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2016 Fellowships at the Center for Creative Photography

Center for Creative Photography   /   Deadline: 01/15/16

Please visit the website for a description of Seven Research Fellowships: http://www.creativephotography.org/study-research/fellowships-internships

Advanced scholars and researchers from any discipline are encouraged to apply. Pre-doctoral applicants must have completed coursework and preliminary examinations for the doctoral degree and must be engaged in dissertation research. Selection is based on the quality of the proposed research and a project requiring extensive use of the Center’s collections.

Email applications to Leslie Squyres, Director of the Volkerding Center for Research: squyresl@ccp.arizona.edu

Location

Center for Creative Photography, the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Fees

none

Eligibility

Advanced scholars and researchers from any discipline are encouraged to apply. Pre-doctoral applicants must have completed coursework and preliminary examinations for the doctoral degree and must be engaged in dissertation research.

Requirements

Please send the following documents:
1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae of no more than four pages
3. 500-1,000 word statement detailing your research interests and project and how they will be advanced by study of the Center's archives and print collection

Awards

• Ansel Adams Fellowship: Awards up to $5,000 to promote new knowledge about photography and the history of photography.
• Kenneth J. Botto Fellowship: Awards up to $5,000 to support curators, writers, and researchers investigating the life and work of Kenneth J. Botto; photographers working to incorporate set-up, collage, or constructed imagery; or photographers whose work is a critical comment on political, social, and/or art historical issues in society.
• Josef Breitenbach Fellowship: Awards up to $5,000 to support research into the art and career of Josef Breitenbach (1896-1984) and as his work and archive relates to other works and archives in the Center's collections.
• Photographic Arts Council/Los Angeles (PAC/LA) Fellowship: Awards up to $2,500 to support research in the history of photography
• Milton Rogovin Fellowship: Awards up to $5,000 to support research into the art and career of Milton Rogovin (1909-2011) and socially concerned photography.
• Todd Walker Fellowship: Awards up to $3,500 to support research into the art and career of Todd Walker.
• Edward Weston Fellowship: Awards up to $5,000 to support research on the art, career, and influence of Edward Weston (1886-1958), his family, models, and friends.

Evaluation Criteria

Selection process: based on the quality of the proposed research and a project requiring extensive use of the Center’s collections.

Contact Information

Leslie Squyres
1030 N. Olive Road P.O. Box 210103
Tucson, AZ 85719

P: 520-621-6273
F: 520-621-9444
W: https://www.creativephotography.org
E: squyresl@ccp.arizona.edu