Getty Images believes in the power of photojournalism to bring attention to significant social and cultural issues. We also know the rigors of executing world-class photography assignments and understand that in order to produce their best work, photojournalists need time, freedom and support.

Getty Images is thus pleased to offer Grants for Editorial Photography.

More than 153 photographers from around the world submitted applications for the Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography awarded in September 2008. Those applications were evaluated by four independent judges in July. Each judge considered the anonymous projects and sample photographs independently, and then met to select the winning projects.

Read more about the 2008 judges

The winners for September 2008

Getty Images congratulates Eugene Richards, Lynsey Addario and David Gillanders for their outstanding documentary photography proposals. These winners will receive grants of $20,000 each to complete the work that they have proposed.

Read more about Eugene Richards, Lynsey Addario and David Gillanders.

More than a monetary award, Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography provide photographers with the creative freedom and collaborative editorial support necessary to produce documentary features that raise the bar of visual excellence.

Read the press announcement.

The next awards

Every year, Getty Images awards five professional photojournalists individual grants of $20,000 each, for a total of $100,000. Professional grant recipients are given the opportunity to sign a one-year exclusive-rights deal with Getty Images whereby their work will be marketed and available for license to customers worldwide through gettyimages.com, while retaining copyright of their imagery. 

Starting in 2009, four additional grants of $5,000 will be awarded to students who are under 30 and currently enrolled in photojournalism courses at an accredited college or university.

Upcoming grant application deadlines

November 15, 2008 – grants will be announced February 2009.