NYU/Magnum Foundation Scholarship

The Magnum Foundation, an Open Society Institute (OSI) grantee, offers scholarships for the 2011 New York University (NYU) /Magnum Foundation Photography and Human Rights Program. The Magnum Foundation, in conjunction with the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, will offer a suite of four courses in photography and human rights. This five-week programme is designed to explore strategies to create effective documentary projects in pursuit of human rights.

The scholarship funds cover the programme at the Tisch School of the Arts, housing, travel, and living expenses, as well as a cultural week in New York with the opportunity to meet editors and publishers and to visit photography. The three scholarships are open to applicants living and working in and native to any of the following regions: Latin America, the Caucasus region, Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, East Asia, Africa, or the Middle East.