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2016 FotoVisura Grant

Visura   /   Deadline: 02/29/16

The Grant empowers photographers by supporting the production and development of a long-term personal photography project. Visura awards one winner with a $5000.00 cash prize. Other photographers are recognized with various levels of recognition from finalist to honorable mention.

The Grant has a three-tiered mission:
1. Support a personal project that brings awareness to a socio-cultural and/or political cause relevant to today’s world.
2. Recognize photographers for their images, stories, and dedication.
3. Present to key industry editors photographers' personal project.

Former FotoVisura Grant winners are: Justin Maxon, Erin Trieb, Andrea Gjestvang, Javad Parsa, and Álvaro Laíz.

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Location

International

Eligibility

Your application must include the items listed below. The grant is open to active Visura members with a Plus, PRIME or GUILD account. There is no application fee.

1. Projects may be ongoing or recently completed unpublished personal projects
2. Limit one project per photographer
3. You may submit a project that is 'published' or 'private' within the Visura system
4. Applicants must commit to be active Visura members through February 2017
5. Applicants must be willing to link their Visura news blog with any publication that writes asking to feature the recognized work

Evaluation Criteria

Visura will be accepting submissions from Monday, January 25th through Monday, February 29th, 2016 at 11:59pm EST. The judging process will take place in three rounds. The winner will be announced by the last week of April 2016. The finalists and honorable mentions will also be announced at this time.

This year's judges:
Beth Flynn : Deputy Photo Editor, The New York Times
Jean-Francois Leroy : Director, Visa pour l'Image - Perpignan
Clinton Cargill : Director of Photography, Bloomberg Business
Kate Bubacz : Senior Photo Editor, BuzzFeed
Michael Wichita : Director of Photography, AARP

W: http://visura.co/grant/submit
E: info@fotovisura.com