Polaroid X Magnum - Winners

Polaroid and Magnum are proud to reveal the work of 10 emerging artists selected through their joint Open Call.

The competition winners’ empathy-building, perspective-changing stories emphasize the role of instant photography as a powerful medium for creative expression and building human connection.

With guidance from Magnum Photographers - Enri Canaj, Jim Goldberg, and Newsha Tavakolian, the artists explore a broad range of themes from migration to gender roles, and from expressing one's own identity to reflecting on the poignant reality of living with a disease, or far away from family.

All work was created using the new Polaroid black-and-white film and the I-2 camera, a high-end instant camera with Polaroid's sharpest lens and built-in manual controls.

Artists: Jakub Stanek, Jaír Fernando Coll, Maria Beatriz de Vilhena, Mengwen Cao, D. M. Terblanche, Mohamed Hassan, Stefan Pavic, Aleruchi Kinika, Natela Grigalashvil, Jed Bacason.

The work of Magnum and Polaroid Open Call winners will be on display along with the work of their Magnum Photo mentors from November 7-10 at the Paris Photo Fair at the Grand Palais (booth P06) and as a digital exhibition on polaroid.com.