Opening Friday in London at Saatchi Gallery, Arctic: New Frontier by Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen! This project was the 9th laureate of the Prix Carmignac du photojournalisme, graciously supported by the Fondation Carmignac.
Andrea Bruce | Featured in National Geographic
As part of #InternationalWomanDay, Andrea Bruce is part of the latest feature on National Geographic showing how women photographers access to unique stories.
Tanya Habjouqa | The Reason Why, Extract from full podcast episode
On InternationalWomanDay, NOOR sat down with Tanya Habjouqa for a two hour long conversation about her career as a photographer, writer, humanitarian, punk rocker, mother, and asked why she continues to document injustice and violence.
Sanne De Wilde | A Whiter Shade of Pale exhibition
Sanne De Wilde will be showing her Snow White series, in the group exhibition A Whiter Shade of Pale, from March 8th to June 2nd, 2019, at Kutxa Kultur Artegunea in San Sebastian, Spain.
Arctic: New Frontier on ARTE Reportage & VPRO Backlight
Arctic: New Frontier, a pioneering double expedition by Yuri Kozyrev and Kadir van Lohuizen that explores the effects of climate change on the entire Arctic territory, is now currently available as a documentary on ARTE Reportages, and will be screened by the Dutch broadcaster VPRO Backlight on NPO 2, on March 3rd at 9:05pm.
This project has been awarded the 9th Prix Carmignac for Photojournalism, supported by the Carmignac Foundation.
The 9th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award supports an investigative photojournalism report that will shed light on the challenges facing the Arctic and that will highlight the consequences climate change might have on the planet.
In 2009, while media and photojournalism faced an unprecedented crisis, Edouard Carmignac created the Carmignac Photojournalism Award to support photographers in the field. It funds annually the production of an investigative photo reportage on human rights violations, geostrategic and environmental issues in the world.
Bénédicte Kurzen, on assignement for Le Monde
For Le Monde, Bénédicte Kurzen continues to document the ongoing ethnic violence that continues to strike in the Nigerian Plateau state, leaving thousands of people for dead since the past few years.
Pep Bonet windsurfs in Sà Rapita, Mallorca
Nikon European Ambassador Pep Bonet shares with us from Mallorca his latest windsurfing in Sà Rapita, with music by Mallorcan band The Full Metal Jackets .
Pep Bonet broke the Spanish Windsurf record at 51,12 knots at the Luderitz Speed Challenge, and is currently 11th on the Worldwide Speed Windsurfing ranking.
Creators of conscience, group exhibition with Pep Bonet & Sebastian Liste
Pep Bonet and Sebastian Liste will be showing as part of a group exhibition "Creadores de Conciencia", showcasing photographs from 40 of the best Spanish photojournalists, opening from February 25th to April 28th 2019, in Madrid, Spain.
Vissarion, Jesus of Siberia
For de Volkskrant, Yuri Kozyrev uncovers the remote community of Vissarion deep into Siberia, where they worship their leader, who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus.
Bénédicte Kurzen & Sanne De Wilde, nominated for a World Press Poto
NOOR and the NOOR Foundation are very proud to announce that Bénédicte Kurzen and Sanne De Wilde have been nominated for the World Press Photo Contest, Portrait Stories.
Bénédicte Kurzen and Sanne De Wilde have been nominated for the World Press Photo Contest, Portrait series with their collaborative photographic project Land of Ibeji discovering the mythology of twinhood in Nigeria. The rate of twin births in West Africa is about four times higher than in the rest of the world. The centre of this twin zone is Igbo-Ora, a sleepy southwest town in Nigeria. “Ibeji” meaning 'double birth' and ‘the inseparable two’ in Yoruba stands for the ultimate harmony between two people.
On receiving their nomination, Bénédicte Kurzen and Sanne De Wilde shared:
"The project is an invitation to look beyond identity as appearance and beyond the exoticism of the identical by calling upon a universal mythological figure: The Twin. It is an invitation for the viewer to travel back into the past and through that rediscover the present and move into the future.
We hope the ‘Ibeji’ project will inspire other creators. We would love for Nigerian artists to contribute from their perspective and expand on the project. We are very grateful for the participation and patience of the people we photographed and the time they spent with us.
We also want to thank Nikon Europe in believing and supporting this challenging project and allowing us to develop this project fully."
This project was graciously supported by the Nikon Europe Ambassador program.