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
Alexia Foundation: Why are you a photographer? Walter Astrada: It all began when I was very young. When I was 13, I went to a photo exhibition of the Cross-Andes Photographer Association. While looking at the photos, some of them … Continue reading
Alexia Foundation: ¿Cómo llegaste a ser fotógrafo? Walter Astrada: Todo empezó desde muy pequeño. Cuando tenía 13 años fui a una muestra de fotos de la Asociación de Fotógrafos Andinos. Mientras veía las fotos, algunas me hacían sentir algunas cosas, … Continue reading
Alexia Foundation: Describe Afghanistan to me. How is Kandahar unique in comparison to the rest of Afghanistan? Louie Palu: Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world and has been ravaged by conflict for decades. For centuries empires … Continue reading
Raymond Thompson Jr. was awarded an Alexia Foundation student grant this past year to document the impact of dispropotionate incarceration on minority communities. He recently submitted his final project, “Justice Undone,” which he will be presenting at FotoWeek DC in … Continue reading
Matt Black is a double Alexia foundation grantee. He received an Award of Excellence from the Alexia Foundation for his 1994 project, The Transbay Terminal.” In 2003, he was awarded the Alexia professional grant to pursue his story, “The Forgotten … Continue reading
Ami Vitale was awarded the professional grant in 2000 to document the life of the people of Guinea Bissau. In 2011, she was awarded a special grant to revisit the nation to see how things had changed. Here the Alexia … Continue reading
In March of this year, Oxana Onipko was awarded an Alexia student grant to continue her work documenting Dagestan, part of Russia’s Northern Caucasus. Dagestan is one of the lesser known of the Caucasus republics. It is the most ethnically … Continue reading
In 2004, Roger LeMoyne was awarded the Alexia Foundation professional grant to document the impact of war on children by focusing on the lives of those living in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today we have the opportunity to speak … 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
