Earlier this week Photocrati announced a new program giving $5000 grants to photographers working on social, environmental, and humanitarian projects. From the grant page:
The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to non-professional photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. Our goal is to identify outstanding, up-and-coming photographers and give them the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world.
We will offer one grant in 2010. The application deadline is March 15, 2010, and the award will be announced in June 2010. Awardees become Photocrati Fellows for the calendar year from the announcement of their award until the announcement of the following year’s award.
Award decisions will be made by the Photocrati Fund Board, a prestigious panel that includes some of the world’s best-known environmental and cultural photographers.
Check It Out:
Announcing $5000 Photocrati Fund Grants
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Wow, too bad I don’t do any photography related to those fields. Are you going to apply? I’ll vouch for you if you need
I am interested in doing photograph.Hope i will be selected for the grant.
Hi DSLR. I wasn’t sure how to get hold of the administrators of your site but I wanted to share a project that i’m working on with you. Please have a look at out Kickstarter pledge/reward page http://kck.st/c09uOF – we are using an alternative way of raising funds by essentially taking pre-orders (with benefits, depending on the pledge amount) from an online community who want to see the project succeed. It’s an interesting concept – truly independent, community based and very inspiring. Check it out…
I hope you like it. And please spread the word!
Thanks, Stan.
Stan Engelbrecht
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Day One Publishing, South Africa
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What a great prize! its a pitty i am a professional photographer what an opportunity!
Wow, great prize. Is the contest already over? I don’t really have any photo’s in that category, but I would root for you.
When will the award be announced in June 2010? Is it already declared? Is so then who is the winner. Please make post about that. I am waiting to know about the winner. Hope I will get the info soon. All the very best for all the competitor.
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Wow, it is this kind of program that will really enable someone to pursue the art of photography in ways that might not be economically feasible otherwise. Very cool.
Hey everyone, the winner will be announced at the Look3 / LookBetween festival, which is this coming weekend. If you’ve never heard of the festival, you should check it out! I’m sure it will be posted on Photocrati shortly thereafter, but we’ll also make a post about it here.
This is a great opportunity. Thanks for sharing the news with the world.
this is a very good and well thought program.