Getty Images and Instagram are combining to support grants for photographers using the photo-sharing site to promote images from under-represented communities around the world.
A new grant launched by Getty Images and Instagram supports photographers using Instagram to document stories from under-represented communities around the world.
Worldwide photo agency Getty Images together with Instagram has launched a new grant to support photographers who use Instagram to document stories from under-represented communities around the world. The Getty Images Instagram grant provides financial support and mentorship to amplify the impact of these Instagram users' images. Three winners will receive US $10,000, mentorship from a world-class Getty Images photographer and will be featured at the Photoville photography festival in New York City in September.
“Photographers in all corners of the world use the Instagram platform to share unique and authentic stories that otherwise rarely come into focus,” said Getty Images Senior Director of Content Partnerships, Elodie Mailliet Storm. “Getty Images is guided by our belief in the power of pictures to move the world and we're excited to collaborate with Instagram on this grant to support new and important voices."
Three winners will be selected based on the existing body of work represented on their Instagram account, focusing on the quality of their imagery, their photographic skills and on the project and stories told through their photos.
“We're inspired every day by the work being shared on Instagram by both established and aspiring photographers," said Amanda Kelso, Director of Community at Instagram. “Photographers everywhere are experimenting, stretching their creativity and offering diverse perspectives. This grant captures the global enthusiasm from photographers to continue to push their craft to new levels.”
Applications will be accepted until June 5, 2015, at 1:59 p.m. AEST. Entrants can apply online atwww.gettyimages.com/grants, where they will be required to submit a biography, a brief description of their approach, their style, the stories they have covered and how they would benefit from the grant. Instagram users can encourage photographers they follow or know to apply for the grant by using the hashtag #GettyImagesInstagramGrant. All entrants are required to complete the online application to be considered by the judges.
The judges are Kira Pollack, TIME, Director of Photography; Malin Fezehai, World Press Photo-winning Swedish-Eritrean photographer; Maggie Steber, an award-winning American photojournalist and former Miami Herald Director of Photography; David Guttenfelder, a National Geographic Photography Fellow; and Ramin Talaie, the founder of @EverydayIran.
Golden Eagle hunter on horseback, Western Mongolia. Timothy Allen/Getty Images.
Viewing icebergs in Spencer Lake, Kenai Mountains, Alaska. Moely Photos/Getty Images.
Getty Images and Instagram are combining to support grants for photographers using the photo-sharing site to promote images from under-represented communities around the world.
