Challenging complex social, economic, environmental and human rights issues through documentary non-fiction storytelling and education
© Kenya G./Youth Voices/YMCA
The VII Foundation was established in 2001 as an independent non-profit organization, in response to the challenges photographers, filmmakers, and writers faced in funding long-term investigative journalism projects. Since then, it has developed a genre of storytelling that moves beyond traditional journalism and into new narrative forms that bring together expert, diverse voices engaging in public discourse, seeking to find solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
Addressing the intricacies involved in overcoming complex obstacles and hindrances, its work encompasses various photography and other media formats, integrating a progressive outlook with outstanding commentary and reportage.
© Kenya G./Youth Voices/YMCA
© Tamika Jancewicz/Lost Rolls America
© Tamika Jancewicz/Lost Rolls America
Acknowledging the difficulties associated with accessibility to education and training, the foundation created an educational branch, VII Academy, which provides tuition-free education to emerging professionals and students in both the majority world and marginalized G20 communities, in media practice, visual journalism, narrative, ethics, business, and entrepreneurship, cultivating an environment where large-scale ambitions can become feasible realities.
The VII Foundation partnered with Fujifilm to combine their resources through photography education and hands-on training, bolstering the foundation’s standing and reputation, and enabling it to continue its vital work in support of the journalistic community
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