Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
Foundation
— for documentary photography & filmMission & Vision
Established in 2010, the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation aims to encourage committed artists whose gaze challenges us to develop a new vision of the world.
By rewarding the dedication and determination of emerging photographers and artists, the Foundation's mission is to support documentary projects that show humanity in motion and capture social, cultural, political and even ecological issues. The images challenge us to question what is sometimes overlooked or forgotten, to offer a singular vision of the world around us and to give voice to the voiceless and opportunity to the most vulnerable and disadvantaged among us — in every community in the world — to be seen and heard.
Price & Grant
Nota Bene : Due to the current situation, the prize and grant are suspended.
We are doing our utmost to reinstate them as soon as possible.
We are doing our utmost to reinstate them as soon as possible.
The Price
The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Prize aims to be awarded to one documentary photographer and to one documentary filmmaker for work that brings to light some of the world’s ignored atrocities that impact our society, with images imbued with the determination to change the world and thus awaken our collective conscience.
Each year, the recipients will be announced at our summer opening reception for the Rencontres d’Arles, France.
The Grant
The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Grant is addressed to professional and emerging photographers working on a project in the field of documentary photography. Through a portfolio of 15 images, t he proposed projects submitted must address current societal issues in which we must perceive perceive the ongoing work and the intended realisation.
The laureates will receive guidance throughout the project, from its realization up to its exhibition at the Foundation.
Laureates
Laureates selected in the previous editions of the Grant and Prize by the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation’s jury.
![Mads NISSENNo Shelter from FearDisplaced Populations of Columbia2011 MRO Grant recipient]()
![Gustavo JONONOVICHRichlandOver-population of Natural Resources in Latin America2012 MRO Photography Grant laureate]()
![Kannan ARUNASALAMThe Story of OneGovernment repression, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka2013 MRO Film Grant laureate]()
![Vivek SINGHThe AftermathEthnic unrest, Western Assam2013 Photography Grant recipient]()
![Alfonso MORALA city without dreamsGovernment repression and Refugee suffering, Lebanon and Syria2014 MRO Film laureate]()
![Mohamed ALI EDDINLife of quarry workersWorkers exploitation in Minya, Egypt2014 MRO Photography Grant laureate]()
![Camille LEPAGEBattling the SelekaCollapse of Central African Republic2014 MRO Photography Prize laureate]()
![Laurence BONVINSounds of BlikkiesdorpUrban displacement in Cape Town, South Africa2015 MRO Film Grant laureate]()
![Pablo Ernesto PIOVANOThe Human costOverexploitation of Agrochemicals by Monsanto in Argentina2015 MRO Photography Grant recipient]()
![Mo YIChinese of tomorrowCost of China's growing Super Power2015 MRO Photography Prize recipient]()
![Enri CANAJThe Wind cries of WarRefugee resettlement in Germany and Greece2016 MRO Photography Grant colaureate]()
![Ismail FERDOUSAfter Rana PlazaVictims of the world's biggest industrial disaster2016 MRO Photography Grant colaureate]()
