The International Environmental Photography Lab Mentorship Program (2021):
The International Environmental Photography Lab was a six month, online mentoring program presented by Native Agency in collaboration with Grün Berlin, Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin (New School for Photography), and the World Food Institute.
The lab launched in May and concluding in November. It was for new photographers (defined as coming to the craft within the last three years) based anywhere in the world. The photo projects developed during the mentorship cover topics of climate change, water, and urban nature. Projects are showcased in a digital exhibition.
View the Exhibition.
Our 2021 mentors were:
Laura Beltrán Villamizar (Native Agency)
Ben Chislett (Freelance)
Esther Horvath (iLCP, Alfred Wegener Institute)
Our 2021 mentees were:
Alberto M, Germany
Billy Hickey, USA
Céline Haeberly, USA
Cynthia Mancha, USA
Fabio Cian, Italy
Gökçe Işık, Turkey
Hannah Cauhépé, Spain
Harvey Castro, Puerto Rico
Heriberto Paredes, USA
Jonbides Bautista Gómez, Colombia
Jordi Jon Pardo, Spain
Juan Diego Reyes, USA
Julian Reisinger, Australia
Katherine Cheng, Hong Kong
Kathleen Lei Limayo, Philippines
Leslie Moreno Custodio, Peru
Lia Valero, Colombia
Luca Ellena, Switzerland
Luciane Coletti, USA
Luke Marshall Johnson, Germany
Margarita V Beltran, Germany
Marianne Sievers, Germany
Maximilian Chini, Italy
Melyssa St. Michael, USA
Nava Derakhshani, USA
Paul Frangipane, USA
Pía Harboure, Argentina
Polina Schneider, Germany
Rebeca Maxon, USA
Robin Goetze, Germany
Saurabh Narang, Germany
Sudip Maiti, India
Tim Wagner, Germany
Vidhyaa C, United Arab Emirates
Wanda von Bremen, Germany
Yzza Slaoui, Morocco
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Native and Everyday Projects Mentorship Program (2018-2020):
As part of our mission to nurture and amplify the voices of emerging photographers from underrepresented communities, Native and The Everyday Projects launched their inaugural series of long-term educative mentorships by regional and international professionals in the field of documentary and editorial photography.
The Mentorship Program offered mentees a cost-free learning opportunity to develop skills that helped them foster a unique visual language and build their career with the ultimate goal of helping create an industry that more accurately reflects the diversity of the world and the people whose stories we document.
Over the course of the two-year program, each mentee produced a personal project on a shared theme, which for the inaugural series was “Territory.” Mentees received feedback on this project and others that they were shooting, and received additional instruction on business practices, promotion, and other topics to help them navigate the media industry.
Our mentors:
The Native and Everyday Projects mentors were award-winning professional photographers and editors from around the world. The team included industry experts working and shooting for publications and organizations such as National Geographic, The New York Times, the Washington Post, TIME, the Associated Press, and many others. They include recipients of World Press Photo awards, POYi and POYLatam awards, Days Japan International Photojournalism awards, the Getty Instagram grant, Magnum Foundation grants, Pulitzer Center grants, and numerous other awards, as well as members and co-founders of NOOR and VII.
Our 2018 - 2020 mentors were:
Adriana Zehbrauskas, Alice Gabriner, Allison Shelley, Andrew Esiebo, Andrew Katz, Brent Lewis, Donald Weber, Edward Echwalu, James Estrin, Jennifer Samuel, John Stanmeyer, Michael Robinson Chavez, Nick Kirkpatrick, Olivier Laurent, Oscar B. Castillo, Peter DiCampo, Ricci Shryock, Shahidul Alam, Shaminder Dulai, Stephen Mayes, Tanya Habjouqa, and Walter Astrada.
The inaugural class of The Native and Everyday Projects were emerging photographers from 20 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
Our 2018 - 2020 mentees were:
Johis Alarcón (Ecuador)
Enayat Asadi (Iran)
Cynthia Santos Barrios (Puerto Rico)
Girma Berta (Ethiopia)
Amrita Chandradas (Singapore)
Marissa Chen (Singapore)
Barry Christianson (South Africa)
Daouda Corera (Mauritania)
Victor Zea Diaz (Peru)
Yagazie Emezi (Nigeria)
Thana Faroq (Yemen)
Fabiola Ferrero (Venezuela)
Néha Hirve (India)
Heba Khamis (Egypt)
Angela Ponce (Peru)
Miora Rajaonary (Madagascar)
Christina Rizk (Egypt)
Zied Ben Romdhane (Tunisia)
Tom Saater (Nigeria)
Manuel Seoane (Bolivia)
Ley Uwera (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Biko Wesa (Kenya)