Alexia Foundation
October 6, 2009 inThe Alexia Foundation annually provides a $15,000 grant for a professional photographer to produce a picture story. For guidelines and rules to apply, click “Professional Rules” link at the top of this page. Photographers from anywhere in the world are eligible. The Foundation also provides grants and scholarships for five students. Students must be enrolled full time in an accredited college or university anywhere in the world. Read More
Budapest Baths
October 1, 2009 inBudapest, Hungary has long been renowned for its health spas and thermal springs but recently it has been discovered that many of these springs are connected underground by a huge "thermal lake." Divers are currently exploring the lake and the city is planning to ask for World Heritage status and may open the lake to the public. The ancient Roman settlement Aquincum, located on the outskirts of Budapest is the site of the very first hot mineral water bath ... Read More
Learning Lessons in Africa
September 29, 2009 inThis is the a project on The Guardian about Education in Africa. Here is the Link to the project: Read More
Guinea Bissau
September 2, 2009 in Also posted in Africa, Guinea Bissau, photographyAdema Balde washes near her family's rice fields in the village of Dembel Jumpora located in the West African country of Guinea ... Read More
Tags: children, Guinea Bissua
Gujarat
September 2, 2009 inMuslim children sit inside Dariya Khan Ghhumnat Rahat refugee camp set up outside a school in the state of Gujarat in Ahmedabad, India May 10, 2002. The extent of the damage and displacement of more than 120,000 people has threatened the secular ideals of India and left the government under attack for its inadequate relief ... Read More
Tags: children, Gujarat, India, refugeeHow do you prepare for an assignment?
August 29, 2009 inIt depends where I am going and what the climate and nature of the assignment is but one piece of advice I could give is the old adage..."less is more". The more you bring, the more you must carry. The less you bring, the more lightly you tread and leave behind. It is much better to try to adapt and fit in and to contribute to local economies. For example, I buy local clothes and food (minus high altitude or specialized equipment). Very often I see people bringing bags and bags of powerbars ... Read More
The Aftermath Project
August 29, 2009 inThe Aftermath Project "Two grants will be given this year, one for $25,000 and one for $15,000. Applications must be received by November 3, at the address on the application form. The 2009 winners and finalists will be announced by mid-December. Read More
India
August 29, 2009 inCamel fair-trading-Camel traders from India look at the vast offerings as sun falls at the largest camel fair in the world in Pushkar, India in the state of Rajasthan November 26, 2001. Thousands of camels and traders come to the annual event which some say have been going on for ... Read More
Kashmir
August 29, 2009 inIn Western news accounts, Kashmir is invariably described as an important piece in a longstanding geopolitical puzzle. It is identified as the axis of relations between India and Pakistan, a "nuclear flashpoint" that could spark an unthinkable war in South Asia. While these characterizations are accurate, they overlook the intrinsic value of Kashmir as an entity in itself, as well as the human story of a long-ignored war that is slowly destroying one of the world's most exquisite ... Read More
