When Daniella Zalcman began her career as a photojournalist, she was immediately confronted with the reality that the newsroom was predominantly white, and predominantly male.

As her reputation as a documentary photographer grew, she experienced and witnessed sexism at all levels of the photojournalism industry; from photo editors who hired more men than women, to male photographers who sexually harassed their female colleagues, Zalcman and many of her female colleagues witnessed first hand the “boys club” of the photojournalism industry.

Tired of being quiet about a problem that has long persisted in journalism, Zalcman sought to address this issue by taking a simple but important first step on the way to equity: address the hiring gap between white men and women, and people of color. Often told by photo editors that they would hire more women if they just knew where to look, Zalcman put something together that was both simple, and elegant: a list.

Zalcman reached out to her female colleagues and created adatabase of women photographers, their skills, and their contact information, and made that list available to picture editors. From there the organization, called Women Photograph, grew to become a leading advocate for gender equity in journalism, and is continuing to broaden its mission to help women grow in the profession by offering scholarships, grant programs, workshops and a supportive community for female journalists ready and willing to support one another as professionals.

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards. The awards ceremony is also ICP’s primary fundraising benefit, with its revenues assisting the center's various programs.

This year MediaStorm produced films for the following winners: Lifetime Achievement: Bruce Davidson; Applied: Alexandra Bell; Art: Samuel Fosso; Artist's Book: Dayanita Singh, Museum Bhavan; Critical Writing and Research: Maurice Berger, Race Stories column for the Lens section of the New York Times; Documentary and Photojournalism: Amber Bracken; and Emerging Photographer: Natalie Keyssar; and for Online Platform and New Media: Women Photograph.

When Daniella Zalcman began her career as a photojournalist, she was immediately confronted with the reality that the newsroom was predominantly white, and predominantly male. As her reputation as a documentary photographer grew, she was subjected to and witnessed sexism at all levels of the photojournalism industry; From photo editors who hired more men than women to male photographers who sexually harassed their female colleagues, Zalcman and many of her female colleagues witnessed first hand the “boys” club of the photojournalism industry.

Tired of being quiet about a problem that has long persisted in journalism, Zalcman sought to address this issue by taking a simple but important first step on the way to equity; address the hiring gap between white men and women, and people of color. Often told by photo editors that they would hire more women if they just knew where to look, Zalcman put something together that was both simple, and elegant; a list.

From its founding to a simple but comprehensive list of women photographers, Women Photograph, has grown to become a leading advocate for gender equity in journalism. In addition to the database, it now offers scholarships, grants, workshops and a supportive community for women journalists.

It’s generally difficult to detail the story of a website, and Women Photograph was no different. Furthermore, the details of this particular story are nearly impossible to visualize because they both happened in the past, and were based around conversations Daniella Zalcman had with various journalists that we didn’t have footage of.

In order to visualize the story of Women Photograph, we asked members of the organization to submit answers via video to questions producers Samia Khan and Tim McLaughlin created. These questions allowed MediaStorm to stitch together the history of Women Photograph in a dynamic way.

The film premiered on April 9, 2018 at the ICP Infinity Awards Gala in New York City. The film was a special feature of the evening, and a critical fundraising tool.

This film was a collaboration with Harbers Studio and the International Center of Photography.

Harbers Studios turbocharges the efforts of charitable entrepreneurs by helping them tell their stories. Our goal is to help them articulate and share the value of the work they do so they can inspire others to help them do it. Working with some of the best filmmaking talent in the world, Harbers Studios creates compelling visual narratives that enhance the endeavors of organizations working to make the world a better place.

The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world’s leading institution dedicated to the practice and understanding of photography and the reproduced image in all its forms. Through exhibitions, educational programs, and community outreach, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the role images play in our culture. Since ICP’s founding, they have presented more than 500 exhibitions and offered thousands of classes, providing instruction at every level. ICP is a center where photographers and artists, students and scholars can create and interpret the world of the image within our comprehensive educational facilities and archive.

As a privately funded nonprofit arts and education organization, ICP depends in large part on friends such as you for support. Your generosity is vital to ICP as it continues to grow and succeed in its mission: to present photography's extraordinary power to the public.

There are many ways to give to ICP: Donate to the Annual Fund, create a scholarship, sponsor exhibitions and education programs, contribute to the Collection, or make a planned gift.

Since 1985, the International Center of Photography has recognized outstanding achievements in photography with its prestigious Infinity Awards. The awards ceremony is also ICP’s primary fundraising benefit, with its revenues assisting the center's various programs.

Harbers Studios commissioned MediaStorm, on behalf of ICP, to create a short film about each of the recipients to screen at the awards ceremony and to display online. The films pay tribute to the contributions of each artist to the craft and field of photography and demonstrate ICP's commitment to them.