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The Open Society Documentary Photography Project and Arts and Culture Program announce a grant and training opportunity for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan. The grant is being offered to:

•visually document issues of importance in the region; and
•provide training and support to photographers from the region.
Approximately 10 cash stipends in the amount of $3,500 each will be awarded to photographers to produce a photo essay on a current human rights or social issue in the region. Grantees will participate in two master-level workshops on visual storytelling through photography and multimedia. These workshops are led by internationally recognized photographers and industry professionals who will then provide ongoing mentorship and support throughout the six-month grant term.

Details & Information
The six-month grant program will provide up to 10 regionally based photographers with:

•Cash Stipend
•Audio equipment and software
•Two advanced training workshops
•Ongoing Coaching/Mentorship throughout the grant period
•Deadlines to keep your project on track
•Publicity and promotion of the work produced
•Opportunity for follow-up support to distribute the finished work
Grant Term
The grant will begin in July 2011 and end in late January or early February 2012.

Grant
Approximately 10 cash stipends in the amount of $3,500 each, plus audio equipment and software purchased by the Open Society Foundations on behalf of grantees, will be awarded to photographers to assist in the production of a discrete body of work on a proposed topic. The cash stipend can be used for project expenses, new equipment, film and developing costs, the photographer’s time to work on the project, etc.

Mentorship
Grantees will be assigned an internationally recognized photographer as a mentor throughout the grant period. Past mentors include Antonin Kratochvil (http://www.antoninkratochvil.com/) and Yuri Kozyrev (http://www.noorimages.com/photographers/yurikozyrev/). Grantees will be asked to upload images every month during the six-month grant period, which they can then discuss with their mentors and receive feedback.

Workshops
Mentors and grantees will participate in two workshops. The first workshop, in July 2011, will consist of audio and multimedia training, shooting and editing, discussion of proposed projects, and portfolio review. Bob Sacha taught audio and multimedia in the past. The second workshop, in Jan/Feb 2012, will consist of preparing a final edit of the projects with mentors, working with internationally recognized picture editors, and examining options for the continuation of the project and the distribution of the work. Past editors include MaryAnne Golon and Andrei Polikanov.

The first workshop will last for seven days and the second workshop will last for five days. In 2010, the two workshops were held in Istanbul, Turkey. Translation from Russian to English will be provided if necessary. Translation from other languages will not be provided.

The Open Society Foundations will pay travel and hotel expenses and provide a per diem to cover meals and incidentals for the workshops.

Collaboration
Cooperation with other Open Society Foundations programs will be encouraged.

Publicity and Promotion
Upon completion of the project, the Open Society Foundations will publish grantees’ projects on our web site, promote the projects through Facebook, and facilitate connections with photo editors, curators, festivals, and exhibitions to help the work get seen by a broader audience. (There are no guarantees about publication.)

Rights to Work and Licensing
By participating in the grant program, you grant the Open Society Foundations a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, and worldwide license to the images you create pursuant to the grant (“Portfolio Images”) for the following:

•Web and exhibition use, in perpetuity: to publish, distribute, and make derivative works from your Portfolio Images on the internet, including the Open Society Foundations-related websites and in Open Society Foundations-related traveling exhibitions.
•Print rights, for two years: to publish and distribute the Portfolio Images in any Open Society Foundations print publication for a period of two years after the grant period is complete
Distribution
Upon completion of the project, grantees will have the opportunity to apply for additional support to distribute the finished work. This can include funds for exhibition, publication, advocacy-based projects, and creating of visual resources.

Selection Process
Work will be reviewed internally by Open Society Foundations staff and a group of finalists will be chosen. Those finalists’ proposals will then be carefully reviewed by the master photographer mentors, plus a jury of Open Society Foundations staff and outside reviewers familiar with the region. Applicants will be judged on the strength of their images, their potential for professional growth, and the relevance of their proposed subject to the Open Society Foundations.

Areas of Interest
Proposed projects should address a specific problem of social justice or human rights in one or more of the eligible countries. Listed below are topics that are of interest to the Open Society Foundations. Please note that applicants are welcome to submit a proposal on a different topic not included on this list.

•gender and sexual rights
•ethnic minorities
•migration
•LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex) issues
•Statelessness and citizenship
•Pre-trial detention
•War crimes and crimes against humanity
•religious freedom
•climate change and environmental challenges
•urban renewal and transformation
•public health issues including but not limited to tuberculosis, HIV. and, AIDS
•drug policy and narcotics
•resource development and exploitation
•forced and child labor
•domestic violence
•small and microenterprise business development
•life in rural communities
•regional and ethnic integration
•youth activism
•institutionalized children
Grants may be used to begin a new project that can be completed in the six-month timeframe of the grant, or to complete work on an existing project.

Eligibility
•The competition is open to photographers from the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
•Applicants must 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).
•Both emerging and well-established photographers are eligible to apply. Photographers who have not specialized in documentary photography will be considered as long as the proposed work is documentary in nature.
•Applicants must speak English or Russian.
•Participants must be able to attend both workshops (in July 2011 and January or February 2012) and commit themselves to working and communicating consistently over the six months of the grant term.
•Collaborative projects will be considered and applicants from different countries may apply together (in which case each photographer will receive a $3,500 grant).
History and Background
At the core of the grant program is the desire to support creative work that uses photography as a means of critically exploring current social problems. The program was created to support artists from the region who will contribute to civil society in their home countries, and when appropriate bring those issues to an international stage through longer term documentary work rather than news photography. Based on our experience with prior grant programs and workshops for photographers, grantees have the best chance for personal and professional growth through guided artistic development, project assistance, and professional education. We are also responding to a lack of affordable, advanced training programs for photographers in the region, which will enable them to compete in international markets.

We are also committed to furthering public dialogue around issues relevant to the work of the Open Society Foundations. As such, proposals will be carefully judged by Open Society Foundations staff and outside advisors to ensure that the issues are urgent and timely.

Application Instructions
To apply, please go to http://apply.docphoto.soros.org.

Deadline
The deadline for applications is December 3, 2010, 6pm EST.


Contact Information
Quito Ziegler
Exhibition Producer and Outreach Coordinator
Open Society Documentary Photography Project
qziegler@sorosny.org