Call for Submission - Sony World Photography Youth Competition

World Photo Organization presents Sony Youth Competition (photographers aged 12-19 years old) which aims to give more opportunities to young photographers. Judges are looking for fresh approaches to photography and images showing the vision of the young photographer. Alongside worldwide exposure with today’s leading image-makers, the Youth Photographer of the Year receives a range of Sony digital imaging equipment to nurture their vision. Take a look at the themes, deadlines and announcement dates below to keep track of when to enter your best images.

Free to enter and open to all 12-19 year-olds, asked to submit single images taken in 2020. Monthly competitions with a changing theme running from July 1 to December 31, 2020

Submission Deadline is December 31, 2020

Call for Submission - Sony World Photography Awards 2021 - Student Competition

World Photo Organization presents Sony World Student Competition which rewards and showcases the work of the world’s most talented photography students.

Open to academic institutions worldwide, students are challenged to submit a series of five to ten images responding to a particular brief. Ten shortlisted students are then chosen (one from each continent and four judges’ picks) and are flown to London to take part in exciting portfolios and photography masterclasses. 

The ten shortlisted students are each given a Sony camera to shoot a new series of images to answer a second brief. From this work, one overall Student Photographer of the Year is chosen and receives €30,000 worth of Sony digital imaging equipment for his or her institution

Submission Opens September 1st, 2020 and closes November 30th, 2020

Photoville presents - Artist Talk with Lluvia Higuera

Photoville presents Artist Talk with Lluvia Higuera

Photoville, through lesson plan Forming Your Identity, presents informative Artists Talks to reinforse collaborative portraiture, consider people who have influenced and inspired as well as reflect on how identities have been shaped, and how they want to pay it forward.

In this Artist Talk, Lluvia Higuera addresses her creative process, techniques and motivation in this Artist Talk Series. She also explains how she composes portraits, stays inspired and what photography means to her.

Call for Submission - Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant

Diversify Photo and the Pulitzer Center are offering a series of $1,000 visual reporting grants to support underreported stories told by journalists historically underrepresented in the American press. 

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the grant will prioritize stories told locally, with minimal travel required. Stories should cover the systemic, underreported issues of our time, including police brutality, the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities, environmental racism, food insecurity, the opioid crisis, and beyond.

Applicants must be freelance photojournalists and proposals must be accompanied by a letter of commitment from a news outlet with significant reach. In addition to DPxPC funding, we expect news outlets to contribute to the cost of reporting these stories. 

Applications must be received in English. There is no application fee.

Entry deadline is July 19, 2020

Job Alert - ArtCenter Fall 2020 Orientation Leader Position

The goal of an Orientation Leader is to provide new students with tools and resources necessary to succeed, so that they can become more familiar with our academic obligations, find the inspiration to achieve their fullest potential, get excited about beginning this new experience, and make connections with peers. Fall Orientation will be held virtually, and will include a mixture of self-directed “calls to action”, guided videos and tutorials, live remote meetings and workshops, and curated bundles of resource information. It is important to note that some of these admits will be working from their home states (domestic) and countries (international), just like you!

This is a paid position at $14.25 an hour with a flexible schedule. Confirmed hires will receive employment paperwork: WK8 via email. Meeting and trainings will take place as scheduled on Zoom throughout July and August. Orientation will take place during Break Week 3, Tuesday 9/8/20-Friday 9/11/20, with varied live sessions as scheduled.

Applicant Deadline: Friday, June 26th, 2020 before 12:00 pm

Job Alert - Cinematographer/Director of Photography (Star Wars Team)

Respawn Entertainment is hiring!

We’re looking for a highly skilled Cinematographer/DP to join our Star Wars team. Our ideal candidate is both knowledgeable and passionate about creating visually impacting cameras and shots to give the project it’s own unique style. We are picturing someone with strong cinematic sensibilities, who can embrace our game development philosophy and share their hard earned expertise to create an incredible experience for our players.

Call for Submission - Photobook Awards

Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography, with three major categories: First PhotoBook, PhotoBook of the Year, and Photography Catalogue of the Year. In this unprecedented year, it is all the more critical to be able to highlight excellence in book making and the creative output of the global photobook community. We look forward to sharing the shortlisted books in exhibition and in an expanded online presentation — and to announcing the winners in November.

Entry Deadline is September 11th, 2020

Call for Submission - Creatives In Quarantine

At Getty Images photography is more than our business – it's our passion. And we believe we have a responsibility to the talented artists who push our industry forward.

10 entries will be selected and awarded $2000 USD each. Additionally, the successful recipients are invited to license their award-winning content through GettyImages.com, at a 100% royalty rate for imagery created within their proposed project (please see T&Cs for details). You will also receive guidance and mentorship from one of Getty Images’ award-winning Art Directors, as well as a feature on our Creative Insights website, in addition to promotion on our relevant social channels.

Entry Deadline is June 8th, 2020

Call for Submission - Lucie Scholarship Program

Photographers make images. Visionaries teach you how to see. The Lucie Foundation is proud to support emerging talent with vision and dynamic ideas that challenge and progress the art form of still photography into work that compels. Our support of photography is broad, from Fine Art to Documentary and Photojournalism, to digital and film-based works. Our concern is to support emerging photographers producing work that is at once gripping, and original.

The Lucie Foundation is proud to offer four cash grants to support the work of emerging and established photographers.

Applications are accepted through October 31st, 2020

Call for Submission - YoungArts' National Arts Competition 2021

YoungArts’ signature program is an application-based award for emerging artists ages 15–18 or in grades 10–12 from across the United States. Selected through a blind adjudication process conducted by an independent panel of highly accomplished artists, YoungArts winners receive valuable support, including financial awards of up to $10,000, professional development and educational experiences working with renowned mentors, and performance and exhibition opportunities at some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions. Joining a 20,000-strong alumni community, they receive creative and professional development opportunities and connect with an extraordinarily rich network of peers.

Photography portfolios should demonstrate a mastery of the ability to take risks, develop an idea through a series of images, showcase a range of experimentation, and clearly articulate visual and conceptual ideas.

Entry Deadline is October 16th, 2020