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2020 IWMF Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award
- Anja Niedringhaus' approach to photojournalism was best said herself, “I do my job simply to report people’s courage with my camera and with my heart.”
- The Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award was created to honor the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer and IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner Anja Niedringhaus (1965-2014), with a generous $1 million gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. With this Award, the IWMF celebrates the courageous work of women photojournalists like Anja who inspire us to take action and better understand the world. This courageous work manifests in many different forms which may include but is not limited to conflict or frontline reporting. Past winners included Heidi Levine, Adriane Ohanesian, Stephanie Sinclair, Andrea Bruce, and Eloisa Lopez.
Recipients of the Courage in Photojournalism Award will receive a cash prize of $20,000 and have their work showcased in Washington, DC. The IWMF will accept applications and third-party nominations in English, French, Chinese or Spanish until March 1, 2020. Please read the eligibility criteria and nomination guidelines, listed below, carefully before submitting a nomination. Entrants must be full-time women photojournalists of any nationality.
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Deadline: March 1, 2020
Judges
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Adriana Teresa Letorney
Founder & CEO Visura / Cofounder, Scout Film Festival Adriana Teresa Letorney is the Founder & CEO of Visura.co , a market network for publishers to discover freelance visual storytellers worldwide, and freelancers to build their website, and network with the global marketplace of media and... read on |
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Graham Letorney
Co-founder & Designer Visura Designer and technology leader with experience in UX Design, application development, strategy, and team building. Designing to solve problems and laser-focused on chasing down great ideas. Website gletorney.com Design Portfolio... read on |
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Scott Thode
director of residency program NYC SALT Scott Thode, Editorial Director Scott Thode is an independent curator, editor and photographer. He has co-curated numerous exhibitions with Kathy Ryan, including at Look3 Festival of the Photograph , The School of Visual Arts... read on |
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Jin Ding
Program Manager, News Partnerships The Associated Press Jin is an experienced professional in journalism philanthropy and a diversity, equity, and inclusion expert. They are a program manager for news partnerships at the Associated Press. Jin is the Vice President of Finance at the Asian American... read on |
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Adriane Ohanesian
Photographer Born in New York, Adriane received her B.A. in cultural anthropology and conflict resolution from Colorado College in 2008 and graduated from the International Center of Photography’s photojournalism and documentary photography program in... read on |
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Eman Mohammed
Photojournalist+Senior TED fellow Freelancer Eman Mohammed is an award-winning photojournalist and Senior TED fellow, currently based in Washington, DC. Eman is a visual artist, born in Saudi Arabia and educated in Gaza City, Palestine where she started her photojournalism career at the age... read on |
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Robert Nickelsberg
Photojournalist, Author & Speaker + 25-year TIME contract photographer Robert Nickelsberg worked as a TIME magazine contract photographer for nearly thirty years, specializing in political and cultural change in developing countries. After covering Central and South America and the conflicts taking place there in the... read on |
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Santiago Lyon
Photography & Business Development Adobestock Santiago Lyon is Director of Editorial Content at Adobe where he oversees their photojournalism offering to Adobe customers. From 2003 to 2016, he was Vice President and Director of Photography of The Associated Press responsible for the AP's... read on |
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Tara Pixley
Photojournalist Freelance Tara is an editorial photographer whose work focuses on re-imagining visual representations of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality and other marginalized identities. She specializes in dance and portraiture that expresses charismatic movement. Her... read on |
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Corinne Dufka
West Africa Director Human Rights Watch Corinne Dufka is the West Africa Director at Human Rights Watch and in charge of the organization’s work on West Africa with expertise in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire. From... read on |
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Jacqueline Larma
U.S. Regional Photo Editor/East Associated Press Jacqueline Larma is a photojournalist and the Regional Photo Editor/East for the Associated Press, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born in New York and grew up in Texas. In 1987, two years after graduating from the University of Texas... read on |
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Elke Niedringhaus-Haasper
Advisory Committee Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award Elke Niedringhaus-Haasper is the eldest sister of Anja Niedringhaus. She is currently working as an arts and culture journalist for a German newspaper. Niedringhaus-Haasper says that Anja had generosity unlike any other. “Anja looked at her... read on |
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Heide Ute Niedringhaus-Schulz
Advisory Committee Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award Heide Ute Niedringhaus-Schulz is Anja Niedringhaus' mother. The Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award was created to honor the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer and IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner... read on |