The VII Foundation
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| Non-Profit | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Media.Education |
| Founded 📆 | 2001 |
| Founder 👔 | Gary Knight, Ron Haviv |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | New York City, Sarajevo, Arles |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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The VII Foundation[edit]
The VII Foundation is an independent, charitable media and education non-profit organization. It was founded in 2001 by Gary Knight and Ron Haviv at the same time they and five colleagues founded the VII Photo Agency. It was initially created in response to the challenges faced by photographers and writers to fund long term investigative journalism projects. It is an independent non-profit structure registered as a 501C3 in New York which secures support for continuing documentary practice and education in media practice, and initiates work that addresses complex social, economic and human rights issues, that challenges authority and inaction, and seeks solutions to seemingly intractable problems. It supports tuition free education and training for photographers in the majority world and under represented communities in G20 countries through its education arm the VII Academy. It's principle funding comes courtesy of the William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation[1], PhotoWings[2], and the Shah Foundation[3].
Media Projects[edit]
Imagine: Reflections on Peace This project explores the conditions and consequences of peace in post conflict societies, in Lebanon, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and Colombia. Leading photographers and journalists of war returned to those countries where they first reported during conflict. Eyewitnesses, lawyers, negotiators and survivors who lived through war and peace add their voices to the project. All together they examine what lessons can be learned from the peace that was brokered in these nations, how peace has endured over time. This project which is funded by the William, Jeff and Jennifer and Gross Family Foundation[4] is an exhibition, book and education curriculum offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the unvarnished story of peace and a window into what it takes for societies and individuals to move forward after unspeakable brutality..[5][6][7]
Eat Up The VII Foundation award winning film Eat Up is available through iTunes and Amazon. Funded by the Boston based Shah Foundation and filmed over 12 months inside Boston Public Schools’ cafeterias and kitchens, Eat Up tells a story of power, food, and the future of children, and how hard it can be in America to do the right thing in the face of unwieldy regulations and corporate interests. Eat Up ripples from Boston to cafeterias across the nation, offering a model for healthy eating and how to navigate the politics of our most difficult terrain: public schools.[8][9][10][11]
The Millennium Villages Project. In collaboration with The Blue Chip Foundation, Generation Human Rights and United Photo Industries the VII Foundation bought and equipped a school bus with a touring exhibition and school curriculum of the Millennium Villages Project that visited schools and communities across the United States from 2018 to 2020.[12]
Lost Rolls America Lost Rolls America is a national archive of found images from rolls of film that were lost, or hidden in cupboards and rediscovered many years after they were originally exposed. It acts as a digital repository of visual memories.[13]
Equity From the Frontlines In partnership with the Center for Health Equity of the NYC Health Department and community stakeholders, photographers from VII Foundation documented Community Health Workers working with residents living in NYC neighborhoods that have experienced structural racism and have been marked by disinvestment. By bringing these images to the forefront, we amplify their role in preventing diabetes, connecting people to services, and advocating for healthier communities.[14]
Community Projects[edit]
VII Insider. VII Insider promotes debate and discussion to advance the production and analysis of documentary stories addressing complex social, economic, environmental and human rights issues. It hosts live presentations, business and technical webinars, and writing on photography’s role in the world, presented by a network of authors, curators, designers, editors, journalists, photographers, researchers, and more. It is supported and funded by PhotoWings[15]
Outreach[edit]
Sacca Photo. The VII Foundation supported the creation of a Burmese photographer owned photo agency in response to the need of Burmese photographers documenting the violent overthrow of a civilian government by Burmese military in February 2020.[16]
Exhibitions[edit]
MVP: The Millennium Village Project. A traveling exhibition. 2017 - Present [17]
Imagine: Reflections on Peace. Museum of The International Red Cross and and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2020 – January 2021.[18]
Imagine: Reflections on Peace. Prix Correspondents de Guerre, Bayeux, France. October 5, 2020. Bayeux-Calvados-Normandy Award, 2020 Edition.[19]
Imagine: Reflections on Peace. Geopolis, Brussels, Belgium. 22 April - 4th July, 2021 [20]
Imagine: Reflections on Peace. United States Institute for Peace. Washington DC, USA. Dates tbc. March - May, 2022
Imagine: Reflections on Peace. National Museum, Sarajevo, Bosnia. April 6th - July 6th, 2022
Books[edit]
- "Imagine: Reflections on Peace" An anthology with 29 authors. Published in French as "Imagine: Penser la Paix". Paris: Hemeria, 2020
- MVP: The Millennium Villages Project. An anthology. New York. The VII Foundation, 2017
External Links[edit]
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- ↑ https://grossfamilyfoundation.com/foundation-donates-more-than-17-million-to-non-profits-in-2020/
- ↑ http://photowings.org/outreach-spotlight-photowings-the-vii-foundation/
- ↑ https://www.shahfoundation.org/eat-up-film
- ↑ https://grossfamilyfoundation.com/foundation-donates-more-than-17-million-to-non-profits-in-2020/
- ↑ https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/six-livres-pour-mieux-comprendre-le-monde-a-mettre-au-pied-du-sapin-20201207
- ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/10/16/amanpour-gary-knight-robin-wright-reflections-on-peace.cnn
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/15/imagine-reflections-on-peace-photo-essay
- ↑ https://theviifoundation.org/events/eat-up-film-released-on-itunes-and-amazon-prime-video/
- ↑ https://mkefilm.org/events/past-festivals/mff2019/eat-up
- ↑ https://iffboston.org/alumni/
- ↑ https://www.eatupfilm.com/screenings/2019/10/12/louisville-international-film-festival
- ↑ http://www.generationhumanrights.org/get-on-the-bus-2020
- ↑ https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/lost-rolls-america-cd39e433cc5d
- ↑ https://viiphoto.com/private-gallery/
- ↑ http://photowings.org/outreach-spotlight-photowings-the-vii-foundation/
- ↑ https://saccaphoto.com
- ↑ https://www.mvpexhibit.org
- ↑ https://www.redcrossmuseum.ch/en/expo-temporaire/imagine/
- ↑ http://www.prixbayeux.org/en/programme/imagine-reflections-on-peace-2/
- ↑ https://geopolis.brussels/exposition/imagine-reflections-on-peace-22-avril-4-juillet/
