World Press Photo, in association with Human Rights Watch, is inviting applications for Tim Hetherrington Grant providing support to complete an existing project on a human rights theme.
World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch during a recently held evening projection program at the Visa pour l’Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, announced that they have set up a joint initiative aimed at honouring the late Tim Hetherington, a photojournalist and filmmaker who was killed when a group of journalists came under fire during fighting between rebels and General Gaddafi’s forces in Misrata, Libya in April 2011. In the same attack, photojournalist Chris Hondros was killed, and Guy Martin and Michael Christopher Brown were injured.
To celebrate Tim’s commitment to finding new ways to tell compelling stories about politics, conflict and the human experience, and to relay these stories to a wide audience, a new grant has been established. The Tim Hetherington Grant is a joint initiative of World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch and has been set up with the support of Tim’s parents, Alastair and Judith Hetherington.
Grant and Selection Process
The annual grant, worth € 20,000, will be awarded to a photographer to complete an existing project on a human rights theme.
Recipient of the first annual Tim Hetherington Grant will be selected by a distinguished panel of judges. In reviewing the applications, the judges will look for the qualities that defined Tim’s career: work that operates on multiple platforms and in a variety of formats; that crosses boundaries between breaking news and longer-term investigation; and that demonstrates a consistent moral commitment to the lives and stories of the photographic subjects.
The selection committee will convene in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and will provide a statement to accompany the publication of the name of the recipient of the grant on November 5, 2011.
Last date for submitting the applications is October 15, 2011.
For more information, visit this link.
