AWARDS
- March 2008: Rania Matar is one of 4 finalists for the 2008 James and Audrey Foster Prize, the biennial award and exhibition program for Boston area artists at the Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston. An exhibition of the four artists' work will be on view November 12, 2008 through March 1, 2009. Winner to be announced in January 2009.
- Honorable Mention PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Human Condition Competition:
"Life After War, Lebanon 2006", "Women of Islam", "Forgotten People" - Nomination to the 2008 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers, October 2007
- Recipient of the 2007 Artist Grant in Photography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council
- First Place, Women in Photography International, July 2007
- Purchase Prize: Danforth Museum of Art, New England Photographers Biennial 2007, September 2007
- Winning images in Women in Photojournalism International, NPPA, August 2007
- Invitation to the Nooderlicht Photofestival 2007: "Acts of Faith" in The Netherlands
- B&W Magazine, Portfolio Spotlight Award, Portfolio Contest 2007
- Nomination to the Henri Cartier Bresson Award by Ms. Celina Lunsford, Artistic Director Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany, March 2007
- Nomination by the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. to participate in the biennial exhibition "Women to Watch 2007"
- Best of Show, "Interaction" Juried Exhibit at The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO, chosen by director Mr. Larry Padgett
- Honorable Mention, Photography Now 2007, Juror Ms: Alison D. Nordstrom
- Critical Mass 2006 Finalist
- Honorable Mention, Women in Photography International, June 2007
- Acceptance to the touring exhibit "Transformations" sponsored by the Texas Photographic Society, July 2007, juried by Michelle Dunn
- Acceptance to the Houston Center for Photography, 25th Anniversary Membership Exhibition, juried by Ms. Anne Wilkes Tucker
- Second Place Prize, Juried Competition, Texas Photographic Society, Inc, Juror: Ms. Kathy Vargas, December 2006
- Merit Award, the Single Image, B&W Magazine, November 2006
- Honorable Mention, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Fellowship Competition, Juror: Mr. Rod Slemmons, October 2006
- Honorable Mention, Portraits and People Category, The Golden Light Awards, July 2006
- Honorable Mention, Social Document Category, The Golden Light Awards, July 2006
- Winning images, Women in Photography International: "Turning Silver", June 2006
- Excellence Award: Black & White Magazine, Portfolio Contest, 2006
- Acceptance to FotoGrafia Festival in Rome: "The Landscapes of War", Slide Show and Catalog, April 2006
- Honorable Mention, Santa Fe Center for Photography, the Singular Image, February 2006
- Honorable Mention, the Berenice Abbott Prize for an Emerging Photographer, January 2006
- Honorable Mention, Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship Competition, Juror: Ms. Leslie Martin from Aperture, October 2005
- First place, National Juried Exhibition , the The Jerusalem Fund Gallery, Washington D.C., September 2005
- Acceptance to Review Santa Fe, Juried Portfolio Review, Santa Fe Center for Photography, July 2005
- First place, Photojournalism category, "Beauty", Women In Photography International, Juror: Ms. Carol McCusker, PhD - Curator of Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts, June 2005
- Honorable Mention, Photojournalism category, "Beauty", Women in Photography International, Juror: Ms. Charlie Holland, Director of Photography, Getty Images, June 2005
- Third place, Photojournalism category, Black and White Spider Award, November 2004
- Honorable Mention, People category, Black and White Spider Award, November 2004
- Top Photographer, Maine Photographic Workshops, Golden Light Awards, October 2004
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