The Ronan Guillou Grant is launched as part of the CIVIS MARITIMUS program, which aims to explore the relationship between Man and the Sea, and to challenge the essential issues facing the Ocean. The CIVIS MARITIMUS program, developed by the Eyes Wide Open association, aims to explore the relationship between man and the sea, in order to restore a common sense to our cultures and challenge the essential issues facing the ocean.

In 2025, with the support of the city of Sète and M28 lands of culture, CIVIS MARITIMUS is inviting two European photographers and/or photographers from the southern shores of the Mediterranean to produce a photographic project based on the same territory – the Occitanie region – and focusing on social, cultural, ecological and/or heritage issues linking human beings and the marine world.