Archive for the ‘Foundation’ Category
Affect/Effect: Photographs That Create Change – Susan Meiselas discusses all potential of photography
“We have to know about each other. Photography gives us that opportunity.”
-Susan Meiselas
This is an amazing video where Magnum photographer and Open Society Institute – Moving Walls co-curator Susan Meiselas talks about the impact that photography can make on social consciousness. Her personal website is also very interesting as it includes an audio component on every page with her commentary on her work and photography in general. The Open Society Institute is an extremely important resource for documentary photographers with grants, fellowships, exhibitions, online multimedia and portfolios, and a resource center for a multitude of social programs.
We’re on WHAT?!
Dearest Readers,
We’ve made the quantum leap to Facebook. Please do check us out, as this is by far our most convincing virtual reality experience to date.
*****Just click the pic!
-Fifty Crows
FiftyCrows Fine Print Program – Larry Sultan
Conversation Through Kitchen Window, Los Angeles, 1992. Ektacolor print, 11x14 inches, signed by the artist. Introduced as a Photo Fund collector print in 1999 as edition of 100. Market Value: $1000 Member price: $750
Larry Sultan Obituary in the New York Times here.
FIFTYCROWS: Social Change Photography BLOG
Welcome to FiftyCrows Blog! Over the next several weeks we will be posting updates on the photographers who won the International Fund for Documentary Photography from 1990 until 2004. The FiftyCrows blog will feature images and multimedia projects from other contemporary documentary photographers and photojournalist from around the world. Please stay tuned for posts about fundraising, business tips and distribution in the future.
FiftyCrows is proud to announce that we are now partners with liveBooks, the leading provider in professional photography websites. The newest project from liveBooks offers photojournalist high-quality, low-cost websites, which FiftyCrows believes is giving photographers the tools they need to have their vision connect with the world. Take a look as many of the FiftyCrows IFDP winners are featured on the website:
