En Foco: New Works Photography Fellowship Awards #17

En Foco invites U.S. based photographers of Latino, African and Asian heritage, and Native Peoples of the Americas and Pacific to submit work to the New Works Photography Fellowship Awards #17. The program encourages artists to create a new or continue an in-depth photographic series in any photo-based fine art or documentary style/genre. There is no fee to apply. Online submissions only.

Fellows usually receive a $1,000 honorarium, camera bags from Lowepro, a feature article in Nueva Luz, an exhibition in New York, a photographer's page on enfoco.org, and a one-year En Foco membership ($100 value). Honorable Mentions receive $100. If selected, your new work must consist of 15-20 exhibition-quality images. The group exhibition will be curated by En Foco's staff in 2014, at which time the honorarium is paid. Fellows will have six to eight months to continue their proposed series.

Submissions must include: 15 tightly edited images from the same series, a written project proposal/description (no more than 500 words), a one-page biography and/or resume, and a statement about your work as an artist. Your work should address issues relevant to your personal experience with photographic imagery containing cultural consciousness grounded in identity and the search for a personal statement. You may propose a new project idea or propose to continue an existing body of work. Decisions will be based upon quality of images submitted. Guest juror: Mary Virginia Swanson, Marketing Consultant/Trusted Advisor to Artists, Educator and Author.