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
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
Today, on Giving Tuesday, we wanted to talk about what we are doing and how we are able to do what we do. This is an exciting time for the Alexia Foundation. For 23 years, the foundation has provided scholarships … Continue reading
The Alexia Foundation is proud to announce that Tim Matsui is the recipient of the first Women’s Initiative grant of $25,000 to document Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in Seattle and King County, Washington. A recent study by the City of … Continue reading
As an organization, we feel that the public needs to understand why we choose to support what we do. At this point, we would like to explain why we’ve chosen to fund the new Women’s Initiative. Aphrodite Tsairis, co-founder of … Continue reading
We are conducting interviews with all of our grantees over the year of the award. There is so much more to a photojournalism project than the selection of the final 10 or 15 images. It is work, struggle, disappointment and … Continue reading
In every country in the world, women are being abused, trafficked, bartered, sold, burned by fire and acid and killed, sometimes by their own families, for “honor” or anger. The Alexia Foundation, recognizing that most of the time abuse of … Continue reading
Justin Maxon, the winner of the 2012 Alexia Foundation professional grant will receive a $15,000 grant toward the completion of his project which aims “to shed light on the frightening reality of how many murders go unsolved every year in … Continue reading
Katie Orlinsky won the first place award of a stipend towards a three-month MediaStorm internship in Brooklyn, as well as funding to complete her project, “Innocence Assassinated: Living in Mexico’s Drug War.” Her project looks under “the well-known narrative of … Continue reading
The Alexia Foundation announces a new sponsor for the student winners of the next competition to be judged on Feb. 20, 2010. Dury’s Photo joins the Alexia Foundation in its goal to help photographers produce stories that promote world peace … Continue reading
