National Geographic Magazine features Alexia 2008 pro winner’s child bride photos
The June 2011 National Geographic features Stephanie Sinclair’s photos that she produced with the 2008 Alexia professional grant. Sinclair has been working on the story about child brides for over 4 years.
Sinclair wrote to Peter and Aphrodite Tsairis, the Alexia Foundation creators announcing the publication of her work:
“It is with great relief and pleasure to announce that the story has finally come out! It is in the June edition of National Geographic, which is already starting to be mailed to their 4 million subscribers, and will be on stands at the end of the month. It is also being syndicated in almost all of their international editions!
“I am relieved and excited and hope you like the final results. As we all know, they were a long time in the making. We are also now working on a multimedia piece that it being paid for by the Pulitzer Center that will be ready in about a week or two.
“Many thanks for all of your continued support.”
See the photos in National Geographic at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/child-brides/sinclair-photography
You can also read the article at http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/child-brides/gorney-text
Stephanie's original proposal to the Alexia Foundation and the pictures she submitted with the proposal can be seen on the Alexia Website at http://alexiafoundation.org/archives/stephanie-sinclair-2008/proposal/
book now available
for purchase
The Alexia Foundation's "Eyes on the World" book displays the work of 18 past Alexia grant winners and presents work that has been exhibited at the United Nations building in New York, at the Pingyao, China, International Photography Festival, and at the UN Information Centre in Tokyo.
The $40 book is available with credit card at PayPal, or by email request to info@alexiafoundation.org or at the Syracuse University Bookstore. You can preview a segment of the book here.
Dury's Photo proudly supports the Alexia Foundation in its goal to help photographers produce stories that promote wolrd peace and cultural understanding. To help students produce outstanding picture stories, Dury's will award each student winner with a Dury's Photo gift card for these amounts:
| First Place | $300 |
| Second Place | $250 |
| 3 Awards of Excellence | $150 each |
Dury's has provided professional equipment and services for photographers for over 125 years. Dury's is in Nashville, Tenn., but its services are available to everyone at www.durys.com. 800-824-2379.
