Recent publications & awards


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Fatma Fahmy from Egypt has been selected as a participant in the Magnum Foundation's 2024-25 Heat Fellowship, which supports photography that deepens the dialogue around heat and the climate crisis.

Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Tatiana Lopez’s project about the Sapara women of the Amazon featured in the Guardian.


Founder Dani Khan Da Silva’s story about the all-Indigenous patrol team in Sumatra that is protecting their tiger and orangutan relatives is featured in the Guardian.


Malagasy Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Safidy Andriantenaina’s story about Madagascar’s abundant yet threatened biodiversity is featured in the Guardian.


ATTA Travel shares Malagasy Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Safidy Andriantenaina’s story.


Palestinian photographer and PWB Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee, Rasha Al Jundi, has an exhibition review in MorningStar UK.

“Outstanding Palestinian art

JAN WOOLF urges you to visit a courageous and unusual exhibition of work that depicts the Palestinian diaspora.”


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Tatiana Lopez’s images are featured in Fisheye magazine.


In conversation with Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Tatiana Lopez on Rewinding Yourself.


Founder Dani Khan Da Silva talks to Baird Country on their adventure podcast, as featured on Listen Notes.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Ayse Gürsöz’s images are featured in Cultural Survival.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Nitashia Johnson’s project “The Faces that Face” wins Pulitzer Center .


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Fatma Fahmy’s “Lost Lake” project is runner-up for the Alexia Grants.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Fatma Fahmy’s “Lost Lake” project is pre-selected for International Women in Photo Association.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Fatma Fahmy’s “Lost Lake” project is featured at Image Festival Amman.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Fatma Fahmy receives an honourable mention from Vital Impacts.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Fatma Fahmy’s story “The Lost Lake” wins Sony World Photo Professional category in 2023.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Angela Ponce’s story “Guardians of the Glaciers” featured in the Guardian.


Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Angela Ponce’s story “Guardians of the Glaciers” wins Sony World Photo Latin America Professional Award in 2023.


Māori Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee, Alex Moana King, talks about her project with Mike Tavioni and her experience at PWB Storytelling School Indonesia.


Feature documentary “Reckoning with the Wendigo,” produced by Photographers Without Borders, is selected for three festivals and won Best Feature Film at Toronto Documentary Festival.


Short documentary “Lost Lake” by Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Fatma Fahmy wins Best Short Documentary at Cannes Indie International Festival. It also won Best Inspirational Film at Toronto Documentary Feature & Shorts Film Festival, and is nominated for Best Short Documentary at Toronto International Women Film Festival.


Short documentary “Blooming Women” by Revolutionary Storyteller Grantee Tatiana Lopez wins Best Short Documentary at Toronto International Women Film Festival. It also selected at Toronto Documentary Feature & Shorts Film Festival and Montreal Women Film Festival.


PWB Photographer Raquel Vieira da Silva, featured in UNCTAD 15 Virtual Exhibition. Raquel’s story, Sewing: A powerful weapon for women’s empowerment, tells the story of Rajasthan Samgrah Kalyan Sansthan's Sewing Vocational School(RSKS) usage of the power of sewing.


PWB highlighted as a source for our Code of Ethics guidelines applied for storytelling.


PWB Photographer Matt Stirn made a story at Storytelling School Indonesia that was featured in the New York Times.



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Project 1948 Documentary awarded by the FEEDBACK short Film Festival, hosted by WILDSound.


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2018 THRIVE Award: Top workplaces where employees thrive, awarded by YourWorkplace.


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PWB Season 2 Episode 2 “Survivor” explores the work of HAART Kenya through the lens of photographer Matilde Simas. This episode won two awards at the Human Trafficking Awareness Film Festival in Orlando, Florida in January, 2018. It was an official selection in the 2018 DC Web Fest and also won best documentary at the 2018 Los Angeles International Film Festival. “Survivor” also won Best Short Documentary and Outstanding Excellence in Social Issues at the 2018 Docs Without Borders Film Festival.


PWB films Love the Oceans and Beyond the Gun have been selected to be screened at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival in NYC, October 17-27th 2019.


Danielle Khan Da Silva is the Founder of PWB and is an avid traveller, photographer, and director. She has been on the TEDx stage twice with her talks entitled "Grassroots Narrative" and "Connection is the Key to Conservation."


Huffington Post's Marquis Cabrera sits down with PWB founder Danielle Khan Da Silva to discuss her ideas and direction for the company.


Sudbury photographer goes to Peru - Thomas Duncan is going to Peru in March as part of a special trip with Photographers Without Borders.


 
 

Journalist Kelly Boutsalis from NOW Toronto sits down with PWB curator Kristi Giambattista and photographer Stan Williams to discuss his ongoing featured exhibition for the 2019 CONTACT Photography Festival: ‘This is Indian Land’


PWB’s founder Danielle Khan Da Silva has been announced as one of the five chosen to be a Sony Alpha Female Creator-In-Residence.


Photographer and creative director Megan Ewing shares how her experience with Photographers Without Borders impacted her life and how PWB brings positive change and spreads awareness. 


Photos stemming from Photographers Without Borders workshops featured in National Geographic magazine.


How and why did you first become involved with Photographers Without Borders?


The Intuitive Activist, Danielle Khan Da Silva - Women’s Post profiles Danielle Da Khan Silva for Women of the Week.


 
 

The opening reception night for ‘This is Indian Land’ by photography Stan Williams, as a part of the 2019 CONTACT photography festival


Shooting for a Cause - Capture Magazine’s Candide McDonald talks to photographers in the industry about the power of imagery to effect change.


The Independent - Bali volcano: Relief effort.. - Thousands of people displaced by volcanic activity at Mount Agung. East Bali Poverty Project responds, providing shelter and food. Photographs by Danielle Khan Da Silva.


In 2017, PWB Photographer and Archaeologist Matt Stirn traveled to Panama, photographing Spider Monkeys alongside Azuero Earth Project, an organization with a goal to ‘preserve the earth’s ecosystems, protect biodiversity and promote healthy communities.’


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Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva answers some questions about the creation of PWB, what we are working towards, and our plans for the future.


“Photography and storytelling connects us to each other, and we need to be more connected to each other, to the land, to the beings on the land, and to address the problems we have created on this planet. We need to relearn the art of relationship, and to decolonize our thinking and behaviour.” Founder and CEO Danielle Da Silva shares some recent work and discusses the foundation of PWB.


 
 

‘How to Use Your Camera for Impact’ Pierre T. Lambert interviews PWB’s CEO & Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva


Ron Wilson's photo, taken on assignment for SASOD Guyana, has been featured on the Washington Blade. Upwards of 200 people participated in the second annual Pride parade in the Guyanese capital of Georgetown on June 1. "This year’s Pride commemorations are taking place against the backdrop of efforts to decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual relations around the world."


PWB Photographer Ken Kurzweil, featured in The Telegraph. Ken was on assignment in India, holding a photography workshop for students of Turning Point, an NGO that works with children and adults with mental illness and intellectual disabilities.




 
 

(Portugese) CEO & Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva talks about the climate crisis and the role photography takes in it’s message. “In her photographs, she tries to escape the narrative of the crisis and take a more holistic approach.”


 
 

Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva discusses the PWB film ‘Beyond the Gun’ during her talk at Exodus Aveiro Fest, recently held by National Geographic, in northern Portugal.


Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva recently embarked on a journey through Portugal with a team from Exodus Aveiro Fest, recently held by National Geographic, in northern Portugal.


 
 

Sharon Radisch on assignment with PWB for Eco Soap Bank in Cambodia


Founder and one of the first Sony Alpha Female Creators in Residence, Danielle Khan Da Silva, recently talked with Sony Alpha Photographers about what is changing in the world and more.


Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva speaks on “Impact Everywhere with Von Wong” discussing “The Art of Decolonized Activism,” as featured on Medium.


PWB Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva speaks on “Impact Everywhere with Von Wong” discussing “The Art of Decolonized Activism.”


Storytelling For Change: An Interview With Photographers Without Borders’ Danielle Khan Da Silva.


Photographers Without Borders’ Founder Danielle Khan Da Silva speaks with Tammy Danan on Hiring Women Photographers.


The Daily Edit discusses Photographers Without Borders Storytelling for Change interview with Patagonia’s Keri Oberly “about standing in solidarity with the Gwich’in, her work with Patagonia, activism, and why she believes investing in people, relationships, and grassroots movements are going to save us.”


Photographers Tracey Buyce and Kristi Odom talk about their PWB assignment to Bolivia about a month ago where they had a two-week stay at La Senda Verde, a wildlife refuge for animals rescued from the black market, trafficking and abusive owners.


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