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From: Ambreen Qureshi <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Subject: [GPIA] Fwd: New grant opportunity for documentary photographers

 The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project (
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography) and Arts and Culture Network
Program (http://www.soros.org/initiatives/arts) have announced a new grant
opportunity for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the Caucasus,
Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan.



Approximately 20 grants in the amount of $3,500 each will be awarded to
photographers to produce a discrete body of work on a current human rights
or social justice issue in the region.   The competition is open to
photographers from the following countries:  Afghanistan, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Preference will be given to applicants who
currently reside in their home country.  Exceptions will be made for
applicants from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan living outside their home
country.   Applicants from other countries may also be eligible if they can
demonstrate a long-term commitment to one of the designated countries (for
example, by having lived and worked in one of the countries for many years).




Grantees will be assigned an internationally recognized photographer as a
mentor throughout the grant period.  Mentors and grantees will participate
in two workshops.  The first workshop, at the beginning of the grant term,
will consist of portfolio review, shooting and editing, discussion of
proposed projects, and technical requirements/issues.  The second workshop,
at the end of the grant period, will consist of preparing a final edit of
the projects and examining options for the continuation of the project and
the distribution of the work.  Workshops will last for five days each and
will be held in Central Asia and the Caucasus.  Translation will be provided
if necessary.  All workshop expenses, including travel and accommodations,
will be paid by the Open Society Institute.

The deadline for proposals is March 20, 2009 and more information on the
grant can be found at:
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/photography/focus_areas/production/guidelines