SDN is a global community of 8,500 documentary photographers, editors, curators, NGOs, writers, students, journalists and people who believe in the power of visual storytelling to build an understanding of complex global issues related to human rights, racial injustice, poverty, conflict, the environment, LGBTQ+, public health, migration and more. Together, SDN and FSC believe that compelling images, coupled with text, provide awareness and attention to inequities while also shining a light on possible systemic solutions for our common humanity.

SDN’s  ZEKE magazine's  spring 2022 edition on “Sustainable Solutions to the Climate Crisis,” will contain documentary still photography stories, accompanying text captions, and written articles by climate action activists/experts.  In November 2021, SDN announced its Call for Entries for the Systemic Change Prize.   In February 2022, an award of  $2,500 went to two winners  who presented the most compelling visual stories on sustainable solutions to the climate crisis.

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