Today’s photo is from Danny Gawlowski’s 2003 student award of excellence project, “The Other Side of Middletown.” Muncie, Indiana was dubbed “Middletown,” by sociologists Robert and Helen Lynd in the 1920′s who saw it as an ideally American town, and … Continue reading
Today’s photo is from Ismail Ferdous’ 2011 student award of excellence project, “Climate Fury Shatkhira: Rising Sea Levels in Bangladesh.” Bangladesh is on the forefront of climate change. The sea is rising on the country’s low-lying coast. The salt water … Continue reading
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
Today’s photo is from Bharat Choudhary’s 2011 winning professional project, “The Silence of ‘Others’: Life in an Islamo-phobic Society.” The Huffington Post published “My Racist Encounter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” a blog by physician Seema Jilani on Wednesday. … Continue reading
Today’s photo is from Marcus Bleasdale’s 2005 professional project, “The Rape of a Nation: Oil Exploitation in Central Africa“. When Marcus proposed the project, oil exploitation was already wreaking havoc on the central African nations of Cameroon, Chad, the Congo, … Continue reading
Today’s photo is from Khaled Hasan’s 2009 student Award of Excellence project, “Dream within boundaries: some real memories.” The work looks at the lives of the elderly in a retirement home in Bangladesh. Old age homes are a new phenomenon … Continue reading
The Alexia Foundation is pleased to welcome Mr. Mickey H. Osterreicher to our Board of Trustees. Mickey spent four decades as a photographer and reporter for a variety of publications and media outlets – covering everything from breaking news to … 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
Today’s photo is from Abir Abdullah’s 2013 professional project “The Deadly Cost of Cheap Clothing: Dangers in Bangladesh’s Garment Industry.” At the beginning of last month, Abir was awarded the Alexia Foundation professional grant to continue his work documenting the … Continue reading
