20 Feb 2025

Grants Rebecca Vassie Trust 2025 Awards

Rebecca Vassie Trust –  London, England, United Kingdom

The Rebecca Vassie Trust

Opportunity Description

International Deadline: March 31, 2025 – The Rebecca Vassie Trust is a charitable organisation supporting the art of long-form narrative photography, and promoting education in and through photography for emerging professionals, young people and the broader public.

2025 Award
A £2,000 cash bursary, plus additional benefits, for a professional photographer to undertake a narrative photography project.

The winner receives:

  • £2,000 to cover all costs (including personal fee) for the project
  • Support towards industry and public exposure
  • Promotion of your work through our online channels
  • Mentorship from Karen Harvey of Shutter Hub

ELIGIBILITY
The award is open to photographers who are either (i) UK citizens or (ii) currently full resident in the UK.

The award is for photographers at early-to-mid career stage. By this we mean a working professional photographer, probably trained, with some experience, but who does not yet earn a full living wage from their preferred style of photographic work.

There is no age limitation, and no requirement for art school or university education.

We warmly encourage photographers from culturally diverse backgrounds, those whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex, and those with disabilities.

Please note that we do not fund current undergraduates, or full-time students on any course. We also do not fund work that forms part of a postgraduate degree.

CRITERIA
We will fund a stills photography project that is either brand new, or in its earliest stages, and which you can undertake within 12 months of receiving the award (i.e. by summer 2026 latest). The Trust must be the primary funder of the project and we will not fund projects that are already well underway. Therefore, you should apply with a project of suitable size for a £2,000 bursary.

We’ve used the word ‘narrative’ to describe the kind of photography we want to fund. This is because what’s most important to us is to tell human stories within a social or political context. While this is often approached through documentary photography or photojournalism, we are also open to photographers who work across genres such as fine art or portraiture.

APPLY ONLINE – No Fee

Opportunity Categories: Photography Only. Opportunity Types: Grants. Opportunity Tags: $0 Entry/Application Fee, Deadlines 03 March thru April, and Open to Artists Worldwide. Benefits: *No Participation Fee and Cash or Value Awards.

Opportunity expires in 78 days.

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