# Magnum Foundation

Magnum Foundation is a non-profit photographic foundation based in New York City. Its mission is to "expands creativity and diversity in documentary photography."

## History and mission

Magnum Foundation was founded in 2007 during the collapse of the media system that had traditionally supported photographic reporting. Founded by the photographers of the Magnum Photos collective, including board president Susan Meiselas, the organization was created as an initiative to support independent, long-form visual storytelling on social issues. As photojournalism practices diversify, the foundation seeks to develop and experiment with new models for documentary photography projects.
Magnum Foundation seeks to create and support a global network of social justice and human rights-focused photographers. The foundation works to preserve the histories of humanistic and documentary photography, including the larger Magnum Photos community estate.

## Programs
### Arab Documentary Photography Program

The Arab Documentary Photography Program (ADPP) supports and mentors photographers from across the Arab region. ADPP is jointly funded by the Prince Claus Fund and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. It seeks to amplify non-stereotypical and unconventional visual documentation of social issues and narratives relevant to the Arab region. It aims to raise the level of documentary photography in the Arab region by training photographers and expanding their approaches to visual storytelling, to share strong visual narratives from the Arab region regionally and internationally, and to explore wider access to documentary photography and a more active engagement with its audiences. Each year, ten grantees are chosen through an open call for proposals. Mentors for the program are photographers Peter van Agtmael, Tanya Habjouqa, Eric Gottesman, and Randa Shaath.

### Archives and research

Magnum Foundation draws on the legacy of Magnum Photos, which was founded in 1947 as a photographic cooperative that would allow for the creation and distribution of visual images unencumbered by the constraints of for-profit journalism. Magnum Photos has evolved into one of the world's most influential photographic organisations, producing diverse images and content that educate and shape perceptions of world events. Magnum Foundation leads the process of identifying collections and estate holdings of work by Magnum photographers and to connect these materials through an online consortium.

### Inge Morath Award

The Inge Morath Award is given annually to a woman photographer under 30 years of age to support the completion of a long-term documentary photography project. The Award was established by Magnum Photos as a tribute to Inge Morath, who was associated with Magnum for more than fifty years and was one of the first women in the field. The awardee and finalists are selected by the full membership of Magnum Photos during its Annual General Meeting. The award is administered by the Magnum Foundation in partnership with the Inge Morath Foundation.

### Magnum Foundation Fellowship

The Magnum Foundation Fellowship offers mentorship and stipends to photojournalism students and recent graduates. Fellows produce a story around New York City on an underreported or emerging issue. Throughout the fellowship they build relationships with subjects, seek partnerships with organizations, and experiment with multimedia. Calls for applications are announced throughout the year on a rolling basis.

### Magnum Foundation Fund

Formerly known as the Magnum Emergency Fund, it was renamed as the Magnum Foundation Fund in 2017. The Fund supports photographers who are experimenting with new models of socially engaged practice. Through production grants, mentorship, and project development assistance, the Magnum Foundation Fund fosters diversity and creativity in documentary photography and related practices. In collaboration with the Prince Claus Fund, the Magnum Foundation Fund supports both emerging and experienced photographers. The Magnum Foundation Fund is by nomination only – typically educators, editors, curators, and critics with expertise in specific areas around the globe – so as to try to ensure a geographically diverse pool of proposals.

### Photography and Social Justice

The Photography and Social Justice Program supports and trains early career and emerging photographers, artists, journalists, scholars, and activists who want to pursue social equality and advance human rights through photography.
The Photography and Social Justice Program builds capacity and community among a diverse, international network of Fellows who have not had access to mentorship or training in photography but can demonstrate a commitment to activism and social justice. Priority is given to applicants from regions and communities where freedom of expression is limited. Using New York City as a cultural resource, the program provides space for interdisciplinary experimentation and cross-cultural, critical discourse around photography and social justice. The program has twice yearly laboratories, held at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism in New York City that include technical trainings, lectures, and discussions exploring photography as a medium for social engagement.

### Publications

Through collaboration and partnerships, Magnum Foundation coproduces books of historic and contemporary documentary photography.
* Bruce Davidson: An Illustrated Biography by Vicki Goldberg. Munich: Prestel. ISBN 9783791381350.
* Eve Arnold: Magnum Legacy by Janine di Giovanni. Munich: Prestel. ISBN 9783791349633.
* Negative Publicity: Artefacts of Extraordinary Rendition by Edmund Clark and Crofton Black. New York City: Aperture. ISBN 9781597113519.
* Afghanistan by Larry Towell. New York City: Aperture.
* Laying Foundations for Change: Capital Investments of The Atlantic Philanthropies. Magnum Foundation; Atlantic Philanthropies, 2014. Edition of 5000 copies. ISBN 9780692279236. Given free to funders, philanthropy advisors and social investors.

## Grantees and fellows

| Name | Nationality | Project Location | Year | Program | Project |
| Jenn Ackerman (Finalist) | USA | USA | 2009 | Inge Morath Award | Trapped: Mental Illness in America's Prisons |
| Hadeer Ahmed | Egypt | Egypt | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Loss |
| Taslima Akhter | Bangladesh | | 2011 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Faisal Al Fouzan | Kuwait | Kuwait | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Friday Gathering |
| Amira Al-Sharif | Yemen | Yemen | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | A Love Song to Socotra Island |
| Arwa Alneami | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Never Never Land |
| Tasneem Alsultan | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Saudi Tales of Love |
| Basel Alyazouri | Palestine | | 2015 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Evgenia Arbugaeva | Russia | Russia | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Tiksi, The Far North |
| Santiago Arcos | Ecuador | Chile | 2016 | What Works | The Skin of Palestine |
| Santiago Arcos | Ecuador | | 2013 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Nazik Armenakyan | Armenia | | 2011 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Olivia Arthur (Winner) | UK | Europe/Asia | 2007 | Inge Morath Award | The Middle Distance |
| Jessica Bal | | USA | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Lurdes R. Basolí(Winner) | Spain | Venezuela | 2010 | Inge Morath Award | Caracas, The City of Lost Bullets. |
| Mostafa Bassim | Egypt | Egypt | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Post-revolutionary Social Change in Egypt |
| Mari Bastashevski | Denmark | China | 2015 | China File/Abigail Cohen Fellow | 10,000 Things Out of China |
| Mari Bastashevski | Denmark | Horn of Africa | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | State Business: Chapter IV |
| Mari Bastashevski | Denmark | | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | State Business |
| Poulomi Basu | India | Kashmir | 2016 | What Works | Kashmiriyat |
| Poulomi Basu | India | | 2012 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Poulomi Basu | India | Nepal | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | A Ritual of Exile: Blood Speaks |
| Endia Beal | USA | USA | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Am I What You're Looking For? |
| Jonas Bendiksen | Norway | Persian Gulf region | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Far From Home |
| Massimo Berruti | Italy | Italy | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Epidemic |
| Matt Black | USA | USA | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Geography of Poverty |
| Arthur Bondar | Ukraine | | 2012 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Injinaash Bor | Mongolia | Mongolia | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Mongolian Modern Teenagers |
| Jasper Briggs | | USA | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Nadia Bseiso | Jordan | Jordan | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Infertile Crescent |
| Oscar Castillo | Venezuela | Venezuela | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Our War, Our Pain |
| Daniel Castro Garcia | UK | Italy | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Foreigner: I Peri N'Tera |
| Alejandro Cegarra | Venezuela | Venezuela | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Our Invisible War |
| Mimi Chakarova (Winner) | USA | Eastern Europe | 2005 | Inge Morath Award | Sex Trafficking in Eastern Europe |
| Chien-Chi Chang | USA | Burma | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Price of Isolation |
| Zhe Chen (Winner) | China | China | 2011 | Inge Morath Award | Bees |
| Qingang Chen | China | Muli | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Patients at Muli County |
| Mimi Cherono Ng'ok | Kenya | Uganda | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Esther C. |
| Joana Choumali | Ivory Coast | Ivory Coast | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Siri Barra (Smoke Work) |
| Elodie Chrisment(Finalist) | France | France | 2014 | Inge Morath Award | Pleasure Places—Paris |
| Jordi Ruiz Cirera | Spain | Argentina | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The United Soya Republic |
| Edmund Clark | UK | | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Unseen Spaces of the Global War on Terror |
| Yan Cong | China | China | 2015 | China File/Abigail Cohen Fellow | |
| Kathryn Cook (Winner) | USA | Turkey | 2008 | Inge Morath Award | Memory Denied: Turkey and the Armenian Genocide |
| Xyza Cruz Bacani | Philippines | Philippines | 2016 | What Works | Classrooms of Hope |
| Xyza Cruz Bacani | Philippines | | 2015 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Souvid Datta | India/UK | China | 2015 | China FIle/Abigail Cohen Fellow | |
| Gabriella Demczuk, (Finalist) | USA | USA | 2016 | Inge Morath Award | Baltimore Sings the Blues |
| Dieu-Nalio Chery | Haiti | | 2015 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Jessica Dimmock | USA | USA | 2005 | Inge Morath Award | The Ninth Floor (Finalist) |
| Jessica Dimmock | USA | USA | 2006 | Inge Morath Award | The Ninth Floor (Winner) |
| Carolyn Drake | USA | USA | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Invisible Bus |
| Marko Drobnjakovic | Serbia | Former Yugoslavia | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Last Yugoslavs |
| Philippe Dudouit | Switzerland | Sahara | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Dynamics of Dust |
| Thomas Dworzak | Germany | Europe | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Europa: The Guide for Refugees |
| Faiham Ebna Sharif | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Tea Workers of Bangladesh |
| Rena Effendi | Azerbaijan | Caucasus | 2007 | Inge Morath Award | Pipe Dreams: A Chronicle of Lives Along the Pipeline in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. (Finalist) |
| Rena Effendi | Azerbaijan | Egypt | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fund | We Are Here |
| Mohamed El Fatih Hamadain | Sudan | Sudan | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Gold Madness |
| Elsie El Haddad | Lebanon | Lebanon | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Stranded: On Life After Imprisonment |
| Hamada El Rasam | Egypt | Egypt | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Traces of the Conflict |
| Mohammed Elshamy | Egypt | | 2014 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Reem Falaknaz | UAE | UAE | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | The Place of Perpetual Undulation |
| Stephen Ferry | USA | Colombia | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Poisoning of El Dorado |
| Adrian Fussell | USA | USA | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Carlo Gabuco | Philippines | Philippines | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Less than Human |
| Ziyah Gafić | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Paradise Lost |
| Rahima Gambo | Nigeria | USA | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Hicham Gardaf | Morocco | Morocco | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Intersections |
| Balazs Gardi | Hungary | | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Cresi |
| Cedric Gerbehaye | Belgium | South Sudan | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Land of Cush |
| Bruce Gilden | USA | USA | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | No Place Like Home |
| Eric Gottesman | USA | Ethiopia | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Baalu Girma |
| Emine Gozde Sevim | Turkey | Turkey | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Unbeknown |
| Brigitte Grignet | Belgium | Belgium | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Welcome |
| Claudia Guadarrama (Winner) | Mexico | Chiapas | 2004 | Inge Morath Award | Before the Limit |
| Eric Gyamfi | Ghana | Ghana | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Just Like Us |
| Tanya Habjouqa | Jordan | West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Occupied Pleasures |
| Abbas Hajimohammadi | Iran | Iran | 2016 | What Works | Jesus In Iran |
| Abbas Hajimohammadi | Iran | | 2014 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Curran Hatleberg | USA | USA | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Shadow Country |
| Samar Hazboun | Palestine | Palestine | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Beyond Checkpoints |
| Eman Helal | Egypt | Egypt | 2016 | What Works | Back Home |
| Eman Helal | Egypt | Egypt | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Just Stop |
| Eman Helal | Egypt | | 2013 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Eduardo Hirose | Peru | Peru | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Expansión |
| Zann Huizhen Huang | Singapore | Lebanon | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Remember Shatila |
| Saiful Huq Omi | Bangladesh | UK | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Disowned and The Denied |
| Sohrab Hura | India | India | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Pati |
| Sara Hylton | Canada | USA | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Omar Imam | Syria | Syria | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Live Love Refugee |
| Nneka Iwunna | Nigeria | Nigeria | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Left Behind |
| Shannon Jansen (Winner) | USA | Sudan | 2014 | Inge Morath Award | A Long Walk |
| Liu Jie | China | | 2012 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Justin Jin | Hong Kong | Russia | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Zone of Absolute Discomfort |
| Krisanne Johnson | USA | Swaziland (since 2018 renamed to Eswatini) | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | I Love You Real Fast |
| Manca Juvan | Slovenia | Slovenia | 2016 | What Works | Solidarity, Not Charity |
| Manca Juvan | Slovenia | | 2011 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Eyad Kasem | Syria | Syria | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | A Small Forest on The Other Side |
| Nour Kelze | Syria | | 2015 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Heba Khalifa | Egypt | Egypt | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Homemade |
| Tomoko Kikuchi | Japan | China | 2014 | China File/Abigail Cohen Fellow | |
| Tomoko Kikuchi | Japan | China | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The River |
| Isadora Kosofsky (Winner) | USA | USA | 2012 | Inge Morath Award | Selections from “The Three” and “This Existence.” |
| Yuri Kozyrev | Russia | Yemen | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Yemen's Unfinished Revolution |
| Youcef Krache | Algeria | Algeria | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | El Houma |
| Olga Kravets | Russia | Chechnya | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Radicalization |
| Alexis Lambrou | USA | USA | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | Teaching for Life |
| Sebastian Liste | Spain | Brazil | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Brazilian Far West |
| Yuyang Liu | China | China | 2016 | What Works | On Court Uyghur Dreams Grow |
| Yuyang Liu | China | China | 2015 | China File/Abigail Cohen Fellow | |
| Yuyang Liu | China | | 2014 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Kai Löffelbein | Germany | Bangka island | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Death Metals |
| Ben Lowy | USA | Libya | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fund | iLibya: Libya's Growing Pains |
| Alex Majoli | taly | Brazil | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Modern Slavery |
| Mehdy Mariouch | Morocco | Morocco | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Bribes de Vie |
| Claire Martin (Winner) | Australia | Canada/USA | 2010 | Inge Morath Award | Selections from The Downtown East Side and Slab City |
| Guy Martin | UK | Turkey | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Parallel State |
| Yael Martinez | Mexico | Mexico | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Broken Roots |
| Justin Maxon | USA | | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Fallen Not Forgotten |
| Nadege Mazars | France | Colombia | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Other Colombia |
| Ramin Mazur | Moldova | | 2013 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Tamara Merino (Finalist) | Chile | Australia | 2016 | Inge Morath Award | Underland |
| Rafał Milach | Poland | Belarus | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Winners |
| Karen Mirzoyan | Georgia | | 2010 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Karen Mirzoyan | Georgia | Caucasus | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Unrecognized Islands of Caucasus |
| Laura Morton | USA | California | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Wild West Tech |
| Ahmad Mousa Qasem | Iraq | Iraq | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Awaiting Their Dead |
| Sipho Mpongo | South Africa | | 2015 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Loubna Mrie | Syria | | 2014 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Pete Muller | USA | Africa | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Wildlife Wars: The Growing Movement of Militarized Anti-Poaching |
| Boniface Mwangi | Kenya | | 2011 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Julius Mwelu | Kenya | Kenya | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Disintegration of the Matatus |
| Natalie Naccache | Lebanon | Lebanon | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Our Limbo |
| Adam Nadel | USA | Greater Everglades | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Getting the Water Right |
| Dominic Nahr | Switzerland | Kenya | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Unhealed Rift |
| Showkat Nanda | India | Kashmir | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Endless Wait |
| Musuk Nolte | Peru | Peru | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Open Mourning |
| Katie Orlinsky | USA | USA | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Chasing Winter |
| Ed Ou | Canada | | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | North |
| Alessandro Penso | Italy | Bulgaria | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Refugees in Bulgaria |
| Elena Perlino | Italy | Italy | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Pipeline |
| Peter Pin | USA | USA | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | Displaced: The Cambodian Diaspora |
| Giulio Piscitelli | Italy | Italy | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | From There to Here |
| Lauren Pond (Finalist) | USA | USA | 2013 | Inge Morath Award | Faith and Its Price |
| Ruth Prieto | Mexico | USA | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | Safe Heaven |
| Nii Obodai Provençal | Ghana | Ghana | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Big Dreams: Life Built on Gold |
| Leone Purchas (Finalist) | UK | UK | 2008 | Inge Morath Award | In the Shadow of Things |
| Asim Rafiqui | USA/Sweden/Pakistan | Pakistan | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Law & Order: A People's History of the Law in Pakistan |
| Pattabi Raman | India | | 2013 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Stephen Reiss | USA | USA | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Yue Ren (Finalist) | China | Beijing | 2005 | Inge Morath Award | Gay Scene in Beijing |
| Dana Romanoff (Finalist) | USA | Africa | 2006 | Inge Morath Award | Wife of the God |
| Zeid Romdhane | Tunisia | Tunisia | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | West of Life |
| Roy Saade | Lebanon | Lebanon | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Dalieh; On the Edge |
| Mustafa Saeede | Somalia | Somalia | 2015 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Division Multiplied |
| Muhammad Salah | Sudan | Sudan | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Who Said White Is Better? |
| Sara Sallam | Egypt | Egypt | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Hide and Seek |
| Zara Samiry | Morocco | Morocco | 2014 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Tales of the Moroccan Amazons |
| Alessandra Sanguinetti | USA | Argentina | 2017 | Magnum Foundation Fund | El Deslinde |
| Cinthya Santos Briones | Mexico | USA | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Emily Schiffer | USA | USA | 2009 | Inge Morath Award | Cheyenne River (Winner) |
| Emily Schiffer | USA | Chicago | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Securing Food in Chicagoland |
| Mimi Schiffman | USA | USA | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Alex Scott | USA | USA | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Pedro Silveira | Brazil | | 2014 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Alice Smeets (Finalist) | Belgium | Haiti | 2008 | Inge Morath Award | Growing Up in Haiti |
| Prasiit Sthapit | Nepal | Nepal | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Change of Course |
| Brock Stoneham | USA | USA | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | Recycled |
| Pooyan Tabatabaei | Iran | | 2012 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Shannon Taggart (Finalist) | USA | USA | 2005 | Inge Morath Award | The Spiritualists |
| Nic Tanner | | USA | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Newsha Tavakolian (Finalist) | Iran | Iran | 2007 | Inge Morath Award | Iran, Girl Power! |
| Ian Teh | UK | China | 2014 | China File/Abigail Cohen Fellow | |
| Ian Teh | UK | China | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Traces |
| Larry Towell | Canada | Afghanistan | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Crisis in Afghanistan |
| Sumeja Tulic | Bosnia | USA | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | Undocumented Recipes |
| Sumeja Tulic | Bosnia | | 2014 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Angelos Tzortzinis | Greece | Greece | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | In Search of The European Dream |
| Shehab Uddin | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Pavement Dwellers |
| Sofia Valiente (Finalist) | USA | USA | 2015 | Inge Morath Award | Miracle Village |
| Peter Van Agtmael | USA | USA | 2015 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Untitled |
| Tomas Van Houtryve | Belgium | North Korea | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Borderline: In the Shadow of North Korea |
| Kadir van Lohuizen | Netherlands | Iraq | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | The Last 50,000 U.S. Soldiers |
| Danielle Villasana (Winner) | USA | Peru | 2015 | Inge Morath Award | A Light Inside |
| Ami Vitale (Winner) | USA | Kashmir | 2002 | Inge Morath Award | Kashmir |
| Anastasia Vlasova | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2016 | What Works | Homeland in Exile |
| Anastasia Vlasova | Ukraine | | 2015 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Teun Voeten | Netherlands | Mexico | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Narco Estado |
| Donald Weber | Canada | Iraq | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fund | War is Good* |
| Alex Welsh | USA | USA | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Home of the Brave |
| Christian Werner | Germany | Balkan Region | 2014 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Depleted Uranium: The Silent Genocide |
| Danny Wilcox Frazier | USA | USA | 2016 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie |
| Muyi Xiao | China | USA | 2016 | What Works | Talk 2 Muslims |
| Muyi Xiao | China | | 2015 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Carmen Yahchouchi | Lebanon | Lebanon | 2016 | Arab Documentary Photography Program | Beyond Sacrifice |
| Yeong-Ung Yang | South Korea | USA | 2013 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |
| Sim Chi Yin | Singapore | | 2010 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Wang Yishu | China | China | 2010 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Substitute Teacher |
| Daniella Zalcman (Winner) | USA | Canada/USA | 2016 | Inge Morath Award | Signs of Your Identity |
| Zalmai | Afghanistan | Greece | 2011 | Magnum Foundation Fund | Walking in Quicksand |
| Carlotta Zarattini (Finalist) | Italy | Cambodia | 2012 | Inge Morath Award | The White Building: A Mirror of Cambodia |
| Lijie Zhang | China | | 2013 | Photography and Social Justice | |
| Emine Ziyatdinova | Ukraine | USA | 2012 | Magnum Foundation Fellowship | |