Human Rights journalism. In 2013 he won the FotoEvidence Book Award for Documenting Social Injustice and the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award. Robin is the founder of Witness Change, a non-profit organization dedicated to advance humans rights through highly visual storytelling. His work appears in magazines, newspapers, television and social media. He is currently based in Manchester, UK.  

Bénédicte Kurzen began her photographic career when she moved to Israel in 2003, covering hard news as a freelancer in the Gaza Strip, Iraq and Lebanon. For the past ten years, Bénédicte has been covering conflicts and socio-economical changes in Africa. Her body of work “Amaqabane”, on the life of former anti-apartheid combatants was produced for prestigious World Press Joop Swart Masterclass 2008. In 2011, she received a grant from the Pulitzer Center, which allowed her to produce a body of work on Nigeria, “A Nation Lost to Gods”. Her work has been screened and exhibited at Visa pour l’Image and was nominated for the Visa d’Or in 2012. After becoming a NOOR full member in 2012, she decided to move to Lagos, from where she could pursue her coverage of Africa, with a focus on Nigeria. Alongside, she became an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Nigeria in journalism.

announcing berlin nikon-noor academy tutors

We are excited to announce the tutors for 2017 Nikon-NOOR Academy Workshop in Berlin, Germany taking place at C/O Berlin from 7 to 10 March. NOOR photographers Yuri Kozyrev, Bénédicte Kurzen and Kadir van Lohuizen will lead the workshop, sharing their expertise and working together with participants to develop their visual stories and projects.

THE WORKSHOP

NOOR and Nikon Europe invite young aspiring documentary photographers and photojournalists living and/or working in Germany to submit their applications before 15 January 2017. The workshop is free of charge. Read more about the workshop and how to apply here.

THE TUTORS

Yuri Kozyrev has worked as a photojournalist for the past 25 years. He started his career documenting the collapse of the Soviet Union, capturing the rapid changes in the former USSR for the LA Times during the 90’s. In 2001, Yuri started to cover international news, working before from Afghanistan and then from Iraq as contract photographer for Time Magazine. Since the beginning of 2011, Yuri has been documenting the “Arab Revolutions” and their aftermaths in Bahrain, Yemen, Tunisia and specially Egypt and Libya. Yuri has received numerous honors for his photography, including several World Press Photo Awards, the OPC’s Oliver Rebbot Award, and the ICP Infinity Award for Photojournalism, the Frontline Club Award, the Visa d'or News and the Prix Bayeux-Calvados, and he was named 2011 Photographer of the Year in the Pictures of the Year International competition. In 2015, Yuri covered the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the migrant crisis in Europe.

Bénédicte Kurzen began her photographic career when she moved to Israel in 2003, covering hard news as a freelancer in the Gaza Strip, Iraq and Lebanon. For the past ten years, Bénédicte has been covering conflicts and socio-economical changes in Africa. Her body of work “Amaqabane”, on the life of former anti-apartheid combatants was produced for prestigious World Press Joop Swart Masterclass 2008. In 2011, she received a grant from the Pulitzer Center, which allowed her to produce a body of work on Nigeria, “A Nation Lost to Gods”. Her work has been screened and exhibited at Visa pour l’Image and was nominated for the Visa d’Or in 2012. After becoming a NOOR full member in 2012, she decided to move to Lagos, from where she could pursue her coverage of Africa, with a focus on Nigeria. Alongside, she became an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Nigeria in journalism.

Kadir van Lohuizen has covered conflicts in Africa and elsewhere, but is probably best known for his long-term projects on the seven rivers of the world, the rising of sea levels, the diamond industry and migration in the Americas. Kadir has received numerous prizes and awards in photojournalism. In 2000 and 2002 Kadir was a jury member of the World Press Photo contest and is currently on the supervisory board of the World Press Photo foundation. Kadir is a frequent lecturer and photography teacher and is based in Amsterdam.

call for applications: free paris nikon-noor workshop

NOOR and Nikon Europe invite young photographers living and/or working in France to submit their applications for selection for the free NOOR-Nikon Academy workshop taking place in Paris, France from 20 to 23 March 2017. 

NOOR photographers Pep Bonet, Robin Hammond & Benedicte Kurzen will lead the workshop, sharing their expertise and working together with participants to develop their visual stories and projects.

DETAILS

Workshop: 20 – 23 March 2017

Deadline to Apply: 22 January 2017, 11:59pm (CET)

Notification of Selection: 8 February 2017

Fee: Free of charge

THE WORKSHOP

During the four-day workshop, 15 participants, together with Pep Bonet, Robin Hammond & Benedicte Kurzen will share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills and learn how to develop visual stories. 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 workshop 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.

The workshop is free of charge and includes lunch. Please note that travel, accommodation and additional meals are not covered and should be arranged by individual participants. The workshop will take place at the Loft Roquette: 42 Rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris, France.

The workshop will be focused around developing, editing, refining and presenting/disseminating a visual documentary series, story and/or project. Participants can get the most out of the experience when they come to the workshop 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.

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TUTORS 

Pep Bonet is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has travelled extensively capturing profound moments that represent the unbalanced world in which we live. His longer-term projects focus on African issues, with his most well known project being “Faith in Chaos”, a photo essay on the aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone. He is also know for a long-term reportage on the rock ‘n roll band Motörhead. Pep was a recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Humanistic Grant in Photography in 2005 and of the Horbach Award in 2015, and won three different World Press Photo Awards in 2007, 2009 and 2013. Pep frequently lectures on photography, multimedia and film, and lives in Mallorca, Spain. 

Bénédicte Kurzen began her photographic career when she moved to Israel in 2003, covering hard news as a freelancer in the Gaza Strip, Iraq and Lebanon. For the past ten years, Bénédicte has been covering conflicts and socio-economical changes in Africa. Her body of work “Amaqabane”, on the life of former anti-apartheid combatants was produced for prestigious World Press Joop Swart Masterclass 2008. In 2011, she received a grant from the Pulitzer Center, which allowed her to produce a body of work on Nigeria, “A Nation Lost to Gods”. Her work has been screened and exhibited at Visa pour l’Image and was nominated for the Visa d’Or in 2012. After becoming a NOOR full member in 2012, she decided to move to Lagos, from where she could pursue her coverage of Africa, with a focus on Nigeria. Alongside, she became an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Nigeria in journalism.

Robin Hammond  is a documentary photographer with a primary interest in human rights and development issues around the world through long-term photographic projects.

He was the recipient of the W.Eugene Smith Fund for Humanistic Photography, a World Press Photo prize, the Pictures of the Year International World Understanding Award and four Amnesty International awards for Human Rights journalism. In 2013 he won the FotoEvidence Book Award for Documenting Social Injustice and the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award. Robin is the founder of Witness Change, a non-profit organization dedicated to advance humans rights through highly visual storytelling. His work appears in magazines, newspapers, television and social media. He is currently based in Manchester, UK.  

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SELECTED PARTICIPANTS

Anna Filipova
Antonin Weber

Camilo Leon-Quijano

Charlotte Gonzalez

Chloe Sharrock

Estelle Car

Etienne  Maury

Fabrice Caterini

Hugo Aymar

Kasia Strek

Lucie Mach

Mathias Benguigui

Maude Girard

Maxime Matthys

Yulia Grigoryants

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For more information contact NOOR Education via education@noorimages.com or give us a call at +31.20.6060.780 

Photo from NOOR-Nikon 2014 Istanbul Masterclass © Frank Zuidweg

benedicte kurzen in marie claire italy

Benedicte Kurzen's series 'Sexual Violence in Haiti' was recently published in Marie Claire Italy.

visual journalism workshop with benedicte kurzen in canada

 © Benedicte Kurzen / NOOR

NOOR, in collaboration with Culture Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean  and Groupe Photo Média International, are pleased to announce Visual Journalism workshop with Benedicte Kurzen on 2-3 November in Chicoutimi, Canada. This will take place under the framework of ZOOM Photo Festival. During this 2-day training, participants will share their experiences, work on their portfolios, improve their image selection skills and learn how to develop their visual stories.

During these 2 days participants will discuss various topics – from technical aspects of photography to the peculiarities of international photography market. This workshop is a unique opportunity to learn more about the visual impact of a story that is told, to develop a personal approach and acquire new skills and contacts in an intimate dynamic environment. The workshop will include group discussions on  participants’ projects and the learning points from Benedicte's professional experience. The workshop will address the project design, research, pre-production and project dissemination  - with the aim to help participants to develop powerful story and present it in innovative way.

REQUIREMENTS

• Participants should prepare an image sequence or a portfolio project for the group review on the first day (up to 10 images, sequenced and ready for presentation).
• We recommend you to wear comfortable clothes and ask you to bring your laptop and / or a USB key with image files.
• Any materials that might be relevant to the discussion with the trainer and / or other participants are welcome.

DETAILS

Dates: 2 and 3 November 2016 (Wednesday and Thursday)

Time: from 8am to 12pm and from 1pm to 5 pm

Deadline: 26 October 2016

Language: French

Fee for residents in the region of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean: $ 75 

Fee for other participants: $ 396

*10 participants will be accepted

Location: Chicoutimi Pulp, 300, rue Dubuc

At the end of the training, each participant will be able to properly develop a visual story a reportage / documentary photography.

If you are interested in applying, read the description below in French.

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Culture Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean, en collaboration avec Groupe Photo Média International,et l’agence Photo NOOR propose la formation

«CLASSE DE MAÎTRE EN JOURNALISME VISUEL»

Avec Benedicte Kurzen. Elle a obtenu une maîtrise en Histoire contemporaine de la Sorbonne à Paris. Elle a écrit son essai final sur le Mythe du photographe de guerre qui l’a inspirée à devenir une raconteuse d’histoire visuelle elle-même. Après être devenue une membre à part entière de NOOR en 2012, elle a décidé de déménager à Lagos d’où elle poursuit ses couvertures sur l’Afrique en mettant l’accent sur le Nigeria. Parallèlement à cela, elle est devenue chargée de cours adjointe en journalisme à l’Université américaine du Nigeria.

OBJECTIFS

• Améliorer ses compétences en sélection d’images et apprendre à bien choisir et développer des histoires visuelles avec la photographie pour fin de présentation;
• Les participants partageront leurs expériences, travailleront sur leurs portfolios, amélioreront leurs compétences en sélection d’images et apprendront comment choisir et développer leurs histoires.

CONTENU 

• Chaque journée comprend un échange intensif avec les photographes sur des sujets allant de l’aspect technique de la prise de photo aux particularités du marché international de la photographie. Il s’agit ici d’une opportunité unique d’apprendre ce qu’est l’impact visuel d’une histoire que l’on raconte, de développer une approche personnelle et d’acquérir de nouvelles compétences et des contacts dans un environnement intime et interactif. La formation alternera entre le travail des participants et les présentations de la photographe de NOOR concernant son travail et ses expériences personnelles en tant que points de référence d’apprentissage.
• La formation abordera la conception d’un projet, la recherche, la pré-production, l’utilisation du multimédia et la mise en marché d’un projet et ce, dans le but d’aider les participants à développer et à réaliser un impact qui lui soit propre et des projets de présentation innovateurs.

PRÉ-REQUIS 

Les participants devront se préparer à partager une séquence de leur projet ou de ce qui est représentatif de leur portfolio pour recevoir les commentaires du groupe pendant la première journée (10 images maximum, séquencées et prêtes pour la projection). Il est recommandé de porter des vêtements confortables, apporter son portable et / ou une clé USB avec les dossiers d’images. Tout autre matériel qui pourrait être pertinent pour la discussion avec la formatrice et / ou les autres participants est le bienvenu.

DÉTAILS

Dates :    2 et 3 novembre 2016 (mercredi et jeudi)

Horaire:   8h à 12h et de 13h à 17h

Durée :   16 heures de formation

Lieu :   Pulperie de Chicoutimi, 300, rue Dubuc 

Coût : 75 $ / participant (pour 8 inscriptions) - Coût du marché :396 $ -

 *10 participants maximum seront acceptés

À la fin de la formation, chaque participant sera en mesure de bien concevoir une histoire visuelle à partir d’un reportage / documentaire photo. 

Si intéressé et disponible pour cette formation, veuillez transmettre la fiche d’inscription complétée (formulaire annexé) par la poste, accompagné de votre paiement, au plus tard 26 octobre 2016 à Manon Villeneuve aux coordonnées ci-dessous.

418 662-6623 (221) / Télécopieur : 418 662-1071

1640, ave. Hamilton Est 

Alma Qc  G8B 4Z1

formation@cultureslsj.ca

cultureslsj.ca

benedicte kurzen in internazionale

Portrait of Jason Njoku by Benedicte Kurzen was recently published in Internazionale

noor women at tbilisi photo festival 2016

Welcome NOOR photographers at Tbilisi Photo Festival 2016, an annual international photography festival in the Caucasus region. This  year TPF will host NOOR photographers: Alixandra Fazzina, Tanya Habjouqa and Benedicte Kurzen, who will be involved in a series of events dedicated to the special theme "Women in Photography".

ROUND TABLE

A panel discussion will take place on September 19 moderated by Anna Alix Koffi, creator and editor-in-chief of OFF the wall photobook. 

ARAB DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM

On September 20, Tania Habjouqa will present some of the many highlights of the Arab Documentary Program. This training program features the work of twenty Arabic photographers working from Morocco to Somalia.

SPECIAL NIGHT BY NOOR'S FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHERS

September 21 TPF participants will have an opportunity to attend “Special Night by Noor Women”, featuring an open air screening of the photographers’ work at Fabrika.

WORKSHOP WITH ALIXANDRA FAZZINA

Under the framework of Tbilisi Photo Festival Alixandra Fazzina will lead 4-day intense workshop for emerging female photographers from Georgia. The workshop will take place on September 21-24.

bénédicte kurzen on 'nollywood' for terra mater magazine

Photos from Bénédicte Kurzen on Nollywood were recently published in Terra Mater magazine