{"id":6315,"date":"2012-04-03T10:38:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T15:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediastorm.com\/blog\/?p=6315"},"modified":"2012-04-03T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T15:38:23","slug":"the-open-society-announces-the-2012-grant-for-photographers-from-central-asia-the-south-caucasus-afghanistan-mongolia-and-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/the-open-society-announces-the-2012-grant-for-photographers-from-central-asia-the-south-caucasus-afghanistan-mongolia-and-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Open Society Announces the 2012 Grant for Photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soros.org\/initiatives\/photography\/focus_areas\/production-individual\/guidelines\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/c0431992.cdn2.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com\/osf-logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"OSI Documentary Photography Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soros.org\/initiatives\/photography\" target=\"_blank\">Open Society Documentary Photography Project<\/a> and\u00a0<a title=\"OSI Arts and Culture Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soros.org\/initiatives\/arts\" target=\"_blank\">Arts and Culture Program<\/a>\u00a0announce a <a title=\"OSI Grant for Photographers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soros.org\/initiatives\/photography\/focus_areas\/production-individual\/guidelines\" target=\"_blank\">grant <\/a>and training opportunity\u00a0for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan.\u00a0Approximately 10 cash stipends in the amount of $3,500 USD each will be awarded to photographers to produce a photo essay on a current human rights or social issue in the region. Along with the stipend, grantees will participate in two master-level workshops on visual storytelling through photography and multimedia.\u00a0\u00a0 These workshops are led by internationally-recognized photographers and industry professionals who will then provide ongoing mentorship and support throughout the six-month grant term.<\/p>\n<p>The six-month grant program will provide up to 10 regionally based photographers with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A cash stipend<\/li>\n<li>Audio equipment and software<\/li>\n<li>Two advanced training workshops<\/li>\n<li>Travel and hotel expenses and provide a per diem to cover meals and incidentals for the workshops<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing coaching and mentoring throughout the grant period<\/li>\n<li>Deadlines to keep your project on track<\/li>\n<li>Publicity and promotion of the work produced<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities for follow-up support to distribute the finished work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The deadline for applying is 5 pm EST May 10, 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"2009-2011 Grant Awardees\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soros.org\/initiatives\/photography\/focus_areas\/production-individual\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\">View<\/a> past grants awarded in 2009-2011, and detailed descriptions\u00a0of <a title=\"OSI Grant for Photographers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soros.org\/initiatives\/photography\/focus_areas\/production-individual\/guidelines\" target=\"_blank\">eligibility<\/a> and <a title=\"OSI Grant for Photographers Application\" href=\"http:\/\/docphoto.soros.org\/exhibit\/prodgrant2012\" target=\"_blank\">application<\/a> directions.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Open Society Documentary Photography Project and\u00a0Arts and Culture Program\u00a0announce a grant and training opportunity\u00a0for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan.\u00a0Approximately 10 cash stipends in the amount of $3,500 USD each will be awarded to photographers to produce a photo essay on a current human rights or social issue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mediastorm-announcements","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}