The Photocrati Team is happy to announce that the 2012 Photocrati Fund is now open! The Photocrati Fund offers $5,000 grants to photographers working on important humanitarian or environmental photography projects. For more details, visit the Photocrati Fund page:
www.photocrati.com/photocrati-fund
The Photocrati Fund, now in its third year, is one of the rare options today for upfront funding of photography projects. It also means great exposure – the judges are some of the best known environmental and humanitarian photographers in the world, and the winner is announced in front of a audience of prominent photographers and editors at the Look3 Festival each year.
Take a look at the 2011 winner and top finalists:
http://vimeo.com/25148022
View it in full resolution here.
The Photocrati Fund is one of the most exciting and satisfying things we do each year. It’s deeply personal for me, because I still remember slogging in poverty through Southeast Asia, covering things like illegal logging in Borneo and various humanitarian disasters. I know a lot of dedicated photographers are out there doing the same thing today. Funding for such undertakings has always been sparse, but with changes and financial challenges in the media business, finding project funding outside of a few grants has become almost impossible. That is one of the key reasons that we remain committed to supporting great photographers doing important work.
Please consider applying, or to pass the word along to other photographers you know who are working on important environmental or humanitarian projects!
Erick Danzer is Founder & CEO of Photocrati Media.