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Eight Meero Grant Winners Announced
28 September 2020
Eight recipients have been awarded Meero Foundation Grants for their "innovative storytelling methods to impact the collective consciousness." The open grant call attracted 53 applications from five continents over 14 days.
Bayeté Ross Smith, Btihal Remli, Chinula Mandla, Mahé Elipe, Ramin Nazur, Robert Pluma, Sumeja Tulic and Wanda Von Bremen, photographers coming from all over the world, have been selected to receive financial support, exposure, mentorship and a platform for the publication of their projects.
Following is a brief description of the grand winners' projects:
Bayeté Ross Smith
Our Kind Of People
Our Kind Of People examines how clothing, ethnicity and gender impact our perception of people, their values and how valuable society deems them to be.
Bithal Remli
Djinni Diaries
Djinni Diaries explores the intersection of spirituality and women's role in Moroccan society through still lives of recipes and ingredients that are used in magic rituals.
Chinula Mandla
Na Gracious
This multimedia piece is about Na Gracious (Gracious' Mother), a mother of three filmed during her recovery from a mental condition. Chinula's experiences with Na Gracious break stereotypes and explore the complexity of mental illness and rehabilitation.
Mahe Elipe
The Other Pandemic
The Other Pandemic focuses on the increase in violence against women during the Covid-19 crisis in Mexico, as well as the people and organizations that support survivors.
Ramin Mazur
Coronascope
Coronascope investigates the 'infodemic' and the way that the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have been covered. This project scrutinizes visuals provided by search engines on inquiries such as "coronavirus" and "Covid-19." Photographed under a magnifying glass, these images question the way groundbreaking events are represented.
Robert Pluma
Hidden-Histories of San José Mission
Hidden-Histories of San José Mission provides a counter-narrative history of Texas -- once a part of Mexico and inhabited by many different indigenous peoples. Through an augmented reality application that uses oral histories, still images and video of living mission descendants and other related materials, this project opens new pathways of storytelling.
Sumeja Tulic
One Unholy Cow Photographic Plaque as Reparations: The Kravice Wearhouse
This project is an effort to memorialize the unmarked sites of mass killings during the Srebrenica genocide. By marking the seven locations of mass executions on Google maps, Unholy Cow will provide a visual and textual narrative that acknowledges the crimes committed.
Wanda Von Bremen
Holisis
By juxtaposing the common perceptions of beauty and decay, Holisis emphasizes the diversity and balance of our ecosystem.
For more information see the news release below.
Fotodemic, in partnership with the Meero Foundation, awards the Meero Foundation Grant to eight artists
Bayeté Ross Smith, Btihal Remli, Chinula Mandla, Mahé Elipe, Ramin Nazur, Robert Pluma, Sumeja Tulic and Wanda Von Bremen will be receiving financial support, exposure, mentorship and a platform for the publication of their projects.
NEW YORK -- As Fotodemic's early sponsor, the Meero Foundation is proud to announce the eight recipients of the Meero Foundation Grant following Fotodemic's open call in July. Bayeté Ross Smith, Btihal Remli, Chinula Mandla, Mahé Elipe, Ramin Nazur, Robert Pluma, Sumeja Tulic and Wanda Von Bremen, photographers coming from all over the world, have been selected to receive financial support, exposure, mentorship and a platform for the publication of their projects.
With the goal of amplifying important projects not represented in mainstream media and maximizing distribution through micro-grants, the Foundation sponsors artists who use innovative storytelling methods to impact the collective consciousness. Fotodemic always looks for proposals that engage with viewers emotionally, reshape their way of thinking, challenge the status quo and motivate action.
The grant call was open for 14 days in which 53 applications from five continents were received. Grant applicants included artists who exhibit their work in collections of The Smithsonian Institution, The Brooklyn Museum and the Foto Museum in Belgium. Their work has been published in Le Monde, Liberation, Mediapart, The New York Times, Vice and Al Jazeera.
Among them, eight projects were considered particularly helping envision a path to a better future.
BAYETÉ ROSS SMITH -- Our Kind Of People
Our Kind Of People examines how clothing, ethnicity and gender impact our perception of people, their values and how valuable society deems them to be.
BITHAL REMLI -- Djinni Diaries
Djinni Diaries explores the intersection of spirituality and women's role in Moroccan society through still lives of recipes and ingredients that are used in magic rituals.
CHINULA MANDLA -- Na Gracious
This multimedia piece is about Na Gracious (Gracious' Mother), a mother of three filmed during her recovery from a mental condition. Chinula's experiences with Na Gracious break stereotypes and explore the complexity of mental illness and rehabilitation.
MAHE ELIPE -- The Other Pandemic
The Other Pandemic focuses on the increase in violence against women during the Covid-19 crisis in Mexico, as well as the people and organizations that support survivors.
RAMIN MAZUR -- Coronascope
Coronascope investigates the 'infodemic' and the way that the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have been covered. This project scrutinizes visuals provided by search engines on inquiries such as "coronavirus" and "Covid-19." Photographed under a magnifying glass, these images question the way groundbreaking events are represented.
ROBERT PLUMA -- Hidden-Histories of San José Mission
Hidden-Histories of San José Mission provides a counter-narrative history of Texas -- once a part of Mexico and inhabited by many different indigenous peoples. Through an augmented reality application that uses oral histories, still images and video of living mission descendants and other related materials, this project opens new pathways of storytelling.
SUMEJA TULIC -- One Unholy Cow Photographic Plaque as Reparations: The Kravice Wearhouse
This project is an effort to memorialize the unmarked sites of mass killings during the Srebrenica genocide. By marking the seven locations of mass executions on Google maps, Unholy Cow will provide a visual and textual narrative that acknowledges the crimes committed.
WANDA VON BREMEN -- Holisis
By juxtaposing the common perceptions of beauty and decay, Holisis emphasizes the diversity and balance of our ecosystem.