Call for Submissions | The MFON Legacy Grant 2018
Women Photographers
of the African Diaspora (MFON) calls for photography submissions for the
inaugural MFON Legacy Grant 2018.
The goal of MFON is
to support emerging and mid-career women photographers of the African diaspora.
With that in mind, MFON is offering a $1,000 grant to assist with the
continuation and/or completion of an existing fine art or documentary project
or the launch of a new idea. The recipient of the MFON legacy grant will also
have their winning work included in the upcoming edition of MFON: Women
Photographers of the African Diaspora and will be invited to future panel talks
and workshops. The winning works should be ready to publish by July 1, 2018. We
are looking for submissions that have not been distributed and/or published.
The applicant
self-identifies as a woman of African descent.
We are currently only
accepting applications from individuals.
A complete
application will include:
·
A cohesive body of work consisting of 8 to 10 still images sized at 1200
pixels on the longest dimension and 72 dpi in JPEG format. All works created by
any photographic process are accepted. Files must be labeled as first name,
last name, underscore then number (for example, NnekaJohnson_01, etc)
Watermarked images will not be accepted.
·
A CV or resume
·
A biography of 150 words maximum
·
An artist statement of 100 words maximum
·
A description of the submitted images of 300 words maximum. The
description must include personal or professional relevance or a social and/or
historical context.
Please note: bio,
resume, project description and artist statement should be in a single PDF
document
There is no entry
fee. Incomplete applications will be not be considered.
PLEASE SEND COMPLETE APPLICATIONS TO MFONLEGACYGRANT@GMAIL.COM
Copyright is retained
by the photographer. The applicant must be author of the photograph.
The deadline is
Thursday, May 31, 2018, 11:59pm PST.
The recipient will be
announced on June 15, 2018
MFON Legacy Grant
Judges
Sandra Stevenson –
Visual Editor, The New York Times
Nicole Crowder –
Photography Editorial Consultant
Danielle Jackson –
Curator, Writer
Sema Eissen – Estate
of Mmekutmfon ‘Mfon’ Essien
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