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VII is pleased to announce the next roster of photographers to join its lauded VII Mentor Program, an education initiative launched in 2008 to provide professional development for emerging photographers whom VII consider to be amongst the brightest new talents in the industry. The photographers, who were chosen from 150 applicants, will each be mentored by a VII photographer for a period of two years, to build and develop necessary skills, expand his or her own professional practice, and help broaden their professional world, such as building relationships with editors, publishers and galleries. They are: • Poulomi Basu (India) - to be mentored by Stefano DeLuigi • Maika Elan (Vietnam) - to be mentored by John Stanmeyer • Ali Arkady (Iraq) - to be mentored by Ed Kashi • Arthur Bondar (Ukraine) - to be mentored by Donald Weber • Cristobal Olivares (Chile) - to be mentored by Christopher Morris Poulomi and Maika will join the program immediately; Ali, Arthur and Cristobal will join J...

Letter from Ed Kashi: Dear Supporters, I have just returned from two weeks in Nicaragua continuing my work on the kidney disease (CKDu) epidemic ravaging Central American communities. Working in collaboration with the talented young filmmaker Jessey Dearing who works with my wife, Julie Winokur, at Talking Eyes Media, we returned with a treasure trove of footage, and I couldn't have done it without the support you gave me through IndieVoices. We witnessed numerous funeral processions throughout the town of Chichigalpa, and were given access to document the wake of a 38-year-old worker who had died that morning. For the first time, we were able to gain access to photograph cane workers toiling in the fields and conduct interviews with a representative of the sugar cane company. Combining the new material with the work from my previous two trips, we will now produce a short documentary film (expected to be released this summer), along with two series of still photographs; one s...

Where? NPR's Studio One • Washington, DC  When? Saturday, May 17, 2014  Join the photographers of VII for a day-long seminar, followed by an evening panel and reception hosted in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, as they explore the opportunities and challenges facing contemporary photojournalists. With an overarching theme of “Reinventing Photojournalism” for today’s audiences and marketplace, VII has assembled a diverse range of talks that offer an intimate, in-depth look at the forefront of new perspectives in photojournalism amid broad economic, political, and cultural changes.

VII is pleased to announce the next roster of photographers to join its lauded VII Mentor Program , an education initiative launched in 2008 to provide professional development for emerging photographers whom VII consider to be amongst the brightest new talents in the industry. The photographers, who were chosen from 150 applicants, will each be mentored by a VII photographer for a period of two years, to build and develop necessary skills, expand his or her own professional practice, and help broaden their profess ional world, such as building relationships with editors, publishers and galleries. They are: • Poulomi Basu (India) - to be mentored by Stefano DeLuigi • Maika Elan (Vietnam) - to be mentored by John Stanmeyer • Ali Arkady (Iraq) - to be mentored by Ed Kashi • Arthur Bondar (Ukraine) - to be mentored by Donald Weber • Cristobal Olivares (Chile) - to be mentored by Christopher Morris Poulomi Basu: Maika Elan: Ali Arkady: ...