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9 min readJun 21, 2016

“The best images are the ones that retain their strength and impact over the years, regardless of the number of times they are viewed.” — Anne Geddes

Photography is a profession of passionate people, who make a photograph for people not just to see, but also to feel the essence of emotions captured in it. A photograph crosses all the boundaries taking people to places they have never been to and most importantly, making them break the silence and start a conversation, irrespective of their nationalities, language and culture. Such is the power of a photograph which contains the humanity of the moment.

With the hope to retain such power in the photographs, we have collected resources for those who wish to move in to the past and simultaneously look into the future and bring both to the present, leaving an imprint on our lives, forever.

Reading List:

8 Must-Watch TED Talks on Photography — 8 inspiring talks on photography.
Create photographs you will be proud to share — Learn online on Coursera by educators at Michigan State University
The Beginners Guide to Composition in Food Photography: How to Transform your Food Photos from Good to Bloody Beautiful — For the Foodie Photographers
Photography: The Whole Story — an appetizer to photography. For anyone interested in learning how photography has evolved as an art.
The Best Six Photobooks of 2015 — A curated list for you to have a good time reading.
RSVP for one of the best photography tutorials at CreativeLive — Learn for free
18 Great Photography blogs you must be reading — To stay updated with the latest photography trends
5 YouTube channels to become a pro in Photography — Because videos are the best to learn from!
List of online courses to master Photography — Includes both free and paid ones

Books to Read:

Why It Does Not Have to be In Focus: Modern Photography Explained — from portraits to documentary images and from abstractions to landscapes, the author identifies 100 important images that are emblematic of innovation in modern photography.
Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image — beautiful and inspiring book on visual language and poetic image.
The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression
Humanity: A Celebration of Friendship, Family, Love & Laughter - A book for those who wish to capture life.
A list of essential books that every photographer must read

Scholarships & Grants:

Getty Images — Prestige Grant Apply between July 16 — August 16
The Tim Hetherington Grant is an annual 20,000 euro grant awarded to a visual journalist to finalize an ongoing project on a human rights theme.
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and Fund (DFP) is is a resource for independent documentary filmmakers worldwide working on cinematic documentaries focused on human rights and contemporary-issue themes.
The Royal Photographic Society offers some bursaries for new projects: in partnership with The Photographic Angle it offers two, one-year bursaries (£3,000) to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness. In partnership with the Guardian, it administers The Joan Wakelin Bursary of £2000 for the production of a photographic essay on an overseas social documentary issue.
The Reminders Project Asian Photographers Grant offers financial support of up to US$3,000 for a in-depth photographic documentation in Asia. The awarded project will be shown at the 2012 Angkor Photo Festival. The grant is open to all Asian photographers with no age limit. Applicants who are ethnically Asian, but who were born or are currently residing outside of Asia are also eligible.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funds international travel costs associated with reporting projects on topics and regions of global importance, with an emphasis on issues that have gone unreported or under-reported in the mainstream American media. The amount of individual travel grants will depend on the specific project and detailed budget planning. Most awards fall in the range of $2,000 to $10,000 but depending on project specifics may be as much as $20,000.
National YoungArts Foundation — Photography Only for 15–18 years old US citizens or permanent residents; Deadline : October 14, 2016
Studying or planning to study at New York Film Academy — Apply here!
Pratt — Gold/Silver Award in General Art or Photography
The National Press Photographers Association has a Short Grants program, five grants of $3,000 each that will be awarded to support photojournalists who are creating compelling picture stories in their communities.
The APA / Lucie Foundation Scholarship offers one grant of $5,000 awarded to a professional photographer beginning a new project idea, or for a work in progress of a specific series.
Photographers around the world are encouraged to submit entries focusing on lives and populations ravaged by war, famine, poverty, religious persecution, political oppression, forced migration, and other social injustices. The winning submission will be awarded a Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Grant of $5,000 to be utilized for the production or completion of a social documentary project. The shortlisted photographers will be exhibited in Arles at Galerie Huit during Les Rencontres d’Arles. Photographers of all nationalities who are at least 18 years of age are encouraged to apply. Annual, with March deadline.
Photogrvphy — Submit entries — Awards $1000 annually to the applicant with the most inspirational photographic idea to support his visual project.
The IRP Fellowships in International Journalism are grants given to U.S. journalists to report overseas on key international issues, particularly stories that are neglected by the mainstream media.
International Photography Awards — Be awarded the coveted Lucie statue, receive global exposure and $22,500 in cash prizes. Deadline : July 31, 2016
The M. Reichmann Grant — For Emerging Photographers Deadline : June 30, 2016
The Luminous Landscape Grant — For Landscape Photographers Deadline : June 30, 2016
LensWork Publication Skills Grant — Open to both photographers and educators Deadline : June 30, 2016
Light Work — Artist-in-Residence program Deadline : July 1, 2016
Firecracker — supporting women photographers Deadline : July 31, 2016
Reminders Photography Stronghold Grant Deadline : August 15, December 15
Blue Earth’s Grant — Meet their mission of educating people about critical environments and social issues Deadline : July 20, 2016
FotoEvidence Book Award — For Documentary Photographer whose project demonstrates courage and commitment in addressing a violation of human rights, a significant injustice or an assault on human dignity. Deadline: January 15, 2017
The Aaron Siskind Foundation’s Individual Photographer’s Fellowship (IPF) grant program encourages and celebrates artistic achievement in contemporary photography by supporting the creative endeavors of artists working in still photography and photography-based media.
The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace.
The Alicia Patterson Foundation’s mission is to foster, promote, sustain and improve the best traditions of American journalism. The Foundation will provide support for journalists engaged in rigorous, probing, spirited, independent and skeptical work that will benefit the public. The Foundation will support journalism and will foster a community of journalists engaged in truthfully informing the public.
Alexia Foundation Grants: the professional Alexia Grant was not established with the single purpose of rewarding the best photographers — this is not a portfolio competition.
The Alexia Foundation’s Women’s Initiative Grant will provide a $25,000 grant for a project to be produced on a significant issue involving and affecting women.
The Emerging Photographer Grant ($15,000) is provided by the Magnum Foundation, and given to support ongoing work by a young documentary photographer nominated by the burn community.
The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography (US$30,000) is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts, follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s concerned photography and dedicated compassion exhibited during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist.
Canon Female Photojournalism Award — Organised annually by the French Association des Femmes Journalistes and Canon France, the contest has run since 2000. The winning photographer receives €8000 to finish a photojournalistic project, which will then be shown the following year at the Visa pour l’Image festival. The competition is opened to women photojournalists of any age and nationality.
The Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award aims to support photojournalism since it demands courage, audacity, freedom and determination. (Enter this site and find ‘Le Prix du photojournalisme’).
The annual Project Development Grant was initiated to help a photographer complete a work in progress, and the Project Launch Award helps the completion and dissemination of a project. Open to all photographic fine-art and documentary projects or series. See the overview of all of CENTER’s Awards and Grants for the year.
The Lange-Taylor Prize (US$10,000) is open to documentary artists of any age and nationality who are involved in extended, ongoing fieldwork projects that rely on and exploit, in intriguing and effective ways, the interplay of words and images in the creation and presentation of their work.
The Emaho Foundation’s grant honours an emerging photographer from Asia. It provides US$ 5000 to complete an ongoing photo project.
The Ernest Cole Photographic Award has been established to stimulate creative work in photography in Southern Africa. The emphasis will be on creative responses to South African society. The award, worth £13,000 or $21,000 will be managed by the University of Cape Town library, and offers a unique opportunity for photographers to complete an existing project.
The aim of Journalismfund.eu, the European Fund for Investigative Journalism, is to promote quality journalism in Europe by giving journalists the chance to carry out journalistic research projects.
The FIJ’s Board of Directors meets periodically throughout the year to consider grant applications for investigative projects and books.
The Gomma Photography Grant offers €1,000 for an on-going project that is to be completed within 18 months of submission.
The Ian Parry Scholarship is designed to award young documentary photographers with a bursary that will enable them to undertake a chosen project and raise their profile in the international photographic community. It is for for young photographers who are either attending a full-time photographic course or are under 24, and is worth £3,500.
The annual Inge Morath Award is given to a woman photographer under thirty years of age, to assist in the completion of a long-term documentary project.

Internships:

International Center of Photography — Cataloguing Intern — New York
The Center For Photography at Woodstock — Digital Lab Internship
Marine Laboratory and Aquarium — Photography Internship — Florida
School of Wonder — Photography Internship Apply as soon as possible
Houston Center of Photography — Exhibitions Intern, Development Intern, Education Intern, Museum Education Intern, Outreach Intern, Publications and Design Intern Fall Deadline : August 1, 2016 and Spring Deadline : November 1, 2016

Jobs:

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