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2021 Nikon-NOOR Academy

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NOOR and Nikon Europe are delighted to announce the first online Nikon-NOOR Academy that will take place in Spring 2021.

Each masterclass will take place over 2 weeks with 4 training session days. Each class with 15 participants will work together with 3 NOOR authors as tutors, to share experiences, work on portfolios, improve editing skills, and learn how to create more impactful visual stories. Additionally, key industry leaders will give inspiring lectures around new approaches in the visual storytelling field.

Nikon and the NOOR Foundation are committed to encouraging young, aspiring photojournalists and documentary photographers. Masterclasses are provided free for all participants, made possible with the continued support of Nikon Europe since 2008. All masterclasses are open for all emerging visual storytellers from the following countries:

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, The Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan

Call for applications open on December 15th, 2020 & Deadline is January 17th, 2021


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Free Online Workshop with Sebastian Liste & Olga Kravets Working in Challenging Environments

We're pleased to announce our next online workshop with NOOR authors Olga Kravets and Sebastian Liste on Friday, December 18th, 2020, at 6:30 pm CET.

This workshop will discuss how to produce meaningful work under pressure, whether that's during challenging times or conflict zones. Olga and Sebastian will also talk about their experiences documenting social justice in conflict territories. 

Register here

Sebastian Liste / NOOR

Sebastian Liste / NOOR

Land of shuang bao tai: twins in Yunnan province. Benedicte Kurzen & Sanne De Wilde featured in a photo essay in the Guardian

Shuang bao tai 双胞胎 is the Chinese word for twin. Following on from Land of Ibeji, Sanne de Wilde and Bénédicte Kurzen travel to Mojiang in Yunnan for the second chapter of their project about the mythology of twinhood. The area has an exceptionally high percentage of twins, celebrated in its annual tropic of cancer twin festival.

Read the full article.

Benedicte Kurzen and Sanne De Wilde / NOOR

Benedicte Kurzen and Sanne De Wilde / NOOR

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Free Online Workshop "The Creative Practice for Visual Storytellers" with Sebastian Liste & Heba Khamis

We're pleased to announce yet another online workshop with NOOR authors Heba Khamis and Sebastian Liste on Friday, December 11th, 2020 at 5 pm CET. 

This workshop will discuss how to boost one's creativity in pandemic times, and beyond! Heba and Sebastian will talk about how they've engaged with their creative practice in these isolated times — teaching themselves to transform self-doubt into new opportunities. 

Click here to register for the online workshop now.

Note, limited online seats.

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In this workshop, they will...

  • Share their process for nurturing your creativity even when things get tough.

  • Give you insights on how to solve problems and keep motivated when working on long-form visual projects from home.

  • Guide you through a collaborative approach with your subjects, one that will elevate your visual stories.

  • Demonstrate how they transform self-doubts into new opportunities and in preparation for your upcoming projects.

  • Offer you a safe space to be heard, share your personal challenges, and get collective feedback during the Q&A section.

Sanne De Wilde featured in De Standaard and DeMorgen

Sanne De WIlde / NOOR

Sanne De WIlde / NOOR

Sanne De Wilde collaborated on a project with Jana Antonissen to find out how life in jail is comparable to life during quarantine. Their work was published in the Belgian newspapers De Standaard and DeMorgen.

Free Online Masterclass with Sebastian Liste & Jon Lowenstein

We're pleased to announce our second free online workshop with NOOR Author Jon Lowenstein and Sebastian Liste on Friday, December 4th 2020 at 5pm Amsterdam time.

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The masterclass will focus on working on stories in our own backyards, nurturing the bonds with our neighborhoods, communities, and relatives close to oneself. Make sure to register to the online workshop now with the link here: https://bit.ly/37wsVVi

In this masterclass, we will:
- Share our creative and unique approaches at all times, especially during a pandemic.
- Give you all our insights on how to keep producing meaningful work from your own backyard.
- Guide you through the different narratives and styles that we use and that you can put in practice too.
- Show you our own ways to find inspiration near you and how to capture it with your cameras.
- Unique approaches to fundraising
- Offer you a safe space to listen and to be heard in our Q&A Session.

Benedicte Kurzen exhibited at Museum Hundertwasser, Vienna.