{{Short description|Photojournalism and photography organization}} {{Infobox company | name = Prime Collective | image = Prime collective logo.jpg | type = Cooperative | foundation = 2011 | founders = Dominic Bracco II, Melanie Burford, Brendan Hoffman, Charlie Mahoney, Lance Rosenfield, Max Whittaker | area_served = Worldwide | industry = Photography | products = Photojournalism, photo agency | homepage = [http://www.primecollective.com/ www.primecollective.com] }}
'''Prime Collective''' is an international cooperative of documentary and news photographers, filmmakers, and visual artists focused primarily on social and environmental justice issues including conflict, violence, gender, and climate change. It was founded in 2011 with the initial goal of providing professional support and guidance for its members in the challenging freelance photography market.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/a-lone-wolf-approach-disfavored/ |title= Cooperation Replaces a Lone Wolf Approach to Photography | author=James Estrin | newspaper= The New York Times |date= 18 June 2012 |accessdate= 18 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>Seth Gitner. “Sharing the Photographic Journey,” ''News Photographer Magazine,'' July-August 2014.</ref>
Prime’s member photographers are based around the world and known for their collaborations with major media organizations including National Geographic Magazine,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/how-rites-of-passage-shape-masculinity-gender/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161222225837/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/how-rites-of-passage-shape-masculinity-gender/|url-status= dead|archive-date= December 22, 2016|title= The Many Ways Society Makes a Man | magazine= National Geographic Magazine |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> The New York Times,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/world/europe/mariupol-ukraine-port-city-braces-for-worst-as-rebels-close-in-again.html |title= Battered Ukrainian City of Mariupol Braces for Worst as Rebels Close In | newspaper= The New York Times |date= 10 February 2015 |accessdate= 18 February 2018 |last1= Lyman |first1= Rick }}</ref> The New Yorker,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/taken-at-the-border |title= Taken at the Border |magazine= The New Yorker |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> The Washington Post,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2016/02/26/a-dangerous-export-americas-car-battery-waste-is-making-mexican-communities-sick/ |title= A Dangerous Export: America's Car-Battery Waste is Making Mexican Communities Sick |newspaper= The Washington Post |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> Smithsonian Magazine,<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/myth-reason-mexican-border-180960357/ |title= Myth and Reason on the Mexican Border |magazine= Smithsonian Magazine |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> and Harper’s Magazine,<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://harpers.org/archive/2013/08/emptying-the-worlds-aquarium/|title= Emptying the World's Aquarium | journal= Harper's Magazine |accessdate= 18 February 2018 |last1= Vance |first1= Erik }}</ref> and photography awards from organizations such as World Press Photo,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2015/general-news/pete-muller | title= General News, First Prize Stories | publisher= World Press Photo |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> Pictures of the Year International,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://poyi.org/74/74winnerslist.html |title= POYi 74 Winner's List | publisher= Pictures of the Year International |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> and the Pulitzer Prize.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/staff-62|title= Staff of The Dallas Morning News | publisher= The Pulitzer Prizes |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref>
==Photographers== Prime currently counts the following seven photographers as members:<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.primecollective.com/about/|title= About • Prime Collective |accessdate= 18 December 2018 }}</ref>
* Luján Agusti (based in Ushuaia, Argentina) * Dominic Bracco II (based in Mexico City) * Melanie Burford (based in Bergen, Norway) * Brendan Hoffman (based in Kyiv, Ukraine) * Pete Muller (based in Nairobi, Kenya) * Katie Orlinsky (based in New York City) * Max Whittaker (based in Sacramento, California)
==Activities== Prime has primarily been active participating in or helping to organize several photography festivals. In 2011 and 2013, it held informal exhibition events in connection with the Look3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://randomrow.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/prime-collective-photography-exhibit-during-look3/ |title= Prime Collective photography exhibit during LOOK3 |date= 26 May 2011 | publisher= Random Row Books |accessdate= 20 February 2018 }}</ref> In 2014, Prime was a co-organizer of the Oso Bay Biennial at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://osobay.tamucc.edu |title= Oso Bay Biennial XVIII | publisher= Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> In 2016, member photographers offered portfolio reviews and a workshop at San José Foto, a festival in San José de Mayo, Uruguay,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://sanjosefoto.uy/en/pasteditions/|title= Past editions - Festival Internacional de Fotografía | publisher= San José Foto |accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref> a festival that was founded and directed at the time by then-member Christian Rodriguez.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.ted.com/speakers/christian_rodriguez |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171003233331/https://www.ted.com/speakers/christian_rodriguez |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 3, 2017 |title= Christian Rodríguez - Speaker - TED | publisher= TED | accessdate= 18 February 2018 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.primecollective.com/ Prime Collective]
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