Canon Female Photojournalist Grant 2024

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About Canon Female Photojournalist Grant

For the twenty-fourth year in a row, Canon and Visa pour l’Image will be presenting the prestigious Canon Female Photojournalist Grant to an outstanding photographer in recognition of her contribution to photojournalism.

This year, the event will feature Anastasia Taylor-Lind (2023 winner) on the civilian experience of war in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Award winners

• 2023Anastasia Taylor-Lind

• 2022Natalya Saprunova

• 2021Acacia Johnson

• 2020Sabiha Çimen

• 2019Anush Babajanyan

• 2018Laura Morton

• 2017Catalina Martin-Chico

• 2016Darcy Padilla

• 2015Anastasia Rudenko

• 2014Viviane Dalles

• 2013Mary F. Calvert

• 2012Sarah Caron

• 2011Ilvy Njiokiktjien

• 2010Martina Bacigalupo

• 2009Justyna Mielnikiewicz

• 2008Brenda Ann Kenneally

• 2007Axelle de Russé

• 2006Véronique de Viguérie

• 2005Claudia Guadarrama

• 2004Kristen Ashburn

• 2003Ami Vitale

• 2002Sophia Evans

• 2001Magali Delporte

 

• Sponsor Organisation: Canon

Benefits of Canon Female Photojournalist Grant

• The grant of €8,000 provides funding to support a compelling new project which will be featured as an exhibition at the 2025 festival.

Canon Female Photojournalist Grant Requirements

The conditions are as follows:
- applicants must have completed at least one photo-reportage (published or unpublished)
- applicants must be professional photojournalists
- applicants must be able to write and speak in French and/or English The application dossier will include the following items:

1- a signed application form,

2- a copy of the Applicant’s identity card or passport,

3- an affidavit stating that the candidate is a professional photojournalist (attestation of honor written by the photographer or from an agency or from a newspaper)

4- a curriculum vitae,

5- a letter in support of the application including a description of the photo- reportage project (maximum 1 typed page). This letter must remain anonymous and must not contain anything that would allow the candidate to be identified.

6- a projected budget for the photo-reportage project for which the Grant is to be used if obtained.
If the financing of the project is to be extended to other partners, these must be approved by Canon and Images Evidence who reserve the right not to cite them,

7- a photo-reportage in black and white or colour: between 10 and 20 pictures
Material specifications for .jpg
- low resolution .jpg
- with captions written in the File Info field (no mention of copyright in the IPTC files)
- only JPEG accepted (no TIFF or PSD)
- maximum images size : 3 MB
- Each Picture file has to be numbered without mentioning the name of the photographer (01, 02, 03, ...) in the order the photograph would like them to be shown to the jury
The folder must be clearly labelled with the name of the Applicant

Application Date and Process

• Download the application form and apply 

Application Deadline

21 May, 2024

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