[Open Call] Roots & Worlds 2025: Elsewhere, Within
Calling applications for Roots & Worlds 2025, an alternative photography school offering financial and artistic support to 6 Vietnamese photographers to develop their own work.
Activities
Announcing Recipients of Matca Creation Grant 2025
Introducing two selected projects in the Exhibition and Writing categories, each receiving 10,000,000 VND along with mentorship from Matca and guest advisors.
[Open Call] Matca Creation Grant 2025
The second round of the Matca Creation Grant supports one photography exhibition and one series of texts with professional fees, mentorship, and exposure.
[Workshop] Advanced Photography Led by Jamie Maxtone-Graham
The three-month, tuition-free photography workshop is open for up to 7 participants selected based on their application.
[Invitation] The W. Eugene Smith Grant 2024
The W. Eugene Smith Foundation opens for applications with grants up to $30,000 supporting photojournalism and documentary photography projects.
Roots & Worlds – Exhibition in HCMC
Presenting six photographic series produced by emerging Vietnamese photographers in the alternative school for photography co-led by Matca and IC Visual Lab.
Recap Of Photobook Design Workshop With Ann Griffin
Photobook design workshop with Ann Griffin took place from March 7-10, 2024 organized by Matca and supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia
[Workshop] Photobook Design With Ann Griffin
Learn how to design a photobook in the 4-day intensive workshop led by Swiss designer Ann Griffin.
[Workshop] Writing Photography With Zhuang Wubin
This 5-session foundation workshop led by writer, researcher Zhuang Wubin introduces an interdisciplinary way to understand photography practices in Southeast Asia.
Roots & Worlds – Open Studio
See the works produced within Roots & Worlds and meet the photographers and mentoring team.
Roots & Worlds – In a World That Watches, in a Forest of Eyes
Robert Zhao Renhui shares his long-term observations into a single secondary forest in Singapore.
Roots & Worlds – Altered Landscapes: Earth, Man & Machine
Sarker Protick introduces his practice of image-making that often morphs into the physicality of time.
