Three Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography will be given away to photojournalists in September this year. Getty Images awards five grants each year to fund, inspire and support the best global talent in photojournalism. Each grant consists of $20,000 plus project execution support from Getty Images editors. Applications should include a short written proposal to explain the photographer’s chosen project, and a supporting portfolio from the applicant’s previous work. The closing date is May 15th 2008.

Getty Images Press Release

APPLICATIONS DUE MAY 15, 2008, FOR NEXT $20,000

GETTY IMAGES GRANTS FOR EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Ruth Eichhorn, Jean-Francois Leroy and Tom Stoddart to select three winners

SEATTLE – April 23, 2008 – Photojournalists may apply by May 15, 2008 for one of three Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography to be announced in September.

Getty Images awards five grants totaling $100,000 each year to fund, inspire and support the best global talent in photojournalism. Two are awarded in February; three in September.

Each grant consists of $20,000 plus project execution support from Getty Images editors. While retaining copyright of their imagery, grant recipients also have the option to sign a one-year exclusive rights deal with Getty Images, enabling their grants project imagery to be marketed and available for license to editorial customers at www.gettyimages.com.

Grant application and submission guidelines, plus additional information on previous winners, their projects and the judges can be found at www.gettyimages.com/editorial-grants.

The following judges will review all applications and select the three grant recipients.
·      Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography, GEO Magazine, Germany
·      Jean-Francois Leroy, Director General, Visa Pour l’Image, France
·      Tom Stoddart, Photojournalist, Getty Images, UK
·      One additional judge will be announced prior to the judging.

Applications include a short written proposal to explain the scope, significance and journalistic merit of the photographer’s chosen project, along with a supporting portfolio from the applicant’s previous work.

Aidan Sullivan, Vice President Photo Assignments for Getty Images, comments: “The grant program is international in scope, most recently attracting entries from 29 countries. The next judging will be held in London, for three grants that will be announced at Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan this September. For the first time, the grants will be presented as an official part of the festival. Earlier this year, grants were awarded to the well known documentary photographer, Lorena Ros, and to Ian Martin, who was virtually unknown within the world of photojournalism. His entry greatly impressed the judges and his selection validates Getty Images’ practice of presenting anonymous grant applications to the judges, enabling them to focus entirely on the quality of the work and proposed project.”

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