Long lines for water and flour are made by women of refugee families. © Ebrahim Alipoor for the VII Mentor Program.
Marilyn Malimban and Jenny Tiaga watch a video on Marilyn's phone during a hike and camping trip in Mt. Banahaw in Quezon Province on October 26, 2019. Both lost their husbands to the war on drugs and had to work away from home to support their children. © Kimberly dela Cruz for the VII Mentor Program.
Omar collects and transports trash from the public beach of Tintipan to a collection center where it is classified and sent to the mainland on Oct. 14, 2018. © Charlie Cordero.
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The VII Foundation provides educational courses, mentoring, and workshops – many of them tuition-free – across a broad spectrum of media practice, including image-making, ethics, filmmaking, research, writing, and media entrepreneurship.

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Fisherwomen engage in conversation while removing fish caught in the net after a day’s work in Malpe, India, July 30, 2024. © Faisal Ahmed for The VII Foundation.

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Shaheeda, Sabira, and Kammo, landless laborers on a nearby farm, vividly recall the day of the nuclear test in 1998, just 5 kilometers from Chacha village. Engrossed in their daily chores, they were preparing food at home when the event unfolded—a moment both unseen and unheard of. © Chinky Shukla for the VII Mentor Program.

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We deliver tuition-free educational courses, professional programs, and mentoring at our campuses in Arles and Sarajevo, through our online platforms, and in the field. We have trained over 1,200 young journalists from 100 countries who report from communities worldwide. We also have a support network for our alums, VII Community, as they develop sustainable careers.  

The VII Foundation’s educational focus is on visual journalism. Whether it be documentary practice, narrative photography, or photojournalism, our goal is to equip practitioners with the skills to make visual storytelling the core around which reporting unfolds. 

The three levels of the Visual Journalism Program and the Mentor Program are tuition-free. Practitioners can also take vocational courses or workshops by contributing photographers. These courses offer training in a broad spectrum of media practice, including image-making, ethics, filmmaking, research, writing, and media entrepreneurship. 

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A group of displaced people from the Kanyarutshinya camp are logging in Virunga National Park in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Daniel Buuma.

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Erica Rugabandana on location in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, 2023. © Nature Through Her Eyes

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Eden Robinson and Bénédicte Meillon laugh during the panel discussion "Writing Nature: From a Female POV — How it could save the world" on October 20, 2019, at the Nature: Through Her Eyes Festival. © Stephane Ferrer Yulianti
Santa Cruz del Islote, the only artificial island among the 10 in the San Bernardo archipelago. With 700 people on one hectare, it is considered the most densely populated island in the world. Oct. 13, 2018. © Charlie Cordero.

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Photo: Santa Cruz del Islote, the only artificial island among the 10 in the San Bernardo archipelago. With 700 people on one hectare, it is considered the most densely populated island in the world. Oct. 13, 2018. © Charlie Cordero.