list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . october 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message noor type cooperative industry photography founded 2007 headquarters amsterdam area served worldwide products photojournalism photo agency foundation website noorimages.com noor is an international photo agency and foundation owned and directed by the member photographers under a cooperative model . it is headquartered in amsterdam netherlands with photographers based worldwide . the agency is known for producing independent visual reports that stimulate positive social change and impact views on human rights and other issues of global concern . contents 1 history 2 photographers 3 climate change by noor 4 urban survivors by noor 5 the new brazil by noor 6 za atari by noor 7 references 8 external links history edit noor images was launched in 2007 at visa pour l image festival by the former managing director claudia hinterseer and member photographers pep bonet stanley greene yuri kozyrev kadir van lohuizen francesco zizola and former members jan grarup samantha appleton philip blenkinsop and jodi bieber . the agency was later enriched by the arrival of new members jon lowenstein in 2008 nina berman in 2009 alixandra fazzina in 2010 and andrea bruce in 2011 b n dicte kurzen in 2013 sebasti n liste and asim rafiqui in 2014 . as of august 2015 cl ment saccomani is the new managing director of the agency . in march 2009 the noor foundation launched its first masterclass in documentary photography in lagos inviting 15 african photojournalists hailing from seven different countries . since then the noor foundation has organized workshops masterclasses seminars lectures and other educational activities in st petersburg 2010 bucharest 2011 cairo 2011 cape town 2012 tunis 2013 bayeux 2013 2015 istanbul 2014 belgrade 2015 and amsterdam 2015 . noor works in close collaboration with educational organizations and professional photographers all experienced teachers and lecturers in documentary photography . photographers edit name nationality member since stanley greene usa 2007 kadir van lohuizen ned 2007 pep bonet majorca 2007 yuri kozyrev rus 2007 francesco zizola italy 2007 jon lowenstein usa 2008 nina berman usa 2009 alixandra fazzina uk 2010 andrea bruce usa 2011 b n dicte kurzen france 2013 sebasti n liste spain 2014 asim rafiqui pakistan 2014 climate change by noor edit climate change by noor is a long term group project that focuses on two issues . the first consequences by noor is an eyewitness record of the devastating effects of climate change around the globe . produced in the autumn of 2009 these visual reportages show not what might happen in the future but what is happening right now emphasizing the urgency of addressing the issues at stake . noor continued the project in autumn 2010 with solutions a visual project investigating what is and what can be done to slow down or reverse climate change . this focuses on human stories about alternative power sources renewable energies and attempts to alleviate adjust or cope with the rise of global temperatures the biggest challenge our world has ever faced . urban survivors by noor edit in 2011 noor partnered with doctors without borders to raise an awareness campaign on the living conditions in the urban settlements around the world . 1 the project has been executed in bangladesh guatemala haiti kenya pakistan honduras and south africa by seven noor photographers with the aim of casting a light on the challenges that overpopulation is setting up for the future . the project resulted in the urban survivors 2 web documentary made by darjeeling productions featuring photo films the website was nominated for the 2012 webby awards and a traveling photo exhibition . the new brazil by noor edit the new brazil 3 is a group project by noor photographers focusing on the fast development that brazil is experiencing in recent years . through a multifaceted approach noor photographers put a spotlight on this growing and complex modern society creating an eyewitness record of the many faces of the world s fifth largest country both geographically and in population count and the seventh and fastest growing economic power on the planet . the new brazil has been produced by noor photographers in 2012 and consists of 8 different features . za atari by noor edit the syrian war has created an unprecedented refugee crisis with millions of syrians displaced . nearly 100 000 refugees live on a stretch of land in northern jordan at the za atari camp now the second largest refugee camp in the world . located 12 kilometers from the syrian border the camp opened with just 100 families in july 2012 . in december 2013 january 2014 four noor photographers documented life at za atari . around 100 of these photographs were then printed larger than life and pasted on 120 meters of the camp s security walls as a way to humanize the architecture and give visitors and stakeholders an immediate impression of the people and life inside . the za atari project was a collaboration between unhcr jen and produced by nina berman . references edit 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 urban survivors noor . noorimages.com . retrieved 2015 10 06 . m decins sans fronti res . urban survivors . retrieved 2015 10 06 . the new brazil noor . noorimages.com . 2015 02 25 . retrieved 2015 10 06 . visa pour l image perpignan 2016 . visapourlimage.com . 2015 09 13 . retrieved 2015 10 06 . noor une nouvelle agence photo coop rative . lemonde.fr . retrieved 2015 10 06 . awards the 2010 nansen refugee award to alixandra fazzina . unhcr . retrieved 2015 10 06 . archives . le monde.fr . retrieved 2015 10 06 . le cri des exil s . polka magazine . 2013 03 01 . retrieved 2015 10 06 . the katrina story on wheels video . time.com . retrieved 2015 10 06 . photojournalist haunted by documenting african famine photos . photoblog.nbcnews.com . 2011 08 10 . retrieved 2015 10 06 . festival photojournalisme les visas d or . lefigaro.fr . retrieved 2015 10 06 . visa d or pour kadir van lohuizen . lemonde.fr . retrieved 2015 10 06 . scenes from yemen photo essays . time . 2011 03 01 . retrieved 2015 10 06 . el lente a las migraciones en am rica . elespectador.com . retrieved 2015 10 06 . external links edit noor photo agency noor foundation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title noor photo agency & oldid 722024288 categories artist cooperativesphotojournalism organizationsphotography organizationshidden categories articles lacking in text citations from october 2015all articles lacking in text citations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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