The mourning of Sebastião Salgado's passing in Brazil and around the world is a testament to the power and necessity of his ...

Nearly 70 years ago, in December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At this time, the UN’s cultural arm, UNESCO, sought to harness ...

Angola gained independence from Portugal in 1974, but immediately descended into a 27-year-long civil war between nationalist movements involving widespread abuses of human rights. In this photo, ...

The war-ravaged scenes that too-often turn up in the pages of our newspapers and magazines beg the question: Is the person behind the camera exploiting his or h ...

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her ...

The Magnum Foundation announced its 2015 Human Rights Fellows last month. The goal is to provide a development platform for “young and emerging photographers, journalists, students and/or ...

The Open Society Institute is offering a grant to photographers, professional and emerging, to document human rights and social justice issues for their 2015 Moving ...

On April 13, #AiWeiwei opened at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, showcasing the prolific work of Chinese-born artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The exhibit is free and open to the public, which ...

Like much academic study, international affairs and human rights are heavily focused on written materials. However, the use of photography can help students better appreciate the subject matter, ...

The former head of the photography department of Al Watan newspaper, Abdullah Hassan, told Human Rights Watch that authorities have been targeting photographers because “photographers have ...