The
Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) is inviting emerging conservation, wildlife and
environmental photographers with a passion for marine subjects to apply for its
annual photography grant.
Criteria
Applicants should be serious emerging
photographers who may have become successful in their local region, but have
not been widely published in major magazines and have not earned numerous
high-profile international awards.
We prefer applicants to be under the age of 30,
but older applicants who fit the emerging criteria may also be considered.
Photographers with underwater photography skills in their repertoires are
especially encouraged to apply.
Prizes
Each year two winners will be selected. Each
winner will receive a US$2,000 cash prize and be given a paid three-week
photographic assignment to document an SOSF supported marine research
or conservation project.
SOSF has funded more than 160 projects in more
than 40 countries and the winning photographers will be assigned to tell one of
these stories. Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic Magazine photographer
and director of conservation for the Save Our Seas Foundation, and Kathy Moran,
senior editor (natural history) of National Geographic Magazine will
mentor photographers throughout the process. This assignment period will be a
learning and refining experience as well as an opportunity to earn income
through photography.
Both winners will also receive an
all-expenses-paid trip to an international photographic or conservation
conference to present their photo story. Each winner’s story will also be
published as a photo essay in the Save Our Seas Foundation’s magazine.
Important dates & deadlines
- 15 February 2014 - Application Opens
- 30 April 2014 - Application Closes
- 31 May 2014 - Winners
Announced
- July – November 2014 - Assignment
- End 2014/Beginning 2015 - Presentation Deadline
For
more information and application please visit the 2014 Marine Conservation Photography Grant page.
