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12th edition
PhMuseum 2024 Photography Grant
© Jaclyn Wright
Results
Main Prize
1st Prize
High Visibility (Blaze Orange)
by Jaclyn Wright
2nd Prize
Spell Of The Caspian Lotus
by Khashayar Javanmardi
3rd Prize
Dead Letter Room
by Allie Tsubota
Results
Main Prize Honourable Mentions
The vibrant orange of Jaclyn Wright’s High Visibility catches my gaze and draws me in. The traces of various activities - photographs, maps, archival photos, installations, and performances - are unified and comfortably harmonized by the bright orange and its complementary color, blue. The viewer is naturally driven by the urge to try to understand the message intended by the artist. I’m impressed by the sensitivity with which the chaos is comfortably controlled, as well as the truly free approach to the photographic medium.
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New Generation Prize
New Generation Prize Recipient
Techniques Of The Liar
by Shelli Weiler
Results
New Generation Prize Honourable Mentions
Shelli Weiler’s Techniques of the Liar takes us into an uncertain zone, where human behaviour seems like half-rehearsed ritual. Is this a fiction being documented? Or life being dramatized by the camera? Both. Weiler works as a film set photographer and special effects make-up artist, often on horror films in which violence against women is frequently part of the genre. She’s interested in rote gesture and formula, but alert to chance and the contingencies of life. Full of strange detail and clipped narrative, there’s a lot to look at, and a lot to think about here.
Results
A Solo Exhibition at PhEST
Prize Recipient
ESPERANTO
by Matthias Jung
Results
A Solo Exhibition at Getxophoto
Prize Recipient
Family
by Spasi Sohrani
Results
A Solo Exhibition at PhMuseum Lab
Prize Recipient
That Moment When You Can See The Crack In The World
by Matthieu Croizier
Three years ago, Ukranian artist Spasi Sohrani started a photographic collaboration with her parents inverting the usual terms of the dressing-up game. "They are like those children whose mother puts them in front of the Christmas tree dressed in special clothes to take a photo for the family album. While the mother spends her time looking for the best angle, the girl looks at the camera with a frown because she is bored and she is uncomfortable dressed like this", she says. For Sohrani, who began her career as an advertising photographer of objects, Family is a reinterpretation of the memories of parents and children from an adult perspective. Separated by war and with few occasions to meet, the project has become a channel to return to what each remembers from that common past.
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6 Free Online Portfolio Reviews from PhMuseum Education
Results
Shortlisted Projects Screening at International Photo Festivals
About
PhMuseum 2024 Photography Grant
General Info
The PhMuseum Photography Grant is an annual initiative that recognises the importance of photography and visual storytelling.
Over the years it has grown into a leading photography prize, with previous editions having awarded work by photographers like Max Pinckers, Poulomi Basu, Jacob Aue Sobol, Diana Markosian, Alejandro Cartagena, Bieke Depoorter, Camille Lévêque, and Tomas van Houtryve, among many others. Now in its 12th edition, the initiative is designed to support the production and promotion of visual projects through cash prizes, exhibitions at international festivals, educational activities and exposure on online media.
The theme is open. All approaches are welcome, from traditional documentary photography to experimental ways of telling a story or sharing a concept. Applicants retain full image copyrights. You can see all the prizes and learn how to apply below, while you can check FAQs here. Thanks for considering this opportunity and best of luck with your applications!
Prizes
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$10,000 in cash prizes
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1st Prize$5,000, plus a projection at PhMuseum Days 2024 and Kranj Foto Fest, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.
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2nd Prize$2,000, plus a projection at PhMuseum Days 2024 and Kranj Foto Fest, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.
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3rd Prize$1,000, plus a projection at PhMuseum Days 2024 and Kranj Foto Fest, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.
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New Generation$2,000, plus a projection at PhMuseum Days 2024 and Kranj Foto Fest, and promotion on the PhMuseum channels.
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A Solo Exhibition at PhEST
OpenPhEST's team will select a work from all the submissions to be granted a solo show during the 9th edition of the festival to be held in Monopoli, Italy in September 2024.
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A Solo Exhibition at Getxophoto
OpenMaria Ptqk, head curator of Getxophoto, will select a project from all the submissions to be awarded an exhibition during the 18th edition of the festival which will be held in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain in June 2024. In addition to the show production, the winner will receive an artist fee of €400 and accommodation for 2 nights during the Opening Week.
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A Solo Exhibition at PhMuseum Lab
OpenPhMuseum's Director Giuseppe Oliverio will select a project among all of the submissions to be exhibited at PhMuseum LAB, Bologna Italy, in January 2025. The prize includes travel, accomodation and production costs.
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Projections at International Photo Festivals
OpenAll up to 40 shortlisted projects will be screened at PhMuseum Days 2024 and Kranj Foto Fest 2024 international photography festivals.
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6 Free Online Portfolio Reviews from PhMuseum Education
OpenOur team will select 6 photographers from all the applicants, who can select a free 60-minute online portfolio review with a mentor of their choice from the PhMuseum Education individual program.
