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Jonathan Lowenstein, Jonathan Torgovnik and Leo Maguire receive $20,000 each to pursue photojournalism projects
NEW YORK and PERPIGNAN, France, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Getty Images announced today that Jonathan Lowenstein, Jonathan
Torgovnik and Leo Maguire will each receive financial and editorial
support enabling them to pursue new documentary photography projects.
The winners were selected from 124 applicants from 37 countries, by the following judges:
-- Michele McNally, Assistant Managing Editor, The New York Times
-- Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Editor, The New Yorker
-- Paolo Pellegrin, Photographer, Magnum Photos, Italy
-- W. M. Hunt, Co-Founder, Hasted-Hunt Gallery, New York
In addition to $20,000 in funding, each grant recipient receives
collaborative editorial support from Getty Images photo editors as they
implement their projects.
"Shadow Lives USA" is Jonathan Lowenstein's winning photojournalism
project, documenting six different issues facing those trying to enter
the United States across the US-Mexico border. In a highly polarized
environment, Lowenstein proposes that it is crucial to insert nuanced
and sensitive depictions of undocumented workers' experiences into the
debate about US immigration policy. His extensive travel and long-term
commitment to document the plight of illegal immigrants, enable him to
build lasting connections with the men and women who reside in the
shadows of US society. He plans to complete the project by June of 2008
with the help of his Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography.
Lowenstein is based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Leo Maguire's winning photojournalism project "Lords of the Lane" will
focus on the world of Gypsy bare-knuckle fighters in England. His Getty
Images Grant for Editorial Photography enables him to examine the
romance and tradition of a culture based on brutal values, where
fighters would rather die than lose face or money. Maguire will explore
the pressure these fighters experience to stay on top, how they
maintain their entourage and interact with family, lovers and more
traditional society. Their scene includes dog fighting, hare coursing,
drinking and betting, providing opportunity to document exotic and
unique experiences found literally in the photographer's backyard. Leo
Maguire is from Bristol, England, UK.
Jonathan Torgovnik's project, "Intended Consequences" seeks to follow
50 women who were raped during the Rwandan genocide 13 years ago, and
who have children as a result. Torgovnik will build his project largely
through a series of narratives constructed from environmental
portraits, audio interviews and textual reflections. He plans to use
his Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography to photograph and
interview survivors and their children, and to use his images to create
a social justice campaign aimed toward international advocacy efforts.
Especially now, as history repeats itself in the Darfur region in
Sudan, Torgovnik feels strongly that these Rwandan voices must be heard
and that the victims and survivors of that genocide are never
forgotten. Torgovnik is a Getty Images contributor based in New York,
New York, USA.
More about the grants program, the judges, the winners, their projects and portfolios can be viewed at http://www.gettyimages.com/editorial-grants.
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