The 2018 Tim Hetherington Fellowship is awarded to Josh Begley, to develop a project on ​ways of visualising white supremacy in the United States of America.​ The fellowship is a collaboration between the Tim Hetherington Trust and World Press Photo Foundation to honor Tim Hetherington’s legacy.

Stephen Mayes, Director of the Tim Hetherington Trust, said:

“T​ im was a huge supporter of World Press Photo and in 2008, the year he won the premiere award, he visited dozens of World Press events around the world not for what it would do for him but for what he saw the organization was doing for others. It is in this spirit that the Tim Hetherington Trust partners with World Press Photo to expand opportunities for the nominated Fellows and even more importantly to learn from them and to share their inspiration with everyone who wants to push beyond the limitations of conventional journalistic practice”

Maral Deghati, Education Manager of the World Press Photo Foundation, said:

“Josh Begley’s work is singular. It is thought provoking and powerfully imaginative. Josh Begley proves that we can still tell the stories that need to be told, however inaccessible or hidden, by harnessing the power of technology, and by asking the right questions. Together with the Tim Hetherington Trust we are committed to rethinking education, ensuring talent is connected to new networks of support and supporting visual storytellers who embrace Tim’s exploratory and interdisciplinary attitude.”

Josh Begley

"​I'm thrilled to receive this honor. Many thanks to World Press Photo and the Tim Hetherington Trust. I look forward to the body of work this support will make possible."​

About Josh Begley

Josh Begley (b. 1984) is a data artist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the creator of Metadata+, an iPhone app that tracks U.S. drone strikes.

Begley is the director of two short films, Concussion Protocol (2018) and Best of Luck with the Wall (2016), both produced by Academy Award-winning director Laura Poitras. His films have screened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Met Breuer, IFC, the New York Film Festival, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Begley’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, New York Magazine, and at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. He is represented by Robert Koch Gallery in San Francisco.

See Josh Begley’s work

About the Tim Hetherington Fellowship

The fellowship is a collaboration between the Tim Hetherington Trust and the World Press Photo Foundation to honor Tim's legacy. Originally a grant, the Tim Hetherington Trust and the World Press Photo Foundation launched a new fellowship in 2016 following consultation with the Hetherington family.

Tim was committed to finding new ways to tell compelling stories about politics, conflict, and the human experience, and to relay these stories to a wide audience. The fellowship, instead of providing funds for an individual project, offers new ways of supporting photographers so they can expand Tim's legacy in new and creative directions.

Together, the World Press Photo Foundation and the Tim Hetherington Trust support beneficiaries by focusing on the opportunities for them to be involved in the media economy, either through support for education or by connecting them to the best international networks.

The fellowship assists visual storytellers by providing access to training or mentorship so they can further their projects and mission. Fellows become part of sustainable network focused on innovative processes and permanent education. The fellows from each year will become part of the network and will play a role in selecting new fellows. The aim is to grow and strengthen a network of multiple skills that provides ongoing support.

The selected fellow will receive support to the value of €5000, to be provided equally by the Tim Hetherington Trust and the World Press Photo Foundation and its partners.