Advanced Mentored Studies Participants

Participant Awards

Advanced Mentored Studies participants have received numerous prestigious awards for their work following their time in this marquee program at Anderson Ranch. These world-renowned achievements include honors in the following:

• Amber Bracken: World Press Photo of the Year 2022
• Amber Bracken: World Press Photo 1st Place Contemporary Issues
• Rosem Morton: Leica Women Foto Project Award Winner, 2022
• September Bottoms: Leica Women Foto Project Award Winner, 2022
• Jackie Molloy: recipient of the VII Leica Women’s Mentorship, 2022
• Rebecca Kiger and Amr Alfiky featured in Time’s Top 100 Photos of 2021
• Salwan Georges:
  • Photographer of the Year, Pictures of the Year International, 2021
  • Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, winner, 2020
  • Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, finalist, 2020
  • Gerald Loeb Award for International Business Reporting, finalist, 2020
  • WHNPA, Picture Feature Story, winner, 2019 & 2020
  • Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism, finalist, 2019
  • PDN’s 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, 2017
  • Michigan’s Emmy Award, winner, 2017
  • Michigan’s Press Photographers Association Multimedia Photographer of the Year, 2016
• Amr Alfiky and September Bottoms: NY Times Photography Fellowship recipients, 2020
• Maria Contreras Coll: National Geographic Explorer grantee, 2020
• Sebastian Hidalgo: National Geographic Explorer grantee, 2019
• Arati Kumar-Rao: National Geographic Explorer grantee, 2019
• Yu Yu Myint Than and Elias Williams: Magnum Foundation Photography and Human Rights Fellowship, 2017