The Longing of the Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken

FotoEvidence, a non-profit organization, relies on grants and personal donations to fulfill its mission. This year, we are asking our supporters to help sustain the FotoEvidence W Award, which provides identifying as women photographers with the opportunity to push the boundaries of documentary photography and share their personal story in a photo book.

Please consider donating today.

The FotoEvidence Women Award is devoted to engaged women photographers who want to tell their personal stories in the form of a photo book. Through their lenses women can shape the world differently and we want to give them this chance. During the past ten years, FotoEvidence has published 42 books to draw attention to human rights violations, oppression and assaults on human dignity wherever they may occur. At this moment, women around the world are seeking equal rights and equal opportunity. FotoEvidence Women will support this global movement.

The FotoEvidence W Award for Personal Story will be granted by an international jury to one woman whose work merits a book. The hardbound book will be published by FotoEvidence.

SUBMISSION PERIOD: November 1st, 2024- February 25, 2025

The jury reserves the right to not award a grant in any given year if they determine that no candidate has met the criteria. The jury for the W Award 2025 will be announced in February, 2025.

The winner of The  W Award will be announced  at the FotoEvidence website.

- The W Award is open to all adult women photographers.
- Submit a lowres PDF of the work already developed as a book concept to fotoevidence@fotoevidence.com . If you are selected for the award, you will be asked to submit 60-80 photographs on the same topic
- Submission fee: donation of $20. Contributions collected during the submission process support the production of the winning book. Make a donation here.

Jury members do not know who has contributed and who has not.

The W Award is governed by FotoEvidence Association terms and conditions. Please review the terms and conditions before submitting. During the submission process you will be asked to confirm that you have read and agreed to the terms and conditions.

- A lowres PDF of the work if it is already developed as a book concept with your statement of up to 1500 words about the work sent to: fotoevidence@fotoevidence.com

- A short text how do you envision the book.
- Resume/CV
- Entry fee: donation of $20. Contributions collected during the submission process support the production of the winning book. You can also choose to support us by purchasing a book from the previous recipients of the W Award: The Stranger Whose Path Has Been Broken by Rehab Eldalil, La Puente by Charlotte Schmitz and The Eyes of Earth by Solmaz Daryani.

All applications should be based on a long-term projects and should reflect the personal experince of the photographer. All photographic media are accepted.

Photographers may submit more than one portfolio. A separate application is required for each entry.

Please check the box that indicates you have read and agreed to the terms and conditions

For questians contact: Andrea at  fotoevidence@fotoevidence.com 

Submissions for the 2025 W Award must be received between November 1st, 2024 and February 25, 2025 (23:59:59) CET

The winner of the W Award will be announced in March 2025 at the FotoEvidence Association website.

All published images will be credited with the photographer’s name. Copyright and ownership of photographs remain with the photographer/photographers at all times. Entrants agree to grant FotoEvidence permission to use submitted work for promotional purposes in any electronic media, printed materials, or advertising, to be reproduced in newspapers and magazines (printed and electronic) solely for the purpose of promoting the work, the photographer, FotoEvidence Association and The W Award. 

The W Award prize winner(s) agree to the publication of their photographs as FotoEvidence hard bound books under the terms of the FotoEvidence book contract.

FotoEvidence Association team will collaborate with the photographer on editorial decisions in the development and publication of the book. Photographers will receive 25 complimentary copies of the book.

FotoEvidence Association reserves the right to reject entries that are not submitted properly. Submissions should come directly from artists or organizations. No exceptions will be made for late submissions.
The jury reserves the right to not award a grant in any given year if they determine that no candidate has met the criteria.

Questions:
fotoevidence@fotoevidence.com

The goal of FotoEvidence is to offer a worldwide platform for photographers dedicated to the pursuit of human rights. FotoEvidence promotes the work it publishes through partner festivals and photography centers in the USA and Europe, actively working together with our artists to support their careers.
To help the W Award winner tell their stories, FotoEvidence pairs the photographer with a photo editor and a book designer, in an educational and creative process to both realize their vision and produce a powerful book.