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Mar 13, 2025

 Javier Alvarez' self publishes the SALUT MAMAN Postcard boxset

The SALUT MAMAN Postcard boxset will help fund a storytelling workshop in Rabat for teens in transit in spring-summer 2025.

Mar 11, 2025

"Remnants of the Land" by Pablo Vergara awarded the Festival Internacional de la Imagen (FINI) 2025

"Remnants of the Land" by Pablo Vergara has been awarded the Festival Internacional de la Imagen (FINI) 2025 in Mexico.

Mar 10, 2025

Ksenia Ivanova selected for the 2025 FUTURES program

Ksenia Ivanova, a member of the foundation's alumni, has been selected as one of the five photographers in this year's FUTURES program.

Feb 13, 2025

News from The VII Foundation

All our work is now united under the same unifying brand — The VII Foundation — and categorized into three areas: Educate, for all training and education; Report, for all storytelling; and Campaign, for all advocacy and dialogue about a free press, media rights, AI and more.

Feb 10, 2025

Guerchom Ndebo for the New York Times

Guerchom Ndebo has recently documented the unfolding humanitarian situation in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, for The New York Times.

Feb 07, 2025

Francisco Vigo's work features in "Visions of 2025" by FotoFuturo.lab

Photography by alumnus Francisco Vigo has been selected for the "Visions of 2025" virtual exhibition by FotoFuturo.lab.

Dec 10, 2024

2024 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize

Viviane Rakotoarivony has been awarded the 2024 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize for her powerful photograph titled "Ambalakondro, Devastated by Cyclone Freddy."

Jan 29, 2025

Square Mile at Photovogue featured in Vogue

PhotoVogue Festival 2025 Visual Presentations | Square Mile by The VII Foundation

Nov 25, 2024

2024-25 Magnum Foundation Heat Fellows

VII Mentee Fatma Fahmy has been selected to receive the Magnum Foundation’s 2024-25 Heat Fellowship for her project, “The Lost Lake.”

Nov 23, 2024

2024 Eyeshot Open Call

Mahdi Barchian’s series “How Does It End?” has been selected as one of the finalists in the 2024 Eyeshot Open Call series category.

Nov 22, 2024

2024 Leica Oskar Barnack Award

The 2024 Leica Oskar Barnack Award winner in the Newcomer category is Moldovan photographer Maria Guțu, an alumni member who received the honor for her “Homeland” series.

Nov 22, 2024

2024 Leica Oskar Barnack Award

Among the 2024 shortlist are three photographers from The VII Foundation network.

Sep 19, 2024

2024 International Photography Awards

Congratulations to Pablo Vergara, whose long-term project, "HeartBreakers," has won first place in the Non-Professional Editorial / Press, Environmental category of this year’s International Photography Awards!

Sep 18, 2024

Byron Smith featured in The Guardian

VII Mentee, Byron Smith spent six months traveling across the battle-torn nation, meeting injured civilians, amateur bomb-makers, and daredevil swimmers.

Aug 21, 2024

Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award

"When Buddha Stopped Smiling" by VII Mentee Chinky Shukla, is recognized as one of the 2024 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award winners.

Apr 08, 2024

2024 World Press Photo Contest

"Revolution in Myanmar" by alumni member Ta Mwe is announced as the 2024 Photo Contest, Southeast Asia and Oceania, Long-Term Projects winner.

Nov 03, 2024

Welcome to The VII Foundation

The VII Foundation is committed to in-depth journalism covering the crucial issues of our time.

Oct 31, 2024

Education at The VII Foundation

The VII Foundation empowers new voices through education, especially from under-resourced regions where press freedom is limited and journalists are vulnerable.

Oct 07, 2024

April 1975, Phnom Penh - Saigon

"April 1975, Phnom Penh - Saigon" is an exhibition that examines the lives and work of the journalists who covered the end of the wars in Cambodia and Vietnam in April 1975.

Jul 01, 2024

Monumental

A project of The VII Foundation, MONUMENTAL is an exhibition that fosters discussions on faith, national identity, power politics, social cohesion, colonization, division, and political violence through the symbolism of two of the world's most important and iconic religious buildings.

May 06, 2024

Nature Through Her Eyes

The VII Foundation works with Jacqueline Farmer to mentor filmmakers so they can document their vision of natural history.

Aug 29, 2024

VII Mentor Program

VII Mentor Program: Online mentoring followed by an in-person residency for two weeks in Arles, France.

Aug 29, 2024

Annual Report 2022-2023

We invite you to look back at another productive year at the work of The VII Foundation.

Jul 03, 2023

See Through the Noise

This was the first collective exhibition by VII in Arles, marking the acquisition of VII Photo by The VII Foundation in 2023.