
COMMENDED ENTRY – OLGA INGURAZOVA
Olga Ingurazova Project Title: “Scars of Independence” Project Description A disputed region on the east coast of the Black Sea, Abkhazia was once a prosperous subtropical resort. However following the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the civil war resulting...

COMMENDED ENTRY – LITON MASUD ALAM
Liton Masud Alam Project Title: “Requiem for Freedom” Project Description For a human being, freedom is always a relative term. We all have the freedom to think as we please, but can we always express what we think? We are...

ANNOUNCING COLLABORATION WITH JOOP SWART MASTERCLASS
The IAFOR Documentary Photography Award is delighted to announce collaboration with World Press Photo’s prestigious Joop Swart Masterclass. The overall winner of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award will now receive an automatic nomination for the Joop Swart Masterclass (if they...

MEDIASTORM BECOMES AN EVENT SPONSOR
We are very pleased to announce that the overall winner of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award will receive tuition free access to a MediaStorm Multimedia One-day Workshop in New York. We would like to thank Brian Storm, MediaStorm Executive Producer,...

RMIT UNIVERSITY BECOMES AN EVENT PARTNER
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) is now an official Event Partner of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award. RMIT, founded in 1887, is a university of technology and design based in Melbourne, Australia, with an international reputation for excellence in...

MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM BECOMES AN EVENT PARTNER
Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism is now an official partner of IAFOR and the IAFOR MediAsia and FilmAsia Conferences, the organizing body behind the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award. For nearly a century the Medill School of Journalism has been...