Photographer Updates – Vitale, Black, Matsui, Choudhary, Orlinsky, Padilla, Palu, Zizola, Bleasdale, Shaw, Astrada

Ami Vitale's documentary: "Bangladesh: A Climate Trap."

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

Interview with Kathryn Cook on her work documenting the Armenian Genocide in Turkey

Behcet Sayan, one of the Surp Giragos Armenian church keepers, is seen within the church grounds, 2012. He has been a guard of the grounds since 1983. Behcet's family is originally from a village near Lice. His paternal grandfather was Armenian, and 12 years old during the genocide. Behcet never converted to Christianity, but he says he loves it. He also said that when he meets other Armenians coming to visit the church, he feels he has found a lost family member. Kathryn Cook/Alexia Foundation

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