FotoDocument Commissions

FotoDocument Commissions
Grants of £2,500 for Documentary Photographers

Each year FotoDocument will commission documentary photographers worldwide to produce photo essays on a social, cultural or environmental theme designed to educate and inspire the viewer. Whilst the stories will expose the hard facts related to the issue, there will be an emphasis on solution-focused projects and positive outcomes.

FotoDocument will produce a collection of world-class images with dynamic story lines, which have the power to motivate. The final collective of photo essays will be displayed on-line enabling worldwide exposure. They will also be exhibited in public spaces in the UK and in the country where the photographs have been taken. In addition, the photo essays will be used to create a framework for our extensive education programme.

Brief / Guidelines
FotoDocument's theme for 2010 is the Environment, one of the most pressing issues of our time. As individuals we can feel overwhelmed by the bleakness of the scientific prognosis and powerless to effect meaningful change. With so much negative news coverage, positive stories can too often be dismissed as not newsworthy enough. FotoDocument aims to redress the balance through its exhibitions and education programme which will result from the commissions

details on http://fotodocument.org/commissions.htm

Posted by Maria Kapajeva on February 9^th 2010