The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film

The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film is a non-profit private operating foundation headquartered in Rochester, New York. The foundation was established in 2010 by documentary photographer Manuel Rivera-Ortiz to support underrepresented photographers and filmmakers from less developed countries with grants, awards, exhibitions, and educational programs.

Photography grant winners

 * 2011 Mads Nissen
 * 2012 Gustavo Jononovich
 * 2013 Vivek Singh
 * 2014 Mohamed Ali Eddin
 * 2015 Pablo Ernesto Piovano
 * 2016 : Enri Canaj and Ismail Ferdous

Photography prize winners

 * 2014 Camille Lepage
 * 2015 Lucien Clergue
 * 2015 Mo Yi

Film prize winners

 * 2013 Kannan Arunasalam
 * 2014 Alfonso Moral
 * 2015 Laurence Bonvin

Exhibitions

 * 2013 Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France.
 * 2013 Ikono Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
 * 2014 Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France.
 * 2015 Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France.
 * 2016 Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France.
 * 2022 Dress Code, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France.

Publications

 * A New Documentary, The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film, New York 2013. ISBN 978-0-9896053-0-4.
 * Dress Code, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2022. ISBN 978-3-9690008-2-3.