announcing the Indigenous Photographer fellowship 2020 recipients

PWB is committed to supporting an Indigenous photographer or group of Indigenous photographers in an exhibition of their work, held in May 2020 as part of CONTACT, North America’s largest photography festival.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their application for the Indigenous Photographer Fellowship 2020 and a warm congratulations to all of our finalists. The selected recipients for CONTACT 2020 are listed below in alphabetical order:

Top 3 Finalists

Alex King (@alexkingphotography)

Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá (@edgarkanayko)

Sara Aliaga (@saraphotoaliaga)

FINALISTS

Ian Maracle (@dyedian)

Mary Helmer

Mia Ritter-Whittle (@natanehriver)

Nabidu Taylor (@thatnavidukid)

Robby Dick (@uza_tin)

Shawna Farinango (@jasmine_shawnaf)

The Panel

Darlene Kaboni, an Anishinaabe leader and activist who has sat on the Ontario Human Rights Commission, was the leader of OPSEU's Indigenous Mobilization Team, and is PWB's board chair

Michael Aboya, a gifted Ashanti photographer from Ghana

Nayla Azmi, a Batak, orangutan and elephant conservationist and photographer from Sumatra

Nikki Sanchez, a Maya/Pipil media maker, PhD Candidate,

Stan Williams, an Anishinaabe policy analyst who was also our featured photographer from May 2019

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