+ The Deadly Cost of Cheap Clothing: Dangers in Bangladesh's Garment Industry Abir Abdullah Fire fighters carry an injured person during a rescue operation. Four people died and many were injured at the Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka according to a fire service report - 25 February 2007.
+ Abir Abdullah's work featured by NBC, ABC and The New Yorker Abir Abdullah Rescue workers take part in the rescue of the eight-storey building Rana Plaza which collapsed at Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, 24 April 2013. More than 1000 people perished in the collapsed building that housed mostly garment factories.
+ Video interview of Alexia founders Peter and Aphrodite Tsairis Video Why The Alexia Foundation Matters
+ The Women's Initiative Tim Matsui A young woman in a Phnom Penh slum. Investigators later found her mother was pimping the drug-addicted girl nightly to upwards of 10 Cambodian men. Tim Matsui. Matsui was recently awarded the first Alexia Foundation Women's Initiative Grant. This image is from his submitted portfolio.
+ Shane and Maggie: An Intimate Look at Domestic Violence Sara Naomi Lewkowicz As Shane and Maggie continued to fight, Memphis ran into the room and refused to leave Maggie's side. She witnessed the majority of the assault on her mother. "Please Shane, let me take her out of here," Maggie pleaded. "She shouldn't be seeing this."
+ Undesired Photo by Walter Astrada The practice of sex-selective abortion is the result of cultural norms that value male children over female children which causes the non-birth of almost 7,000 girls per day in India by Walter Astrada.
What is Alexia?

The Alexia Foundation provides grants and scholarships to photojournalists, enabling them to create work that gives voice to those who go unheard, fosters cultural understanding and exposes social injustice.

Alexia Grants 2013

The recipient of the 2013 Professional Grant is Abir Abdullah who will document the danger of fire to the working class in Bangladesh. The recipient of the 2013 First Prize Student grant is Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, who will examine domestic violence. 

The Women's Initiative Grant

Tim Matsui has been given the $25,000 grant in the Alexia Foundation Women's Initiative Grant. Tim will document sex trafficking of minors in the Seattle area.

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