[Leica] Re: Photographer Grants program

[lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

This announcement was in this morning's edition of Media Bistro.

Larry Z


Getty Images Expands Photographer Grant Program




Good news in tough times: Getty Images is expanding its grants  
program, which since 2005 has awarded professional photojournalists  
and students with cash and support for editorial photography  
projects. The imagery giant, which last summer was acquired by  
private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, has just announced Getty  
Images Grants for Good, which will award two photographers $15,000  
each "to cover costs associated with creating compelling imagery to  
raise awareness about the issues and work of a non-profit they admire."

The first two Grants for Good recipients will be announced in June at  
the Cannes Advertising Festival, with the photographers' resulting  
work showcased on Getty's website and used by the non-profit. Judges  
for the new competition will include ICP curator Christopher Phillips  
and Lesley Martin, editor and publisher of Aperture. "These grants  
enable more photographers to produce extraordinary imagery for  
important causes, supporting non-profits, NGO's, professional  
associations, and charities," said Andrew Saunders, Getty's vice  
president of imagery, in a statement issued by the company. Care to  
apply? Get to work on assembling a short written proposal outlining  
your shoot plan, a supporting portfolio, a CV/resume, a profile of  
the non-profit with whom you will partner, and a statement of the  
organization's support for the application." You have until April 15.