POYi Emerging Vision Recipient Brings Poverty To Life In Cemetery

James Chance selected as 2010 recipient Winning Project: “Living with the Dead: Manila’s North Cemetery”

 

COLUMBIA, MO (June 16, 2010) – The final resting place of Filipino presidents and celebrities, some 80 funerals take place at Manila’s North Cemetery each day. Today the cemetery is also home to more than 2,000 of the city’s poorest families. In order to bring the story of the breathing citizens of North Cemetery to life, James Chance, the 2010 recipient of Pictures of the Year International's Emerging Vision Incentive, will spend the next year photographing the unique community.

“We believe documentary photography has the power to bring about important changes in our society,” said Rick Shaw, director of POYi. “Through the Emerging Vision Incentive, POYi is proud to have the opportunity to not only support a rising photojournalist like James, but also help him capture the challenges of people often overlooked.”

POYi’s Emerging Vision Incentive funds and showcases documentary work on social issues or political trends by aspiring documentary photographers. POYi selects one recipient each year to receive up to $10,000 to assist in developing a photo story that reflects daily life, social issues, cultural trends or news events.

“This cemetery is a fascinating example of how issues of poverty and overpopulation — and the increasing division between the most wealthy and the most poor — affects individuals and their families,” Chance said. “I am thankful to POYi for this opportunity and hope that my body of work will provide insight into the issues of poverty and overpopulation faced by the poorer residents of Manila.”

In addition to financial assistance, the recipient will have the opportunity to have his work displayed at the Reynolds Journalism Institute and The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles during their exhibit of winning images from the 67th Annual POYi Competition, which opens June 26. The Emerging Vision Incentive recipient will also receive a full day of career development during the annual POYi Education Seminar and Awards Program.

This year’s finalists were Philip Andrews, “Last Days: Final Flights of the Space Shuttle,” and Khaled Hasan, “Tears of Memories, Death of Dream.”

The POYi Emerging Vision Incentive program is made possible through financial support from the Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Annenberg Foundation. POYi is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri at Columbia.

 

NPPA Marketplace

Insure Your Equipment

You go where the action is….so should your insurance! Hays delivers comprehensive insurance for your gear - covering cameras, computers, editing equipment and rental.

Join the NPPA

NPPA members receive a wide range of benefits, from educational opportunities to mentoring, exclusive discounts, insurance options, business tips, and much more.