Françoise Demulder Photography Grants 2025

Since 2020, the French Ministry of Culture and the Festival Visa pour l’Image - Perpignan will be presenting two production Grants for Female Photojournalists in recognition of their contribution to photojournalism. Each grant is €8,000.

Overview

The Françoise Demulder Photography Grants is presented to female photojournalists in activity who wish to cover a social, economic, political or cultural subject in a journalistic manner, on presentation of a dossier, including the documents and works stipulated below. The Grants will be given to two individual photojournalists and not to a group, without any consideration of their nationalities. The Grants are given in order to allow the winners to carry out the photo-reportage which has been presented for the Grants or to achieve a started project.

These grants, dedicated to women photojournalists, pay tribute to Françoise Demulder - a French war photographer and the first woman to win the World Press Photo, in 1977. 

Practical Info

Applicants must meet the following conditions to be eligible: they must be professional photojournalists who have completed at least one photo-reportage, whether published or unpublished. Ability to write and speak in French or English, is required. Additionally, submitted images must be free from any form of artificial intelligence; this includes images that have been created, generated, composited, or altered using AI-based software, tools, or technologies.

The application dossier must include the following documents: a signed application form; a copy of the applicant’s identity card or passport; an affidavit confirming the applicant’s status as a professional photojournalist, which may take the form of a self-declaration, a statement from an agency or newspaper, or a press card; a curriculum vitae; and a one-page anonymous letter supporting the application and describing the proposed photo-reportage project, without any identifying information about the candidate. Additionally, applicants must provide a projected budget for the project, noting that any co-financing partners must be approved by Visa pour l’Image–Perpignan and the French Ministry of Culture, who reserve the right not to mention them. Finally, the dossier must include a photo-reportage, in either black and white or color, comprising between 10 and 20 images.

The jury, all members being recognized figures in the field of photography, shall award the Grants by judging the professional qualities of the applicants, the photographs submitted, and the relevance and originality of the project. 

About Visa pour l’Image

Visa pour l'Image is an international photojournalism festival established in 1989, which takes place annually in the entire city of Perpignan, France. This is the main and most important festival of photojournalism in France and runs from late August to mid-September for a period of 15 days.