En Foco: New Works Photography Fellowship Awards No. 15

En Foco, Inc. 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 #15. The program encourages artists to create or continue an in-depth photographic series in any photo-based fine art or documentary style/genre. The aim is to identify and promote talented emerging and mid-career artists, creating a cross-cultural dialogue and providing artists with exposure and growth opportunities. There is no fee to apply.

Work should address issues relevant to personal experience, with photographic imagery containing cultural consciousness grounded in identity and the search for a personal statement. Applicants may propose a new project idea or continue an existing body of work. If selected, new work must consist of 15-20 exhibition-quality images for a group exhibition curated by En Foco staff in 2012. Submissions require a written project proposal (no more than 500 words), a one-page biography and/or resume, a statement about your work as an artist, and twenty tightly edited images from the same series.

Fellows typically receive a $1,000 honorarium, a $500 product gift certificate from Canson Infinity, professional tripods from Manfrotto, 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 honorarium and $100 gift certificate. All submissions are pre-reviewed by En Foco's curatorial staff, with the top 40 entries submitted to guest juror Michael Mazzeo of Michael Mazzeo Gallery, NYC. Fellows will have approximately eight months to continue their proposed series for the New York exhibition.