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Magnum’s Photography Expanded Symposium

Post author:MediaStorm
Post published:October 12, 2015

Magnum Foundation and Parsons The New School for Design are pleased to announce the third annual Photography, Expanded Symposium. This one-day event will present innovative documentary storytelling and emerging ideas in digital media and journalism on social justice issues. Presentations and panel discussions will feature: Andrew Beck Grace & Alex Wittholz, After the Storm Katy Scoggin, CITIZENFOUR Marek Tuszynski, Exposing the Invisible Elaine Sheldon & Sarah Ginsburg, She Does Podcast The event takes place Sunday, November 1, from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm. The New School University Center 63 Fifth Avenue New York, NY Reserve your ticket here.

Worth Watching: Alaska: An Unveiled Secret

Post author:Jessica Stuart
Post published:July 22, 2008

From 1961-1987, 110 Eskimo children in 15 Alaskan villages were sexually abused by 12 priests and three Catholic Church volunteers. The secrets of the abused remained buried, until 2002, when the Catholic Church sex scandal came to light, implicating the Boston diocese, among others. Over the years, 22 of the victims have committed suicide. Today, the remaining survivors- grown and deeply troubled - are locked in a daily struggle with the residue of their trauma, and the ghosts of their tormentors. If you haven't been keeping up on the stories on Magnum in Motion, you should definitely head over to watch Alex Majoli's Alaska: An Unveiled Secret. This is an incredibly powerful and moving multimedia piece, not to be missed.

Worth Watching: Magnum Access to Life Project, and Ed Kashi on NPR

Post author:Jessica Stuart
Post published:July 7, 2008

Eight Magnum photographers spent time photographing thirty people in 9 countries around the world, both before and 4 months after starting antiretroviral treatment for AIDS. From MSNBC.com: Tobha Nzima lost her 8-year-old son and two partners to AIDS and was near death herself, but after taking free antiretroviral drugs she got better. Tobha's story and many others are depicted by Magnum photographers in "Access to Life," a multimedia project funded by The Global Fund to document efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in nine nations. NBC's Ann Curry reports. You can see the full Access to Life project, or the images in a slideshow on MSNBC.com. Also worth checking out: yesterday's edition of Weekend Edition Sunday on NPR featured photojournalist Ed Kashi talking about his work and new book, Curse of the Black Gold, covering the last 50 years of the effect oil has had on the Niger Delta. Listen to the interview.