VII Mentee Fatma Fahmy has been selected to receive the Magnum Foundation’s 2024-25 Heat Fellowship for her project, “The Lost Lake.”
Mahdi Barchian’s series “How Does It End?” has been selected as one of the finalists in the 2024 Eyeshot Open Call series category.
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.
Among the 2024 shortlist are three photographers from The VII Foundation network.
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!
VII Mentee, Byron Smith spent six months traveling across the battle-torn nation, meeting injured civilians, amateur bomb-makers, and daredevil swimmers.
"When Buddha Stopped Smiling" by VII Mentee Chinky Shukla, is recognized as one of the 2024 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award winners.
"Revolution in Myanmar" by alumni member Ta Mwe is announced as the 2024 Photo Contest, Southeast Asia and Oceania, Long-Term Projects winner.
The VII Foundation is committed to in-depth journalism covering the crucial issues of our time.
The VII Foundation empowers new voices through education, especially from under-resourced regions where press freedom is limited and journalists are vulnerable.
"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.
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.
The VII Foundation works with Jacqueline Farmer to mentor filmmakers so they can document their vision of natural history.
VII Mentor Program: Online mentoring followed by an in-person residency for two weeks in Arles, France.
We invite you to look back at another productive year at the work of The VII Foundation.
This was the first collective exhibition by VII in Arles, marking the acquisition of VII Photo by The VII Foundation in 2023.
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