Photography for social change – Audience Engagement Grant

The Open Society Foundation is looking for photography projects on social justice or human rights issues that provide concrete ways for photographers, organizations and their target audiences to create a positive social impact. 

Five to eight grants will be provided, ranging from $10,000 to $30,000. However, funds cannot be used to shoot new imagery. Photographers are expected to devise an innovative and effective way of using an existing body of work as a tool for social change.

 
Proposed projects should be designed to:
  • inspire audiences visually and create meaningful interactions with photographic content
  • utilize photography as the basis for programming or tools that move people beyond the act of looking and directly involve them in activities or processes that lead to concrete forms of social change
  • provide deeper, more nuanced understanding of human rights and social justice issues
  • pairs photographers with organizations that are currently working on related issues and connected to the target audience
The Audience Engagement Grant supports collaborative projects that include:
  • Photographer or Curator/Project Organizer, whose expertise is in the production or presentation of documentary photography
  • Audience Engagement Partner(s), with expertise in a specific issue and already connected to the target audience
  • OPTIONAL: Distribution Partner with expertise in the dissemination or presentation method

The deadline to apply is June 18, 2013 (5:00 p.m. EST)

More information about elegibility criteria and the application packet are found in the dedicated webpage: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/audience-engagement-grant

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