WHNPA grants

WHNPA GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINES

• MARCH 15, 2008 - Spring Seminar and Lecture Grant
• NOVEMBER 15, 2008 - Fall Seminar and Lecture Grant
• NOVEMBER 15, 2008 - WHNPA Project Grant

*** PLEASE NOTE THE FALL 2008 DEADLINE CHANGES ***

THE FALL GRANT APPLICATIONS DEADLINES HAVE BEEN MOVED BACK A MONTH TO NOVEMBER 15 BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE DEADLINE WILL RETURN TO OCTOBER 15 IN 2009.

The Education Committee and the Executive Board are pleased to announce the professional enrichment grants available to members of the White House News Photographers Association.

• A $250 SEMINAR GRANT will help a WHNPA member defray the cost of attending or presenting a seminar. (Two awards per year awarded in the Spring and the Fall of each year)

• A $250 LECTURE GRANT will allow a member to travel to his or her alma mater to share work experiences, promote the WHNPA, and talk about photojournalism in the nationís capital. (Two awards per year, awarded in the Spring and the Fall of each year)

• A $10,000 PROJECT GRANT has been established for a WHNPA member to work on an in-depth undertaking of his or her choosing. This grant is designed to give a member the opportunity to work on a project that might not be possible without financial assistance. Some of the work produced will be featured in future WHNPA publications such as the online Member Gallery and The Report. This year, the deadline for the PROJECT GRANT application is November 15.

Please submit your completed applications by email to the Education Chair, or mail to:

Leighton Mark,
AP Photos
1100 13th St. NW, 5th floor,
Washington, 2005-4076

MARY CALVERT RECEIVES THE 2008 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT

Mary Calvert

VISIT THE MEMBER GALLERY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AWARD AND TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF MARY'S IMAGES.

Mary Calvert, staff photographer for The Washington Times, has been chosen as the recipient of the White House News Photographers Association 2008 Project Grant. The grant, recently increased to $10,000, with a matching amount from PNY Technologies Inc., will fund “Forgotten Victims: Rape as a Tool of War”, which Calvert plans to produce in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been engulfed in on-again-off-again warfare for years. Recent fighting in the eastern Congo has sparked fears of a civil war in the country - known as Zaire for several decades and originally named the Belgian Congo. The Second Congo War that began in 1998 is sometimes referred to as the “African World War” and despite the 2003 peace accords, fighting continues in eastern Congo - where the prevalence and intensity of rape and other sexual violence has been described as the worst in the world. The war is the world’s deadliest conflict since the Second World War with more than five million people killed. “Ugly topic, but a story that needs to be told,” said WHNPA education committee chairman Leighton Mark in announcing the award. “Not only do we wish Mary the best of luck with her project, but we hope she stays safe. The Congo has been a nasty place for a long time. We know she’ll return with stellar photos.”

JAMIE ROSE RECEIVES THE 2007 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT

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JAMIE ROSE AWARDED 2007 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT

“Isolated: On the front lines with MSF in Northern Uganda” is about the doctors, nurses and aid workers of Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) and their work in the in the refugee camps in northern Uganda as they work to provide medical services to the 1.3 million refugees in the 20-year-long war between the Lord’s Resistance Army (the rebels) and the Ugandan military.

VISIT THE MEMBER GALLERY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS AWARD-WINNING PROJECT AND TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF JAMIE'S IMAGES FROM UGANDA, AS WELL AS A FOLLOW-UP REGARDING CHANGES IN THE PROJECT.

Learn more about prior award recipients and their projects

CHRIS USHER AWARDED 2006 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT

View Flash slideshow or read more about
CHRIS Usher's AWARD WINNING project in the MEMBER GALLERY

SUSANA RAAB AWARDED 2005 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT

November 11, 2005 Washington, D.C. freelance photographer Susana Raab has been selected as the winner of the White House News Photographers Association 2005 Project Grant.

Her project, "Consumed: The Culture and Legacy of Fast Food in the United States," examines the culture and the legacy of fast food production in the United States, focusing on four aspects of the multi-billion-dollar fast food industry: Marketing and advertising; the labor force - the largest outside of the U.S. government; obesity in the nation as a side-effect of fast food over consumption and the impact of the industry on the national landscape.

"Susana doesn't want to condemn the fast food industry," WHNPA Education Committee Chairman Leighton Mark said, "but to raise awarness of the vastness of the industry's reach and how much fast food has become a staple in the American diet. Our culture has changed and Susana hopes she can help us better understand what that change can mean."

Raab has been working on this project for more than a year and says she feels "very strongly that the well being of future generations of Americans lies in the choices we make about this product (fast food)." Several magazines have already expressed interest in the project, Raab is planning an online site for the project and hopes to establish a traveling gallery for exhibition in schools and galleries nationwide. A book is also planned. Visit Susana's web site at http://www.susanaraab.com.

WHNPA 2004 PROJECT GRANT AWARDED

Laura Sikes, a freelance photographer living in Alexandria, Virginia, has been chosen the recipient of the WHNPA 2004 Project Grant by the WHNPA Education Committee.

Her project, "Poor From the Start", will document the lives of the residents of DeSoto County, Florida who were struck by Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne during the summer. DeSoto County has a diverse population, but U.S. Census Bureau dat shows almost 25% of the nearly 34,000 people live below the poverty level - and that was before the hurricanes of 2004.

"Although Florida newspapers will undoubtedly do a great deal of coverage of the reconstruction, I image it will almost all be local and Laura's approach will offer a look at one small, primarily agricultural region that was slammed by Mother Nature," WHNPA Education Committee Chairman Leighton Mark said. "The grant will not only assist Laura in her project but will provide a national stage showing what these people are going through to put their lives back together."

PRESS RELEASE (2/3/05)