Deadline: 10-Jul-23
Getty Images is pleased to announce a call for applications for the #ShowUs Grant to provide financial support and mentorship to artists who are committed to authentically representing women, femmes and non‑binary individuals in commercial photography and videography.
With Getty Images’ mission to move the world, they are partnering with Dove to promote diversity within creative commercial photography and videography, elevating the work and the voices of women, femmes and non‑binary artists.
The #ShowUs Grant is dedicated to promoting the work of emerging women, femmes and non‑binary commercial photographers and videographers. Judges will be looking for submissions which shatter stereotypes and conventions around Women’s Health – let’s acknowledge the wide‑ranging health experiences women, femmes and non‑binary people go through and celebrate the unique stories therein. they wish to honor the full spectrum of diverse health experiences – across age, ethnicity, gender identity, disability, mental and physical – all experiences are valid, welcome, and appreciated. Judges will give particular consideration to photographers and videographers who are depicting authentic stories of women, femmes and non‑binary individuals in their local communities.
Project #ShowUs is a global library of images created by women, femmes and non‑binary photographers devoted to shattering beauty stereotypes around the world. Created in partnership with Dove this global collection is 100% created by and representing women, femmes and non‑binary individuals as they are, not as others believe they should be.
Prizes and Benefits
- Two $5,000 prizes awarded
- The successful recipients will be invited to license their award‑winning content through GettyImages.com and iStock.com at a 100% royalty rate for imagery created within their proposed project. This is subject to you entering into a separate agreement with Getty Images allowing for the distribution of your content.
- Guidance and mentorship from one of Getty Images’ award‑winning Art Directors, as well as a feature on the Getty Images Creative Insights website, in addition to promotion on relevant Getty Images and iStock social channels. Please note, this additional support is not a requirement of the #ShowUs Grant and choosing to take advantage of this opportunity is at your discretion.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Getty Images #ShowUs Grant is open to individuals who
- are of a country or jurisdiction in which the competition fully satisfies all legal requirements for a contest of this nature; and
- are of legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence as of date of entry. This grant competition is void outside those jurisdictions and where prohibited by law. Employees of Getty Images, Unilever, and their parents, affiliate companies, subsidiaries, partners, and each of their respective immediate families (parents, children, siblings, spouse) or members of the same household (whether related or not) of such employees/officers/directors are not eligible to enter. Contributors to Getty Images who are not employees are eligible. By submitting an application, applicant certifies that he, she or they are eligible to apply for the grant and agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Rules and Requirements
- Links to existing portfolio of work online
- The submission must include: a 200‑500 word summary of the project proposal and an explanation as to how the project will move the #ShowUs movement forward through commercial photography and videography
- A short biography detailing who you are and what you’ve done
- The applications must be in English
- All submissions must be digital. Prints, books, slides or transparencies or other such materials will not be reviewed by judges nor returned to applicant.
Selection Criteria
- Winners of the competition are decided entirely on merit and there is no element of chance involved. The criteria used by the judges to select the winners shall be on originality, creativity of concept and technical ability compared to productions in the current photographic panorama for similar imagery or video.
- Getty Images may reject any submissions it considers in its sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, profane or in violation of these rules.
- Use of a false name or address will disqualify an applicant. Getty Images reserves the right to oblige any potential winner to provide documentary proof of their identity.
- You understand and agree that if you take or have taken any actions that may injure, tarnish, damage or otherwise negatively affect your reputation or the reputation and goodwill of Getty
- Images, that Getty Images may, in its sole discretion, exercise its right to rescind the entire award amount.
For more information, visit Getty Images.