Anwara (pseudonym), now an orphan, with a photograph of her stepfather. Despite the presence of police in the camp, he tried to rape Anwara several times and eventually killed her mother, Fatima, who had protected her. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2009.
The Open Society Foundations are making available to the public an expansive documentary photography collection chronicling some of the most pressing human rights and social issues of our times.
Nomphilo Mazuza, aged 27, whose life has been saved by antiretroviral medication poses with her two sons Lindithemba (10) and Pumlane (8).
Fred Ritchin discusses his new book, Bending the Frame, about transformation in photojournalism and documentary photography, and how to use visual data in the digital age.
A UN report this month called for scrutiny of government surveillance. Then startling details of the U.S. PRISM project surfaced.
A free and independent press is vital to any democracy, ensuring government accountability and a diversity of viewpoints. The Open Society Foundations support efforts that expand and protect press freedoms, increase public access to knowledge and information, include minority voices in media, and use the arts to address pressing social issues.
A UN report this month called for scrutiny of government surveillance. Then startling details of the U.S. PRISM project surfaced.
What could have prevented the 2011 London riots? Ask the young people who were there.
An assessment of how Washington’s response to national security disclosures by Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden compares with procedures and penalties outside the United States.
