American Photographic Artists LGBTQIAP+ Photography Grant 2025

  • Opens
    1 Jun 2025
  • Deadline
    30 Jun 2025
  • Link
  • Entry fee
    FREE
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One United States-based photographer from the LGBTQIAP+ community will be selected to receive a $3,000 grant.

Overview

APA | DC presents the annual LGBTQIAP+ Photography Grant for emerging and established photographers who self-identify as LGBTQIAP+. This grant seeks to provide a much-needed financial contribution to photographers struggling to secure funding to complete their projects. 

Their goal is to celebrate the LGBTQIAP+ experience through photography, bringing visibility to the LGBTQIAP+ community's national platform and cultivating a safe space for funding, recognition, and representation in our professional photographic community.

Practical Info

The APA | DC LGBTQIAP+ Photography Grant is open to photographers residing within the United States and its territories and can support new or in-progress projects.

Submissions for documentary, narrative, experimental, or episodic projects representing LGBTQIAP+ people and their communities are encouraged. This grant is intended to support camera-based photography projects, and not those produced solely through the use of AI. 

One selected photographer will receive a $3,000 grant.

About APA

APA is a non-profit trade organization built by photographers for photographers. Offering business tools and creative inspiration, it helps photographers run a smarter, more creative, and profitable business. Through its local chapters, APA offers a sense of community, inspiration, and networking to reinforce the local photographic market. APA helps to keep our profession strong, advocating on behalf of all members to keep the photo industry dynamic, influential, and robust. APA strives to provide the tools and connections that photographers need to run a successful business. 

The APA | DC chapter covers the Mid-Atlantic region. Our mission is to create a diverse and inclusive photographic community that supports all photographers at every level in their career and champions the rights of image makers worldwide.

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