Blue Earth is inviting proposals for sponsoring the photographic projects that are aimed at educating the public about endangered cultures, threatened environments, or current topics of social concern.
By supporting the power of photographic storytelling, Blue Earth motivates society to make positive change. Their projects are featured in books such as The Living Wild by Art Wolfe, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by Subhankar Banerjee, and Life on Earth: A Journey Through Time by Frans Lanting. The organization has seen more than a dozen books published, including titles by Blue Earth co-founders Natalie Fobes and Phil Borges.
Blue Earth is primarily interested in work that is educational and informational in nature, and will consider proposals of any geographic scope, involving the photographic medium (they do not sponsor motion picture projects). The standard contract sponsors the project for two years.
Eligibility and Submission
The Projects should:
- Meet the Blue Earth mission
- Explain the educational component of their project
- Show very high writing quality, along with high quality photography
- Propose an achievable project in scope, cost, and degree
- Be innovative; not derivative of existing or past Blue Earth projects
- Include a budget that reflects the realities of life, includes living/working expenses, and is thorough.
Funding
The photographer is primarily responsible for developing funding requests for the project in collaboration with the grant-writer Blue Earth provides. There will be a substantial amount of work required on your part. All requests for funds under the organization’s name are subject to Blue Earth approval and are made on behalf of Blue Earth.
Last date for submission of proposals is January 20, 2012
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