NOOR & the NOOR Foundation are extremely proud to announce the second Stanley Greene Legacy Prize & Fellowship. The Fellowship will support the work and professional aspirations of underrepresented photojournalists who create work that echoes the passion with which Stanley approached photography.
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About

The aim of The Stanley Greene Legacy Prize & Fellowship is to support the work and professional aspirations of underrepresented photojournalists who create work that echoes the passion with which Stanley approached photography.

This chapter of the fellowship prize will focus on applicants based in the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Stanley’s perspective was informed by his travels - he left home and went outside his comfort-zone in order to highlight the injustices of the world.

Applicants should be ready and willing to expand their worldview in a similar fashion. Simply put, the vision of different photographers should be seen everywhere, at home and abroad, and the fellowship will help make that happen.

The one-year fellowship under the stewardship of Stanley’s colleagues at NOOR includes training, grant-writing support, and networking with media industry leaders to open pathways for the fellow’s work to reach wider international audiences.

NOOR will promote and distribute the fellow’s body of work around the world.

The fellow will receive a €10,000 prize fellowship plus travel expenses for field reporting or research up to €2500, and a Nikon mirrorless camera and one lens.

Applicants should be early-career photographers, in the first ten years of their professional career, who show great promise and an unquenchable desire to practice photojournalism with a purpose.

The fellow will be assigned a mentor from NOOR, and will be expected to check in regularly with their mentor, as well as engage with industry leaders in meetings arranged by NOOR.

What winners receive

The fellow will receive a €10,000 prize fellowship plus travel expenses for field reporting or research up to €2500, and a Nikon mirrorless camera and one lens. The fellow will be assigned a mentor from NOOR, and will be expected to check in regularly with their mentor, as well as engage with industry leaders in meetings arranged by NOOR.

About Noor

We are a global, multilingual collective of highly accomplished journalists, authors, photographers, artists and filmmakers documenting, investigating and witnessing our world. We approach our work with integrity, passion, and respect. We believe stories have an impact and inspire action. We believe in the power of still and moving images. We are honest witnesses.

NOOR, which takes its name from the Arabic word for light, launched in 2007 as a platform for its members to take financial control over their work and leverage the power of a group in a changing media landscape. Since then we have become industry leaders, producing images for large media companies and small startups, institutional clients and non- profits.

We also teach, host workshops and public programs around photography, media literacy and representation. And while the content of our work is broad, its unified in our desire to connect the dots around critical issues such climate change, over consumption, forced migration, the rise of authoritarianism, the injustices of patriarchy and the power of art and music to keep us human.

How to enter

Early-career photographers (within the first 10 years of their career) who come from a background that is underrepresented in the industry are welcome to submit applications. All submission materials need to be in English. Applications in other languages will not be considered.

Photographers who fit the above criteria in terms of their geographical location and their work are welcome to submit applications. Candidates are asked to provide a current website, Instagram feed or 20 images to show their work and style. They are also asked for a description of 2000 characters followed by an Artist’s Statement of 1500 characters, describing why they are interested in being a photographer, what topics they are drawn to, and what their dream assignment would be.

Timeline

Call for entries open
1 June 2021
Submission deadline
12 August 2021
Selected applicants will get contacted
August 2021

Requirements

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    Residing in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Republic of, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

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    CV with up to 2000 characters (or PDF file)

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FAQ

What kinds of pictures should be in my portfolio?
Your portfolio should reflect stories that you are currently working on as a personal project. We’re looking for powerful stories. Applicants should be ready and willing to expand their worldview in a similar fashion as Stanley did in his career.

Is there an age requirement?
18+

I have video that I would like to submit?
Please contact us at fellowship@noorimages.com

I want to submit diptychs will they count as 1 image or 2 images towards my 20 image maximum?
Diptychs count as 1 image. The two images should coherently work together to be viewed as one image. Be careful not to include diptychs just to show more work

When will I be notified if I get selected?
You will be contacted by a member of the NOOR staff by email between 14th and 30th of August, 2021.

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12 August 2021
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