All posts by Thaddeus Pope

Thaddeus Pope is the Director of Visual Communications for The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) and the Creative Director of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award.

JOOP SWART MASTERCLASS NOMINATION OFFERED TO 2017 GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Thanks to the ongoing support of World Press Photo, the Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 IAFOR Documentary Photography Award will once again be automatically included in the final list of nominees for the prestigious Joop Swart Masterclass (if they...

/ 2nd May 2017
Think Tank Photo IAFOR Documentary Photography Award

THINK TANK PHOTO RETURNS AS PRIZE SPONSOR IN 2017

In support of emerging talent, Think Tank Photo has once again generously agreed to give our Grand Prize, Second and Third Place Winners and Commended Entries a Think Tank Photo camera bag as part of their prize package. Think Tank...

/ 1st May 2017

WINNERS 2016

Announcing the winners of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award 2016

/ 14th July 2016

GRAND PRIZE – ALEXEY FURMAN

Alexey Furman Project Title: Life After Injury Project Description “Do you hear the birds outside, singing? It is beautiful,” I hear him saying. His name is Evhenii, and he looks at me from the hospital bed he is lying on....

/ 14th July 2016

SECOND PLACE – ISADORA KOSOFSKY

Isadora Kosofsky Project Title: Vinny and David Project Description Vinny and David begins with Vinny, then 13, when he was incarcerated for stabbing his mother’s assailant, and shadows him and his older brother, David; the long-term photo essay focuses on...

/ 14th July 2016

COMMENDED ENTRY – HASHEM SHAKERI

Hashem Shakeri Project Title: Iran, Multi Piece Identity Project Description “He who knows one, knows none,” says Goethe. We can generalise this saying and say “he who knows only one thing, does not actually know that thing” or “he who...

/ 14th July 2016