$5000 Grant from Nikon for Women Journalists

Women Photograph in cooperation with Nikon invites female visual journalists from all around the world working in a documentary capacity to apply for the Women Photograph + Nikon Grant 2018. The aim of the grant is to support photography projects, either new or in-progress, in order to elevate the voices of women who are working as visual journalists.

Requirements include:

[1] Applicants must be female visual journalists working in a documentary capacity

[2] Applications must be submitted in English

[3] Applicants may be asked to use the promotional images explicitly in conjunction with promoting the photographer, work and grants

[4] Applicants are encouraged to submit a story, rather than singles as part of the grant application

[5] Images need to be related to the project proposal and multimedia projects are welcome

Five grants of $5,000 are available, one of which will be earmarked for a non-binary or transgender photographer.

Women Photograph is an initiative that launched in 2017 to elevate the voices of female visual journalists. The private database includes more than 700 independent women documentary photographers based in 91 countries and is available privately to any commissioning editor or organization. Women Photograph also operates an annual series of project grants for emerging and established photojournalists, a year-long mentorship program, and a travel fund to help female photographers access workshops, festivals, and other developmental opportunities. Its mission is to shift the gender makeup of the photojournalism community and ensure that our industry's chief storytellers are as diverse as the communities they hope to represent.