Canon Female Photojournalist Grant
For the ninteenth year in a row, Canon and Visa pour l’Image will be presenting the prestigious Canon Female Photojournalist Grant to an outstanding female photographer in recognition of her contribution to photojournalism.
At the final evening show on Friday, September 6, the 2019 winner, Anush Babajanyan / VII Photo Agency, will be presented with the award which has prize money of 8000 euros to help carry out her project on large families in Nagorno-Karabakh. The work will then be programmed at the 2020 festival.
This year’s festival features the exhibition of the 2018 award-winner, Laura Morton, on “University Avenue” in California’s Bay Area.
For further information:canon-grant@orange.fr
Award winners
- 2018 Laura Morton
- 2017 Catalina Martin-Chico
- 2016 Darcy Padilla
- 2015 Anastasia Rudenko
- 2014 Viviane Dalles
- 2013 Mary F. Calvert
- 2012 Sarah Caron
- 2011 Ilvy Njiokiktjien
- 2010 Martina Bacigalupo
- 2009 Justyna Mielnikiewicz
- 2008 Brenda Ann Kenneally
- 2007 Axelle de Russé
- 2006 Véronique de Viguérie
- 2005 Claudia Guadarrama
- 2004 Kristen Ashburn
- 2003 Ami Vitale
- 2002 Sophia Evans
- 2001 Magali Delporte