Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography
Getty Images announced its seventh annual Grants program at the 2011 festival, Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan. Launched in 2005, the goal of the grants program is to enable photographers to bring attention to significant social and cultural issues, as well as to take new and inspiring strides in creative work.
The 2011 winners are:
LIZ HINGLEY for «a very poor family in England, the Jones family.»
JOAN BARDELETTI for her project on homosexuals in Africa.
WALTER ASTRADA dealing with violence against women.
ALVARO YBARRA ZAVALA with his subject on Colombia.
STANLEY GREENE for «e-waste».