Don Weber is a recipient of one of the 07 Guggenheim Fellowships for Photography. Don has been working in the Ukraine for stretches of time for the past few years documenting the harsh world faced by so many in the Ukraine. The fellowship will allow him to go deeper with his study, documenting the 'Underclass And Its Bosses' in both the Ukraine and Russia.
In 2006, Don received a World Press Photo Award, plus along with writer Larry Frolick, he shared the Lange-Taylor Documentary Prize.
Receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship is an important validation, showing faith in the potential of the project. The funds offer a financial freedom seldom offered for documentary projects.
Barbara Davidson is moving to work at the Los Angeles Times this June. She has been working at the Dallas Morning News where her work has been honoured with the POYi Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2006 and a shared Pulitzer with her colleauges at the paper for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
