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Judges select 2025 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant recipients from more than 650 entries representing 74 countries

December 20, 2025December 24, 2025 GaryPageau W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant

The W. Eugene Smith Fund announced Maen Hammad(Palestine / U.S.) is the recipient of this year’s $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, Amira’s Castle, an ongoing exploration of his grandparents’ lives—Amira and Mohammad—and his own documentation of the Palestinian present. Now celebrating its 46th year, the W. Eugene Smith Grant will help Hammad continue to... Read More

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Eugene Smith Fund announces call for entries for 2025 grants

July 2, 2025July 4, 2025 GaryPageau Eugene Smith Fund, W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant

The W. Eugene Smith Fund announced it is now accepting applications for its 46th annual Grant in Humanistic Photography with a top prize of $30,000. Two additional awards of $10,000 will be presented as Finalist grants. The Smith Fund is also accepting applications for its 8th annual Eugene Smith Student Grant, which will honor two student entries with $5,000 grants.... Read More

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Eugene Smith Fund announces call for 2023 entries

July 18, 2023July 21, 2023 GaryPageau W. Eugene Smith Fund, W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant

The W. Eugene Smith Fund announced it is now accepting applications for its 44th annual Grant in Humanistic Photography with a top prize of $30,000. An additional $10,000 grant will be awarded as a Fellowship, and one Finalist will be deemed worthy of special recognition and presented with a $5,000 grant. The Smith Fund is also accepting applications for its... Read More

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Eugene Smith Fund names finalist in annual grants

August 8, 2021August 20, 2021 GaryPageau W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced the list of finalists in the 42nd annual W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography, the Smith Fund’s 4th annual Student category, and 25th annual Howard Chapnick Grant, which is awarded to encourage leadership in any field ancillary to photojournalism, such as picture editing, research, education, and management. In lieu of the traditional... Read More

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Eugene Smith Fund announces 2021 grant call for entries

January 22, 2021January 25, 2021 GaryPageau W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant

Due to the pandemic, the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund will again break from its 40-year tradition of honoring a single photographer with its grant ($40,000) and instead present five photographers each with $10,000. The decision to present five grants was first approved by the fund’s board of trustees in early 2020 to support an extended number of deserving grant... Read More

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W. Eugene Smith Fund announces 2020 Call for Entries

February 5, 2020February 8, 2020 GaryPageau Eugene Smith Fund, W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant

The W. Eugene Smith Fund is now accepting applications for its 41st annual Grant in Humanistic Photography. Since the Fund’s inception in 1979, it has awarded more than $1 million dollars to photographers whose past work and proposed projects follow the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s career as a photographic essayist. The Smith Fund will present more than $65,000 in... Read More