Deadline: 8-Mar-23
Are you a visual storyteller passionate about tackling issues surrounding the climate crisis and looking for a way to use your camera to make a difference? then apply now for NOOR Visualising Climate Crisis: Advanced Mentoring Programme.
The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges the world is currently facing. At NOOR, strongly believe that through the power of visual journalism, impactful storytelling can inspire climate action.
The NOOR Visualising Climate Crisis: Advanced Mentoring Programme is an 8-month advanced visual storytelling training course dedicated to photographers and visual journalists from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. The programme, which is taught in English, is a combination of two physical workshops in Hanoi, Vietnam and a 5-month online mentorship program to develop individual projects on the Climate Crisis in the region. The new work will be presented as a collective outdoor exhibition in Hanoi in September 2023.
The programme will be mentored by award-winning photojournalists Kadir van Lohuizen (Netherlands) and Linh Pham (Vietnam), reputed visual storytellers with extensive experience documenting the climate crisis. Through their guidance, they aim to provide you with the unique opportunity to acquire knowledge in how to research, investigate, produce, edit, curate and present powerful and impactful visual stories focused on the climate crisis. You will gain valuable insight into how to approach your subject, how to research, source and use data from verified sources.
What will the selected participants receive?
- Participation in a tuition-free educational programme
- Travel costs from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand to Hanoi for the two physical workshops reimbursed;
- Accommodation in Hanoi for the two physical workshops reimbursed;
- Breakfast and lunch on the days of the two physical workshops in Hanoi reimbursed;
- A production fee will be granted to the participants based on the merit of the work in progress (further details will be shared at a later stage)
Eligibility Criteria
- The educational programme (and application) are free
- The educational programme takes place in Hanoi, Vietnam between 17th-21st of April and late September 2023 (date to be decided)
- Open to photographers of all ages (18+) and career stages who are nationals of Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
- 10 to 15 participants will be selected by an international jury comprised of Kadir van Lohuizen, Linh Pham and Jessica Lim.
- The workshop is taught in English.
Judging Criteria
- Applicants are encouraged to include this work and indicate what they want to explore in relation to the work in their application portfolio and motivation statement. Your portfolio should reflect stories that you are currently working on as a personal project and want to push further with the workshop. They’re looking for powerful stories. Applicants should be ready and willing to push their project forward.
For more information, visit NOOR Visualising Climate Crisis.