The American Photographic Artists (APA) has announced its first annual LGBTQIAP+ Photography Fellowship, sponsored by the APA Washington, DC Chapter (APA|DC). The LGBTQIAP grant is for emerging and established photographers to celebrate diversity, champion storytellers, and help LGBTQIAP+ photographers receive funding, recognition, and representation in the professional photography community.
The $3,000 LGBTQIAP+ Photography Fellowship is open to all photographers aged 18 and over from around the world who identify as LGBTQIAP+. Grant funds may be requested to support new or ongoing work at any stage of development and photographers do not need to be active APA members to apply.
[Read: ‘Black Women Photographers’ Grant Awards $50,000 to 12 Recipients]
“How we perceive the world influences what we create, how we create, and why we create,” says Mike Morgan, APA Section President | DC. “Our goal through this grant is to celebrate the LGBTQIAP+ experience through photography and to bring additional visibility to the LGBTQIAP+ community through our national platform.”
Submissions of documentary, narrative, experimental or episodic projects representing LGBTQIAP+ people and their communities are encouraged. The jurors will be made up of some of the industry’s top leaders, including art director Ahmad Barber, who is also co-owner of AB+DM Studio; photographer and photo editor Liz Lynch; photographer and photo editor Michael Wichita (also AARP director of photography; and director of photography Greg Garry.
Entries must be received no later than July 20, 2022 and the entry page is available through the APA | DC website.
For more information on application criteria, submission requirements, or other grant-related details, visit: apadc.com/grant
American Photographic Artists (APA) is a commercial non-profit organization created by photographers for photographers. APA exists to provide business tools and creative inspiration to help photographic artists at all levels run smarter, more creative profitable businesses.