Female in Focus until 10 March 2020

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Deadline: 10 March 2020. Female in Focus is a photography award from 1854 Media. Having launched in 2019, the award aims to highlight and give a platform to the exceptional work of women photographers around the world.

Female in Focus was conceived to address gender inequality in the photography industry. 80% of photography graduates are women — yet women make up only 15% of professional photographers. These women photographers are earning, on average, 40% less than their male counterparts.

Our mission is to open up the photographic landscape to a broad and representative range of talent, empowering woman-identifying and non-binary people the world over to own their own stories.

We know we have to start at home. We’re proud to say that 54% of the photographers we commission through Studio 1854 are women. Gender balance in our awards programme is improving, but not yet equal: currently, 41% of our winners are women. We are determined to see this number rise.

The Female in Focus award is comprised of two categories: the Single Image Category and the Stories Category. 20 winning images from the Single Image Category and two winning bodies of work from the Stories Category will be exhibited in a dedicated group show in a leading gallery based in New York, US between 2020 and 2021.

Prizes:

Have your work in the Female in Focus 2020 exhibition taking place at leading New York gallery. The exhibition will run for a month over 2020/2021 drawing in some of the biggest names in the industry.

Stories Category

-Two winning series will be exhibited as part of the group show
-The two winners from this category will be flown to New York City for the opening of the -exhibition, with return flights and two nights of accommodation included
– Receive international press coverage
– Be featured on BJP-Online
– Have your work judged by industry leaders

Single Image Category

– 20 winning images will be exhibited as part of the group show
– Receive international press coverage
– Be featured on BJP-Online
– Have your work judged by industry leaders

Photo Contest Website: https://femaleinfocus.com/