American Photographic Artists LGBTQIAP+ Photography Grant

APA | DC is launching this brand-new grant for emerging and established photographers who self-identify as LGBTQIAP+. This grant seeks to provide a much-needed financial contribution to photographers who often struggle to secure funding to complete their works.

The grant will award $3,000 to a recipient who will use photography as a medium to reflect and represent LGBTQIAP+ life in all its complexity and magnificence

APA | DC LGBTQIAP+ PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT

Photography is what unites us. In an effort to be a more inclusive organization, champion storytellers, and bring visibility to the LGBTQIAP+ community national platform, APA | DC establishes this grant.

Our goal is to celebrate the LGBTQIAP+ experience through photography. We are here to champion storytellers and bring visibility to the LGBTQIAP+ community national platform. The APA | DC LGBTQIAP+ Photography Grant is open to all photographers worldwide. It will be awarded based on the strength of visual portfolios and submitted artist statements.

Submissions for documentary, narrative, experimental, or episodic projects representing LGBTQIAP+ people and their communities are encouraged.

We encourage applications by people of color, transgender people, intersex people, asexual people, non-binary people, disabled people, women, and other underrepresented people and communities within the queer (or LGBTQIAP+) community.

The grant funds can be requested to support new or ongoing work at any stage of development.

Grant Value

A grant in the amount of $3000 will be awarded to one photographic artist chosen by a panel of independent jurors. This is an annual grant.

Application Period

Applications for the 2022 Grant are open on June 17, 2022, and entries close on July 18, 2022..

Eligibility

Photographers age 18+ who self-identify as LGBTQIAP+ may apply for this Grant

About APA

American Photographic Artists (APA) is an organization dedicated to the success of the professional photographer. 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.

To achieve our mission, our goals are to establish, endorse, and promote professional practices, standards, and ethics in the photographic community; to mentor, motivate, educate and inspire in the pursuit of excellence. APA strives to provide the tools and connections that photographers need to run a successful business.