NOOR supports the Global Climate Strike that will take place on September the 20th and encourages everyone to join the movement.
NOOR collaborates with Picter for the Nikon-NOOR Academy
To power the Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclass applications, we teamed up with our partner Picter, an online platform hosting contests, call for applications as well as tools for professional image-makers simply their workflow.
NOOR dedicates September to our Environment
For more than a decade, NOOR Authors have documented our growing climate crisis caused by fossil fuel production and material consumption along with the political forces enabling this planetary catastrophe. Through our work we have also pointed to solutions to help ensure sustainable human presence on this planet. The need for action is urgent.
As world leaders meet in New York City next month and climate actions are planned world wide, we will dedicate the month of September to sharing stories on the environment from our archive and works in progress. Please follow these stories on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
We encourage our media partners, researchers, and our community to do the same.
Nina Berman | Panel Discussions at Photoville
Nina Berman will be at Photoville to participate in two panel discussions in the New York City.
Nina Berman / NOOR
Panel: Teargas, Trolling, and Trauma: Photographing Political Polarization in the U.S.
Date: September 22nd, 5:00PM – 6:00PM
Location: The Studio at St. Ann’s Warehouse
Panel: Conversations on Conflict Photography
Date: September 15th, 12:00PM – 1:00PM
Location: St. Ann’s Warehouse
Tanya Habjouqa | Featured in Harper's Magazine
Tanya Habjouqa's pictures of Jerusalem were featured in Harper's Magazine. The article explores Jerusalem's history and the use of archaeological findings as tools in politics. “Archaeology has become part of the conflict.”
Tanya Habjouqa / NOOR for Harper’s Magazine
Jon Lowenstein | Presentation of "Shadow Lives" at the 2019 TED Summit
Jon Lowenstein presented last week his long-term project "Shadow Lives", that follow the migrant trail for over two decades across the American and Latin American continents, at the 2019 TED Summit.
You can now see his TED Talk on both TED's website or Spotify.
Sanne De Wilde & Benedicte Kurzen | West Indian Day Carnival
NOOR visual-storytellers Sanne De Wilde and Benedicte Kurzen will be in New York City for Labor Day to cover the West Indian Day Carnival. The duo won a World Press Photo award earlier this year for their collaborative visual project on twinhood in Nigeria.
Markovci, Slovenia, March 2019. Benedicte Kurzen / NOOR
Labor Day in New York City is host for the most colourful and wildest parade in the U.S. Labor Day Parade, or West Indian Day Carnival. It gathers around two million people in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on the first Monday of September.
People dress up as politicians, celebrities, or simply put on really vivid and bright costumes with feathers and crystals. The parade marches along the Eastern Parkway accompanied by the sounds of drums, whistles, reggae and calypso music, and sometimes people throw powdered paint at each other. Vendors sell some great ethnic treats and beverages along the way so that both marchers and watchers can fuel up and continue to party.
Since Trump was elected president, the interracial relationships have deteriorated to a state where most Americans (65%) – including majorities across racial and ethnic groups – say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views (Pew Research Center). Yet the Caribbean community is historically embedded in the making of New York City as a cultural melting pot.
Caribbean immigration to New York City has been prevalent since the late 1800s and the early 1900s. This immigration wave saw large numbers of people from Jamaica, Haiti Cuba, Dominican Republic Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago. Since the nineteenth century, Caribbean immigrants were counted among some of the most influential members of black American society, holding positions as religious leaders, educators, politicians, and entrepreneurs. In New York City, they contributed with their unique cultural experiences to help shape the state’s identity.
The Carnival is rooted in the 1930's initiatives by Ms. Jessie Wardell and some of her West Indian friends who started it all by staging costume parties in big, enclosed places due to the cold weather of February. Late winter is a traditional time for the pre-Lenten festivities held in most Christian countries around the world. Organizers wanted to change the indoor locations to the open air spaces to keep the true carnival spirit with parading in bright costumes to the sounds of music.
Alixandra Fazzina | Essay for Tortoise Media on Yemeni Migration
“Veering round a bend on the rutted coastal road, the truck screeched to a standstill. As the heat of the morning sun pushed past 40 degrees, they found them. Two teenage boys, dead under a tree.”
Alixandra Fazzina / NOOR
Alixandra Fazzina wrote an essay on her powerful long-term project on the transfer of people between the Horn of Africa and Yemen for Tortoise Media.
Nikon-NOOR Academy | Applications open for the 2019 Masterclasses in Austria and Spain
Nikon Europe and the NOOR Foundation are delighted to announce that applications for the 2019 series of Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclass in Spain and Austria are now open!
The Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclass in Vienna, Austria, will take place from October 14 to October 17, and the Nikon-NOOR Academy in Barcelona, Spain from November 11 to November 14.
During each of the four-day trainings, 15 selected participants will work together with three NOOR authors as their tutors, to share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills and learn how to create more impactful visual stories.
NOOR and the NOOR Foundation are committed to encouraging aspiring photojournalists and documentary photographers. Masterclasses are provided free of charge for all participants, made possible with the continued support of Nikon Europe.
Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclass in Zurich © Jon Lowenstein / NOOR
All masterclasses are open to young and emerging visual storytellers from all nationalities and locations within Europe. We highly encourage visual storytellers from Austria and Spain to apply to their local country’s masterclass. There are no age restrictions, however the masterclass is more suited for emerging photographers at a early/mid career stage. Applicants are required a basic knowledge of English as the masterclass will take place in English. To apply to the Nikon-NOOR Academy, please apply through our Picter Call For Applications page (links below).
Please contact us at education@noorimages.com for any questions regarding the masterclass or to promote the Nikon-NOOR Academy.
Location: Vienna, Austria
Fee: Free of Charge
Tutors: Sanne De Wilde, Pep Bonet, and Andrea Bruce
Dates: 14 - 17 October 2019
Deadline to apply: Sunday, September 8th 2019, 23:59 CET
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Fee: Free of Charge
Tutors: Tanya Habjouqa, Sebastian Liste and Jon Lowenstein
Dates: 11 - 14 November 2019
Deadline to apply: Sunday, September 8th 2019, 23:59 CET
To power the Nikon-NOOR Academy Masterclass applications, we teamed up with our partner Picter, an online platform hosting contests, call for applications as well as tools for professional image-makers simply their workflow. Find out more about their platform here.
Our July monthly newsletter is out!
Our July Monthly Newsletter is out now, so make sure to check out the latest activities and opportunities to engage with us here!
