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Latest Grant

PhMuseum 2026 Women Photographers Grant

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2nd edition

PhMuseum 2018 Women Photographers Grant

Results

Main Prize

1^st Prize
"You Don't Look Native To Me" by Maria Sturm

£5,000 plus a publication on YET Magazine, a projection at Photo Vogue Festival 2018, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.

2^nd Prize
To Set Fire To The Sea by Sinead Kennedy

£2,000 plus a publication on YET Magazine, a projection at Photo Vogue Festival 2018, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.

3^rd Prize
KKK (Quran School For Girls) by Sabiha Çimen

£1,000 plus a publication on YET Magazine, a projection at Photo Vogue Festival 2018, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.

Results

Main Prize Honourable Mentions

Out-of-the-way
by Elena Anosova

Seven Sisters
by Karolina Gembara

ABKHAZIA
by Ksenia Kuleshova

You Have Nothing To Worry About.
by Melissa Spitz

Results

New Generation Prize

New Generation Prize Recipient
Drummies by Alice Mann

£2,000 plus a mentorship with Fiona Rogers (Magnum Photos Global Business Development Director), plus a nomination for the World Press Photo 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass, a projection at Photo Vogue Festival 2018, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.

Results

New Generation Prize Honourable Mentions

A projection at Photo Vogue Festival 2018, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.

Like A Bird
by Johanna Maria Fritz

Journey To Impurity
by Maria Contreras Coll

Underland
by Tamara Merino

Results

Vogue Italia Prize #1

Prize Recipient
Deep Land by Roselena Ramistella

Selected by Alessia Glaviano, the work was published on Vogue Italia in January 2020.

Results

Vogue Italia Prize #2

Prize Recipient
Äimärautio by Kati Leinonen

Selected by Chiara Bardelli Nonino, the work was published on Vogue Italia in February 2019.

Results

Vogue Italia Prize #3

Prize Recipient
Hiding From Baba Yaga by Nanna Heitmann

Selected by Francesca Marani.

Results

Solo Exhibition At Verzasca Foto

Prize Recipient
Psyche by Ayline Olukman

Selected by the whole female team of the festival plus Alfio Tommasini, the work wins a solo show at the 2019 edition of Verzasca Foto.

Results

Main Prize Shortlist

No Blood Stained The Wattle
by Aletheia Casey

Rise
by Alexa Vachon

Drummies
by Alice Mann

Finding Freedom In The Water
by Anna Boyiazis

Psyche
by Ayline Olukman

The Sentinels: Electrosensitivity In Italy
by Claudia Gori

Santa Barbara
by Diana Markosian

Out-of-the-way
by Elena Anosova

The Dark Embrace
by Eleonora Strano

Central American Women Migration,
by Encarni Pindado

They Came From The Water While The World Watched
by Giya Makondo-Wills

Lost Family
by Gulnara Samoilova

Neverland
by Iggy Smalls

Like A Bird
by Johanna Maria Fritz

Seven Sisters
by Karolina Gembara

ABKHAZIA
by Ksenia Kuleshova

The Cracker
by Laura Pannack

The Korea Project (working Title)
by Lee Grant

THE STATE I AM IN
by Louisa Boeszoermeny

Journey To Impurity
by Maria Contreras Coll

"You Don't Look Native To Me"
by Maria Sturm

Chroma: An Ode To J.D. Okhai Ojeikere
by Medina Dugger

You Have Nothing To Worry About.
by Melissa Spitz

Lay Her Down Upon Her Back
by Roisin White

KKK (Quran School For Girls)
by Sabiha Çimen

Nobody Listened
by Sara Hylton

Venezuelan Youth
by Silvana Trevale

To Set Fire To The Sea
by Sinead Kennedy

Bittersweet On Bostwick Lane
by Susan Worsham

Faces Of Mirrors
by Suzette Luiken

Underland
by Tamara Merino

Independent jury

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Alessandra Sanguinetti

Photographer
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Aïda Muluneh

Photographer, Filmmaker and Curator
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Karen McQuaid

Senior Curator, The Photographers' Gallery
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Pamela Chen

Creative Lead, Instagram

Latest Grant

PhMuseum 2026 Women Photographers Grant

Open

Application deadline:
15 October 2026

Prizes:
€10,000 in cash, projections at PhotoVogue Festival, and more.

Apply now

Past editions

PhMuseum 2025 Women Photographers Grant

Apply now for €10,000 in cash, projections at PhotoVogue Festival, an exhibition at PhMuseum Lab and more.

PhMuseum 2024 Women Photographers Grant

Iranian Sara Abbaspour claims the First Prize, Dutch Sara Faustino receives the New Generation Prize. See all the results!

PhMuseum 2023 Women Photographers Grant

Cédrine Scheidig receives the First Prize with the project Les Mornes, Le Feu (The Dunes, The Fire). Maria Montes Duran is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project ¿Cómo Te Sientes Ahora?.

PhMuseum 2022 Women Photographers Grant

Farren Van Wyk receives the First Prize with the project Mixedness Is My Mythology. Vân-Nhi Nguyễn is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project As You Grow Older.

PhMuseum 2021 Women Photographers Grant

Ana Vallejo receives the First Prize with the project Neuromantic. Chingrimi Shimray is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Our Belongings.

PhMuseum 2020 Women Photographers Grant

Laura El-Tantawy receives the First Prize with the project I'll Die For You. Lebo Thoka is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project "It Is Well" : An Ode To Karabo.

PhMuseum 2019 Women Photographers Grant

Natalie Keyssar receives the First Prize with the project Make Me A Little Miracle. Robin Alysha Clemens is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Yo Soy Otro Tú, Tú Eres Otro.

PhMuseum 2017 Women Photographers Grant

Raphaela Rosella receives the First Prize with the project You'll Know It When You Feel It. Fabiola Cedillo is awarded the New Generation Prize with the project Los Mundos De TITA.