Your gifts help create stories that change the world. Abir Abdullah’s work on the tragedy of the garment workers in Bangladesh has been featured on the websites of the New Yorker, ABC News and NBC News. Social change is possible … Continue reading
Pictures can capture our hearts, make us laugh, or provide a glimpse into a sobering reality of human actions and consequences through a language we can all understand. Photojournalists, bringing inhumanity and injustice into focus, shine a light on some … Continue reading
Today’s graphic photo will become part of the final project of Abir Abdullah’s “The Deadly Cost of Cheap Clothing: Dangers in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry” which was awarded the 2013 professional grant in March. The image above is from Abir’s coverage … Continue reading
In our photographer updates, we feature a list of recent works, prizes, publications and other important news from Alexia grantees past and present. Ami Vitale’s film, “Bangladesh: A Climate Trap” won a Rising Star Award at the 2013 Canada International … Continue reading
In 2012, Kathryn Cook earned a Judges Special Recognition award and received special grant funding from Aphrodite and Peter Tsairis, the co-founders of the Alexia Foundation, to complete her project “Memory of Trees,” which “explores the aftermath of the ‘denied’ … Continue reading
The 2013 Alexia Foundation Grant judging took place at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University on Feb. 23, 2013. The judges were Lynn Johnson who works for National Geographic and various foundations, Getty Photographer John Moore, … Continue reading
In our photographer updates, we feature a list of recent works, prizes and publications by Alexia grantees past and present. This year Louie Palu, 2010 Alexia grantee, criss-crossed more than 3,000 kilometres of the US-Mexico border to tell the story … Continue reading
Feb. 1, 2013 marked the close of the 22nd annual Alexia Foundation call for proposals. The 2013 competition was a banner year for proposals for the professional and student grants. This year, we had a record 422 professional applications for … Continue reading
There was one girl, recently, whose story hit me little harder. She was giving a guy oral sex when they walked up to the car. She was 19 and high on heroin. Although she’s a pimp-less ‘renegade,’ she was turned … Continue reading
Nearly 400 people braved a cold and blustery night in New York City, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, to share in the work of The Alexia Foundation. “Stories that Drive Change,” a very special one-night only event, featured 35 of the … Continue reading
