CameraPro's $12,000+ Explorer's Grant opens for entries

27 September 2022

Photographic retailer CameraPro is now accepting applications for its 2022 Explorer’s Grant.

Now in its fourth year, The Explorer’s Grant provides $12,500 to assist worthy causes and raise awareness of them through photography and video.

Image: Jannico Kelk, 2021 Photography Grant recipient. Jannico's project, *Natural Australia Expeditions: The Mary River Turtle*, seeks to shed light on the critically endangered Mary River turtle and Tiaro Landcare, the grass-roots community group dedicated to protecting this unique reptile from extinction.

CameraPro describes the grant as an outstanding opportunity enabling photographers and filmmakers, either established or emerging, to enact real, positive change through their work.

The grant offers the opportunity for both financial support and exposure for a chosen cause through photography and/or videography.

Image: Paul Daley, 2021 Videography Grant recipient. Paul’s project, *Fire Lore: Indigenous Cultural Burning*, continues his work with the Githabul peoples and local fire ecologists to raise community awareness on the crucial need for indigenous land management through cultural burning.

Selected projects can last for up to six months, with a focus on Australian creatives making a positive social or environmental impact within Australia. CameraPro says it is looking for creativity that has 'impact and a strong reach.'

A total of $12,500 in funding in three categories will be available:

Photography - $5,000 funding ($3,000 for project + $2,000 for cause)
Videography- $5,000 funding ($3,000 for project + $2,000 for cause)
Junior (13-17 years old)- $2,500 funding ($1,500 for project + $1,000 for cause)

Applications close October 31st, and are open to Australian residents. Visit CameraPro's website for more, and you can also find out about the 2021 Grant recipients here.