Alexia Foundation

After talking to the recipients, I could see the richness and depth of the judge’s impressions of the entrants playing out in how the awardees talked about their work, their connection to the people they’re photographing and things they consider in the course of producing the work -Mike Davis, director of The Alexia. For insight into the judging process of The Alexia 2020 grants and selection of winners, view the judging session recordings. https://newhouse.syr.edu//remote-judging-drives-robust-co/

The Alexia is pleased to announce that Cornell Watson of Durham, North Carolina, is the recipient of the $20,000 professional grant for Behind the Mask. The Student Grant recipient is Leonidas Enetanya of the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle Washington for The Monet Archives. He will receive a fellowship for tuition and fees to enroll in three courses during a semester at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, a $1000 cash grant and he will serve as the rese...arch assistant to The Alexia director, a paid position The second and third place honorees for the professional grant are Amber Bracken of Edmonton, Canada for Generations, and Isadora Kosofsky for "Permanent and Known." The second and third place honorees for the student grant are Zilan Imsik of Istanbul University for Where is Home?, and Michele Abercrombie of Syracuse University for we live(d) in our heads. Learn more about their outstanding work here: https://newhouse.syr.edu//winners-announced-in-the-30th-a/

We are delighted to announce the finalists for The Alexia 2020 grants. Learn about them here and please spend some time with their outstanding work. bit.ly/35nWYP3 Syracuse University Newhouse School at Syracuse University

Judges Joshua Rashaad McFadden Noelle Flores Théard and Laylah Amatullah Barrayn have chosen the professional winner for The Alexia 2020 Grants. 2nd and 3rd place winners were also named. We will announce the 20 finalists that were considered in today's judging on our blog on Wednesday. We will announce the winners on Nov. 17. You can get a glimpse into the discussions on our twitter feed with #alexiagrants: https://twitter.com/hashtag/alexiagrants

Judges Joshua Rashad McFadden, Noelle Flores Théard and Laylah Amatullah Barrayn have chosen a student winner for The Alexia 2020 Grants and named 2nd and 3rd place winners as well. We will announce the 20 finalists that were considered in today's judging on our blog on Tuesday, and we will announce the winners on Nov. 17. Read about the judges here: https://www.alexiafoundation.org//announcing-the-alexia-2/ And read their commentary from today on twitter: https://twitter.com/search

You can catch 2020 Alexia judge Laylah Amatullah Barrayn tomorrow, Nov. 4, online at 7pm hosted by the George Eastman Museum. Don't miss it! https://www.eastman.org//online-laylah-amatullah-barrayn-w