Getty Images calls for entries for 2013 Creative Grants
Howard Lake | 6 February 2013 | News
Getty Images is inviting entries for its 2013 Creative Grants programme. This year it is boosting the value of its two cash prizes from $15,000 to $20,000.
The two grants will be given to "facilitate collaboration between photographers, filmmakers, agency creatives and nonprofits to create a visual campaign that promotes positive change". The grants, now in their fifth year, are open to nonprofits and charities around the world.
Participants will be judged on their technical, organizational and storytelling abilities, as well as their innovative use of creative and conceptual imagery and video.
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Andrew Saunders, Senior Vice President of Creative Content for Getty Images, said: "By bringing together compelling visual content and strategic communications planning, the Creative Grants program provides an important avenue for the creation of influential campaigns that have the power to elevate awareness and further the mission of worthy causes."
Is it worth applying?
In 2012 Getty Images received just over 75 applications from 20 countries for the two grants.
How to apply
The application has to be submitted by the photographer or film-maker. The grant itself will be split equally between the photographer and the communications agency, to fund their involvement in the project. That said, either partner is permitted, if they wish, to pass on all or part of the funding to the charity.
Grant applications will be accepted from 1 February to 1 March 2013.
Other Getty Images funding
Getty Images also offers:
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Grants for Editorial Photography, empowering professional photojournalists to create compelling social, political and cultural stories. The grants are awarded each year at the Visa pour l’Image international photojournalism festival held in Perpignan, France.
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Emerging Talent Award for young photographers
- The Chris Hondros Fund in partnership with the fund set up in memory of the photojournalist
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