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Scholarships for Istanbul 2010

The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop and our sponsors are happy to announce several full and half tuition scholarships to attend this year’s workshop.
In keeping with trying to have the Foundry be as ego-free an event as is possible, we call these the “No Need for a Name” scholarships. No big donors (we dont have any), no [...]


Next workshop: Istanbul, Turkey 2010

Next workshop: Istanbul, Turkey 2010

Instructors:

Ron Haviv
Andrea Bruce
Stephanie Sinclair
David Gutenfelder
David Bathgate
Lynsey Addario
John Moore
Guy Calaf
Henrik Kastenskov
Eros Hoagland
Adriana Zehbrauskas
Anastasia Taylor-Lind
Tewfic El-Sawy
Rena Effendi
Jared Moossy
Jon Vidar

and more to be announced in coming weeks…*
* instructors and guests are slated to appear; however, the demands of international reportage and assignments may require lineup changes


What’s South Asia Without Cricket?

from Foundry Field Notes blog

AP Kashmir photographer and Foundry panelist Dar Yasin showed a cricket pitching intensity that matched his photography


Dhiraj Singh Receives Top Award for Photography

from Foundry Field Notes blog

Mumbai-based photographer Dhiraj Singh strides toward the stage to receive the top student award for photography.


Ayush Ranka Wins Spirit Award!

from Foundry Field Notes blog

Student Ayush Ranka of Bangalore wins a Lacie rugged external drive for exemplifying the spirit of Foundry.


From Those Who Know – Challenges to Reporting in South Asia

from Foundry Field Notes blog
MANALI, July 31 – “South Asia is not a place to sell freelance work,” said Hari Katragadda, photographer for the Wall Street Journal’s Delhi-based India joint venture. “The economics just aren’t there. Until they are, freelancers just won’t have a place in the Indian domestic market.”
So began a panel of four [...]


Coming Next – The First Foundry Student-Staff Cricket Match!

from Foundry Field Notes blogComing Next – The First Foundry Student-Staff Cricket Match!


Manali in July, With Monsoon Clouds Hovering

from Foundry”s Dispatch blog

By Neal Jackson


It’s Under Way!

from Foundry”s Dispatch blog
MANALI, INDIA, July 27 – “Take chances this week…put the camera on the floor…try things you would not do otherwise,” LA Times photographer Michael Robinson Chavez tells his class on obtaining intimacy in photographs.
“Photography is a way of documenting events so that people will never again be able to say ‘we didn’t [...]


Opening Day

from Foundry”s Dispatch blog

Instructors and students on the first day. Clockwise from top left, Michael Robinson Chavez, Ron Haviv, Ami Vitale and Tewfic el Sawy.

By Neal Jackson


We Are in Manali and It’s About to Begin!

from Foundry”s Dispatch blog
MANALI, INDIA, July 25 – We are almost ready. Today most of the staff and instructors arrived, along with many of the students. Tomorrow evening, July 26, is the kickoff, and then on Monday the really hard work begins.
I have to say a word about the instructors…especially given what they were subjected [...]


Announcment: Dispatches 2009 Foundry Scholarship in Memory of Alexandra Boulat

The Dispatches 2009 Foundry Scholarship in Memory of Alexandra Boulat has awarded Sabhanaz Rashid Diya (Dhaka, Bangladesh) a full scholarship to attend The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop as well as $100 toward travel expenses.
Congratulations Sabhanaz Rashid Diya!


Bring-A-Friend Deal

Foundry Photojournalism Workshops is proud to announce our Bring A Friend Deal- its been extended; from June 1 to June 8, 2009, when you and a friend sign up, you each take $100 off your tuition price (so thats 2 for $1600 for everyone but South Asians;  2 for $800 for South Asians). This deal [...]


TheTravelPhotographer & Foundry Scholarships Announced

In February 2009, Tewfic El-Sawy of TheTravelPhotographer Blog offered two scholarships to the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, and we are delighted to award them to two photographers. We also chose two runners up should one or both of the winners be unable to join the workshop.
1. Winner of the TTP Full scholarship of $450 for a South [...]


dispatches 2009 Foundry Scholarship in Memory of Alexandra Boulat

The dispatches 2009 Foundry Scholarship in Memory of Alexandra Boulat will award one woman photographer from South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Tibet) a full scholarship to attend The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop as well as $100 toward travel expenses.
Eligibility: Any woman photographer from South Asia (no dual nationals from outside [...]


Tuition Deal

We have a tuition deal to announce, for both South Asian students and everybody else:
Deal runs from March 28 to April 18, 2009
South Asian:
Two for $800 — If two students sign up and pay TOGETHER, tuition is $400 each/$800 total.
They need to note whom they are signing up with when they do so to [...]


Scholarships Announced

Foundry Workshop Visual Storytelling Scholarship Announced
We are pleased to announce the Foundry Workshop Visual Storytelling Scholarship. The scholarship covers tuition for two photojournalists (one South Asian, one from anywhere else).
Eligibility: Any photographer in the first 5 years of their career (no matter their age) or, if South Asian, any photographer (no limit on time spent [...]


Announcing Foundry Workshop 2009!

Announcing Foundry Workshop 2009!

After a fantastic first year in Mexico City, we are pleased to announce the second annual Foundry Photojournalism Workshop.
DATES: 26 July – 1 August 2009
LOCATION: Manali, Manali-Kulu Valleys, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Himalaya
INSTRUCTORS:
Michael Robinson-Chavez, Andrea Bruce, Tewfic El-Sawy, Adriana Zehbrauskas, Ben Rusnak, Ami Vitale, Poul Madsen, Henrik Kastenskov, Eros Hoagland…
TUITION:
Tuition is $900 for the workshop program*. [...]