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Faces from Around the World

miki — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:39:48 +0000

We are always so excited by the incredible range of students who join us for the Foundry Workshops, so we wanted to give you a small cross-section of those here in Istanbul, Turkey, this year. Foundry founder Eric Beecroft introduces these thoughts on the week ahead from several students.

Faces from Around the World – Foundry Workshop 2010 from Foundry Workshop on Vimeo.

Updated instructor list

Gabriel — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:25:49 +0000

Updated instructor list, including Maggie Steber. Welcome aboard!

Foundry Workshop 2010 Scholarship Winners Announced!

Gabriel — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:57 +0000

We at Foundry Workshop are pleased to announce the winners of the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2010 Scholarships. Judges included Stephanie Sinclair and Guy Calaf. We had a plethora of of superb, powerful entries from extremely talented photographers-especially those who may lie outside the “traditional” idea of a pj. We are amazed at the level of unknown talent out there, and hope that all who applied continue to pursue their passion for visual storytelling. There will be more scholarships for Foundry, from sponsors – some general and some regional specific- so keep watching. Without further ado, the FPW Scholarship of the Year 2010 goes to:

Doni Maulistya

Three full scholarships have been awarded to (in no particular order):

Tom Jamieson

Yulia Vishnevets

Roubina Margossian

Two half scholarships go to:

Johannes P. Christo

Agata Pietron

Congrats!

Regional photographer discount

Gabriel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:13:58 +0000

Happy Newrouz! For all regional* photographers wanting to attend Foundry Workshop Istanbul 2010, June 20-26, we are offering a $50 discount to tuition when you sign up between now and March 31, 2010. Get the word out.

* Restricted to Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, the Balkans, the Caucuses, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Israel.

Hope to see ya there!

Eric Beecroft

Director

Scholarships for Istanbul 2010

Gabriel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:56:16 +0000

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 famous dead person or foundation to name it after. Just workshop tuition awards for needy talent on the cusp. Cusp of what ? Well, emerging is way too overused a word in this industry (emerging into what? a pretty butterfly? a broke photographer?), so we’ll use that Supreme Court case as an example- we know it when we see it.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATION IS MARCH 1, 2010.

Winners will be announced around March 15, 2010.

Applying for a scholarship is easy. You just need to send us an email with images from your portfolio attached. Please follow the instructions below to make sure you will be considered.

You may submit NO MORE than 20 images for consideration. You may submit a story, single images or a mix of both. This is up to you, we want to see what you think is your best work.

Please name your images with your last name followed by the number, starting with 001. (For example, If your name is John Smith, you would name your images: Smith_001, Smith_002, etc.)
Please include caption information under “file info” in photoshop. If you are submitting a cohesive story, you should indicate this in the caption fields.
Resize images to 10 in on the longest side at 100 dpi. Save it at compression/quality 8. (In photoshop, go to image>image size, change the long side to 10in, change dpi to 100. When saving, you will be prompted to enter a number for the quality. Enter 8.)
Place the images in a folder and name it your last name.
After you have named, resized and captioned your photos, place them in a folder and then create a zip file or archive of this folder. (On a MAC, press control-click and select Compress “Smith” or Create Archive “Smith”. On a PC, right-click and create archive or create zip)
Compose an email to info [at] foundryphotoworkshop [dot] org and attach your zip file. (If it doesn’t fit in one email, split it into two parts and send two separate emails.)
In the subject line, write SCHOLARSHIP
In the body of the email, include your name, your citizenship and any professional or educational experience that is relevant. Brief is best. Please remember that this workshop is intended for students with three years or less professional experience.

If you have any questions about the application process, please review the above material carefully. If you still have questions, feel free to contact Kirsten at info [at] foundryphotoworkshop [dot] org.

If you have already paid tuition but would like to apply, you may do so. If you are selected, your tuition will be refunded at the workshop. These scholarships are only for tuition, you are still responsible for transportation, lodging, meals and other daily expenses. And booze. And Turkish delight. And any big ass carpets you wanna buy.

Next workshop: Istanbul, Turkey 2010

Gabriel — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:05:34 +0000

Instructors:

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

100 students maximum — at least 40% of slots reserved for regional photographers

Scholarship opportunities will be announced in coming weeks

Tuition:

$475 USD: regional photographers (Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, the Balkans, the Caucuses, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Azerbaijan and Israel)*

$975 USD: everyone else

*Regional students MUST be residing in the region area for the region price.

*Workshop is open to ALL regional students regardless of experience and to all others who with three years or less full time newspaper or freelance work experience

*Workshop is first come, first served

*Workshop enrollment- NO application needed

*To enroll: pay a nonrefundable deposit of $100 (until January 15) or full tuition to reserve a slot

*Pay tuition using Paypal to: foundryphotoworkshop [at] hotmail [dot] com or by visiting our registration page.

*After January 15, 2010 all tuition must be paid in full to secure a student slot. PLEASE make sure that your name and contact information is included with your payment!

*Enrolling in the workshop does not guarantee a particular instructor, though we will do our best

Announcment: Dispatches 2009 Foundry Scholarship in Memory of Alexandra Boulat

Gabriel — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:05:40 +0000

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

Gabriel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:02:28 +0000

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 is very limited in time and will be the last one before the workshop – tell your friends and take advantage!
— Eric Beecroft

TheTravelPhotographer & Foundry Scholarships Announced

Gabriel — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:15:41 +0000

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 Asian photojournalist is Jyotika Jain. (Runner Up is Vivek M.)

2. Winner of the FPW/TTP scholarship of $900 for a photojournalist of any nationality is Martyn Aim. (Runner Up is Mike Terry). This scholarship is equally funded by the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop and The Travel Photographer.

It was an exceedingly difficult task to choose 2 (plus 2) from the many submissions, and we took both the quality of images submitted and the photographers’ statements in consideration.

Congratulations to the winners!

dispatches 2009 Foundry Scholarship in Memory of Alexandra Boulat

Gabriel — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:04:14 +0000

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 South Asia) may apply, including those that have applied unsuccessfully to other scholarships for the workshop.

Deadline: 7 May 2009 (Winners announced by 21 May)

Judges: The judges are dispatches’ contributing photographers Antonin Kratochvil, Yuri Kozyrev, and Seamus Murphy.

How to Apply:
Please send a link to TWO photographic essays, each containing from 6 to 20 images, to fpw [at] rethink-dispatches [dot] com.

Write “Foundry Scholarship” in the subject line.

Also include one to two paragraphs in an attached Word doc or pdf summarising your photography background, career goals, any other workshops you’ve attended, and what you hope to get out of the Foundry workshop. Please also include the links to your galleries in the attachment.

NB: Please make sure that the images are captioned. Galleries that are fast-loading are appreciated.