10/24 Deadline For Emerging Photographers To Submit Body Positive Images To Getty
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”Getty Images is launching the new #ShowNous Fellowship today, which offers two grants of $ 5,000 to emerging photographers or filmmakers wishing to submit inclusive visual stories on the theme of “Body Positivity”.
Judges will be looking for proposals that aim to shatter stereotypes and conventions through body positivity, encouraging photographers and filmmakers to celebrate the unique journeys of what it means to exist as women, men and women. non-binary people in the world. This scholarship aims to honor the set of diverse experiences, whether it is to flourish in one's body or to have a more difficult relationship with it. All experiences are valuable, welcome and appreciated. Judges will pay special attention to photographers and filmmakers who tell authentic stories of women, men and non-binary people in their local communities.
Entries will be judged by a prestigious panel of creatives including:
Imogen-Blue Hinojosa , artist and film director.
Sarah Waiswa, award-winning photographer and founder of African Women in Photography.
Shina Peng - Photographer
Firdaous El Honsali - Director of Global Communications, Dove
Reya Sehgal - Creative Ideas Manager, Getty Images
Applications will be accepted until Sunday, October 24, 2021, 11:59 PM EST. Applicants can apply online via the following link: https://grants.gettyimages.com/
In addition to the prize, winners will also be licensed for their award-winning content through GettyImages.com and iStock.com at a 100% royalty rate for content created as part of their project. The winners will also benefit from support and mentoring.
This scholarship is part of Getty Images' ongoing commitment to promote diversity in creative business content and to showcase the work and voices of women, photographers and non-binary filmmakers, as advocated by the #ShowUs project . Created in partnership with Dove, the #ShowNous collection is a library of images created by women, feminine and non-binary individuals, who are dedicated to breaking beauty stereotypes around the world.
The Getty Images Grant #MontrezNous is part of a program wider Getty Images, which since its inception has donated more than 1.8 million US dollars to photographers and filmmakers around the world.
Detail from the unattributed photo in the announcement