Michael P. Smith (1937-2008) was a New Orleans native and award-winning professional freelance photographer. Smith photographed every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from its inception in 1970 until his retirement in 2004, when he was honored with a major exhibition at the Fair Grounds. In a brilliant career that spanned more than four decades, Smith was an inspiration, a role model, and a mentor to many photographers in New Orleans and beyond.

Created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) to honor Smith’s life and work, the MPS Fund is open to both emerging and established photographers residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Don’t miss your opportunity to apply.

What you get: $5000
Who can apply: Photographers residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
How much you pay: Application fee: $25 + NOPA membership: $60.
Who’s gonna see your work: Three preliminary jurors will select ten finalists. They are Stacey D. Clarkson, Art Director of Harper’s Magazine; Ed Kashi, photographer and member of VII; and Susan Sterner, Director of New Media Photojournalism at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography, will select the 2013 recipient from the ten finalists.
When’s the deadline: March 29, 2013

In 2012, Kael Alford won the grant for her project "Bottom of da Boot: Losing the Coast of Louisiana." Brett Abbott, the Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art, selected Alford’s project from ten finalists.

To learn more about the MPS Fund, please visit the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s Michael P. Smith Fund page. For additional information, please contact Lori Waselchuk at 225-907-6695.

Also, be sure to check out the rest of the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s website. NOPA is a diverse group of photographers who joined forces in 2006 to create unity and opportunity for photographers in the Gulf South. Since its inception, NOPA has sponsored photographic exhibitions, workshops, and educational programs. It also coordinates PhotoNOLA, the annual photography festival held each December at venues throughout New Orleans.

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one." — John Ruskin

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To celebrate our 2 year anniversary, we’re organizing a special January 2013 edition of One, One Thousand. An amazing jury will be selecting a group of 4 photographers to be featured on our site.

2 Year Anniversary Jury:
Tom Griggs, Editor, fototazo
Maggie Kennedy, Photography Director, Garden & Gun
Jennifer Shaw, Coordinator, PhotoNOLA
Aline Smithson, Editor, Lenscratch

As always, submissions are free. Deadline for submissions is November 30, 2012. Please follow the guidelines on our submissions page or on the spec sheet below.

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The Hey, Hot Shot! Second Edition 2011 Competition

Hey, Hot Shot! is an international competition for photographers at all stages of their careers seeking greater exposure, recognition, and support for their work. One part of Jen Bekman Projects—which also includes Jen Bekman Gallery and 20×200—Hey, Hot Shot! provides an ongoing platform for photographers.

What you get: 5 photographers participate in a two-week group exhibition at Jen Bekman Gallery in NYC. 1 photographer receives 2 years of representation from Jen Bekman Gallery, a full-length solo exhibition, and a $10,000 honorarium
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $70-$80
Who’s gonna see your work: Raul Gutierrez, Darius Himes, Jenni Holder, Lesley A. Martin, Nion McEvoy, Kent Rogowski, and Penelope Umbrico
When’s the deadline: November 14, 2011 at 11:59 p.m.(EDT)

To apply, please visit: The Hey, Hot Shot! website

The Project Basho ONWARD Competition

ONWARD Compé is Project Basho’s annual international photography competition for emerging photographers. It’s main goal is to increase the exposure of talented image-makers and create new outlets for their work. Juried each year by a leading figure in contemporary photography, ONWARD Compé spotlights new envelope-pushing work that continues to further the medium. Now in it’s fifth year, ONWARD Compé has been steadily growing, drawing submissions from around the U.S. and across the globe.

Project Basho is a photography resource center located on Germantown Avenue in Old Kensington, an artist-concentrated and culturally vibrant section of Philadelphia. It is a small yet dedicated organization of photographers, run by photographers, for photographers.

What you get: Photographs selected by the juror will be exhibited by Project Basho’s gallery in Philadelphia. 2 grand prizes include a two-person show at Project Basho Gallery, $500 cash prize, and more
Who can apply: Individuals who do not currently have a contractual agreement with any gallery or commercial gallery representation
It’s gonna set you back: $40 for up to three images, $50 for four, $60 for five, and $100 for 7
Who’s gonna see your work: Todd Hido
When’s the deadline: November 28, 2011 at 11:59 PM (EST)

To register, please visit: ONWARD Compé ’12 page

The FotoVisura Grants

The FotoVisura Grants aim to support personal photography projects and encourage the production and development of photography outside the commercial realm. The Grants are divided into two categories: The FotoVisura Grant for Outstanding Personal Project and The Spotlight Grant for Outstanding Student Project.

FotoVisura is an online toolbox that artists and photographers can use to publish, share and promote their work through images, video, audio, and text. FotoVisura facilitates self-publishing your work online by broadcasting it to your network of contacts, as well as displaying it in the public archive; members can also submit their work to the FotoVisura Grant, Visura’s Your View gallery as well as Visura Spotlight.

The FotoVisura Grant for Outstanding Personal Photography Project:
What you get: $2,000.00 + Prizes
Who can apply: Photographers whose submitted personal projects were not initiated by an assignment or commission
It’s gonna set you back: Free for current members of FotoVisura.com with a Standard or Plus account. $30 for a Standard Account.
Who are the jurors: Claire O’Neill, Editor & Writer, NPR Picture Show; Patrick Witty, International Picture Editor, Time Magazine; James Estrin, New York Times Senior Staff Photography & co-editor of NY Times Lens Blog; Elizabeth Avedon, Curator; Adriana Teresa, Editor-in-chief, Visura Magazine
When’s the deadline: December 5, 2011

The Spotlight Grant for Outstanding Student Photography Project:
What you get: $1,000.00 + Prizes
Who can apply: Be currently in an undergraduate or graduate program, or a recent graduate, having graduated after January 1st 2010
It’s gonna set you back: Free for current members of FotoVisura.com with a Standard or Plus account. $30 for a Standard Account.
Who are the jurors: Ariel Shanberg, Center for Photography at Woodstock; Sam Barzilay, Director & Founding Member New York Photo Festival; Amber Terranova, Photo Editor, PDN Magazine; Nathalie Herschdorfer, Curator; Graham Letorney, Editor, Visura Spotlight, Guest Curator, NPR Picture Show
When’s the deadline: December 5, 2011

To enter, please visit: The FotoVisura Grant website

The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Photographers Competition

The Magenta Foundation is pleased to announce Year Eight of Flash Forward, its Emerging Photographers Competition, along with some big news. 2012 will bring two Flash Forward Festival installments to the ongoing program. June 2012 will see FF back in Boston at the Fairmont Battery Wharf; October 2012 will mark the return of the original Toronto festival.

The Magenta Foundation is a charitable arts publishing house, the first of its kind in Canada. It fills the very specific niche of establishing a place for Canadian artists in the international arts community, and it provides a vehicle for galleries to join forces and promote the work of Canadian artists internationally through the publication of books and exhibitions. Magenta will bring the photographic community together and work in tandem with key players to help bring increased recognition to Canadians through U.S. and international representation.

What you get: Bright Spark Award winner will receive $5,000. All 2012 Flash Forward Winners and Honorable Mentions will have their work published in the catalogue that chronicles the annual juried competition
Who can apply: Open to all photographers working in Canada, the UK and the US, 34 years of age and under.
It’s gonna set you back: USA: $50
Who’s gonna see your work: US Jurors: Holly Stuart Hughes, Editor of Photo District News; Daniel Cooney, Daniel Cooney Fine Art; Paul Moakley, Deputy Photo Editor, TIME
When’s the deadline: Saturday, December 31, 2011

For more information, please visit: The Magenta Foundations Flash Forward page

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The Kiernan Gallery is a new photography gallery located in Lexington, Virginia. The gallery focuses on emerging artists via a call for entry format. Currently, the gallery is accepting submissions for its first four shows, including an exhibit of street photography called Street Stories. The show will be on view from November 8 - December 3. Here’s more information about Street Stories:

"Photographers who shoot on the streets become undercover agents, witnesses, and stalkers. They also serve as interpreters of our society. Street photographers are hyper-aware of their surroundings, of irony, of fleeting moments, and they tell the stories of the people around them. For Street Stories, The Kiernan Gallery welcomes images that offer a unique look at our every day world and the people in it."

What you get: 30 images will be exhibited in The Kiernan Gallery in Lexington, Virginia. Up to an additional 40 images will be selected for exhibition in the online gallery. All selected works will be published in a full color exhibition catalogue available for purchase from Blurb Books. A Juror’s Choice and Director’s Choice award will also be given.
Who can apply: Anyone.
It’s gonna set you back:$25 for the first 5 images, $5 per additional image up to 10 images.
Who is the juror: Debbie Hagan, editor-in-chief of Art New England, has been writing about contemporary art for regional and national publications for more than twenty-five years. She has written for Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor Magic, Boston Globe Magazine, American Style, Robb Report, and many others. She is the former show manager of international Artexpo, heading up shows in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. She holds an MFA from Goucher College, and teaches visual analysis and creative writing at New Hampshire Institute of Art.
When’s the deadline: Entries due September 30, 2011

For more information and to submit your work visit: www.kiernangallery.com

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The Hey, Hot Shot! First Edition 2011 Competition

Hey, Hot Shot! is an international competition for photographers at all stages of their careers seeking greater exposure, recognition, and support for their work. One part of Jen Bekman Projects—which also includes Jen Bekman Gallery and 20×200—Hey, Hot Shot! provides an ongoing platform for photographers.

What you get: 5 photographers participate in a two-week group exhibition at Jen Bekman Gallery in NYC. 1 photographer receives 2 years of representation from Jen Bekman Gallery, a full-length solo exhibition, and a $10,000 honorarium
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $80
Who’s gonna see your work: Stephen Frailey, Todd Hido, Darius Himes, Nion McEvoy, Lesley A. Martin, Kent Rogowski, Jenni Holder, and Raul Gutierrez
When’s the deadline: June 22nd, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. (EDT)

To apply, please visit: The Hey, Hot Shot! website

Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2011

Photolucida is an arts non-profit whose mission is to provide platforms that expand, inspire, educate and connect the international photography community.

Critical Mass is an annual online program that makes connections within the photography community. Photographers submit a portfolio of 10 images. Through a pre-screening process, the field is narrowed to a group of 200 Finalists who go on to have their work viewed and voted on by over 200 esteemed international photography professionals. From the Finalist group, the Top 50 are named, and a series of awards are given, including at least one monograph each year.

What you get: Photolucida will publish a monograph for at least one photographer from among the top-scoring finalists.
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $75 for US submissions, $90 for international submissions (If you’re one of the 200 Finalists, you have to pay an additional $200 fee)
Who’s gonna see your work: Part 1: Pre-Screening committee: Susan Baraz, Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Roy Flukinger, Lauren Henkin, Stu Levy, Wally Mason, Lesley Meyer, Blue Mitchell, Laura Moya, Claire Annette, Shawn Records, Tina Schelhorn, P. Elaine Sharpe, George Slade, Christina Spielvogel, Susan Spiritus, Paula Tognarelli, and Laura Valenti. Part 2: Full panel of more than 200 jurors.
When’s the deadline: Registration is open through July 15

To register, please visit: The Critical Mass 2011 Registration page

Atlanta Celebrates Photography Portfolio Review

Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the cultivation of the photographic arts and the enrichment of the Atlanta art community. ACP hosts an annual, citywide photography festival in October: the Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival.

The ACP Portfolio Review and Walk offers artists the opportunity to meet with highly respected curators, dealers, editors, and agency representatives from across the United States and beyond. The Portfolio Walk (following the review sessions) gives participating photographers the opportunity to present their work to the general public at an evening reception, open to all.

What you get: 51 photographers will be accepted, and each will receive a minimum of five 20 minute, face to face reviews. Review participants may select their choice of reviewers.
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: Free to apply. If accepted, the fee is $300.
Who are the jurors: Brett Abbott, Michael Itkoff, Steven Kasher, Michael Kochman, Alexandra La Faou and Gordon Watkinson, Michael Mazzeo, Brenda Massie, Kevin Miller, Jennifer Schwartz, Anna Skillman, Katherine Ware, and Wendy Watriss.
When’s the deadline: Registration is open through July 15

To register, please visit: The ACP 2011 Portfolio Review Application page

Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5

Founded in 2004, The Center for Fine Art Photography is a nonprofit organization supported by donations, grants, and memberships.

There is no theme for this exhibition. The images will be evaluated as a cohesive body of work, rather than individual images. Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their twelve-image portfolios in the Center’s Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 book and online exhibition.

What you get: Each participant will be included in the Center’s Online Gallery exhibition as well as published in the Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 Book. Select artists also will receive a blog feature at the Center’s blog PERSPECTIVES
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $65 for members, $85 for non-members
Who’s gonna see your work: Chris Pichler, the founder and publisher of Nazraeli Press
When’s the deadline: September 14th, 2011

For more information, please visit: The Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 page

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2011 Daylight / CDS Photo Awards

In recognition of a mutual interest in documentary and fine art photography, Daylight Magazine and the Center for Documentary Studies started an international competition in spring 2010, the Daylight/CDS Photo Awards, to honor and promote talented and committed photographers, both emerging and established, in two prize categories, the Project Prize and the Work-in-Process Prize.

What you get: Project Prize Winner: A solo exhibition at the Center for Documentary Studies + more. Work-In-Process Prize Winner: A print feature in Daylight Magazine and CDS’s newsmagazine Document + more.
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $60 for Project Prize, $30 for Work-In-Process Prize.
Who’s gonna see your work: Anthony Bannon, director, George Eastman House; Darren Ching, owner, Klompching Gallery, and creative director, Photo District News; Stacey D. Clarkson, art director, Harper’s Magazine; Whitney Johnson, picture editor, The New Yorker; Joel Sternfeld, photographer; Sasha Wolf, owner, Sasha Wolf Gallery; Taj Forer and Michael Itkoff, editors, Daylight Magazine, and Alexa Dilworth, publishing director; and Courtney Reid-Eaton, exhibitions director, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
When’s the deadline: May 15, 2011

For more information, please visit: The Daylight / CDS Photo Awards Overview page.

Photo Review International Photography Competition

The Photo Review is a critical journal of national scope and international readership. Publishing since 1976, the Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource for the Mid-Atlantic region. Accepted work for the Photo Review International Photography Competition will be reproduced in the 2011 competition issue.

What you get: An exhibition at the University of the Arts Photography Gallery, Philadelphia
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $35 for up to three images, and $8 for each additional image
Who’s gonna see your work: Robert Mann, Director of the Robert Mann Gallery
When’s the deadline: May 31, 2011

For more information, please visit: Photo Review Competition page.

Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for International Photography Grant

The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for International Photography is a non-profit organization committed to fostering positive social discourse in underrepresented communities throughout the world by encouraging emerging and established photographers working in developing nations to keep their lenses fixed on the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. One photographer will receive a grant of $5,000 USD to be utilized for the production or completion of a project based on pressing social issues in the developing world.

What you get: $5,000 grant to pursue a social documentary project
Who can apply: Photographers 18 years or older
It’s gonna set you back: $0
Who’s gonna see your work: Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation staff
When’s the deadline: May 31, 2011

For more information, please visit: The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation website.

Photo Center NW 16th Annual Photo Competition Exhibition

The Photo Center NW works to advance the study, practice, and appreciation of fine art and documentary photography through education, exhibitions, access to photographic facilities, and public programs. The theme of the 16th Annual Photo Competition Exhibition is focused on ANYTHING related to Land or Water—open to interpretation. Selected entries will be exhibited in Seattle, WA at the Photo Center August - Mid October 2011.

What you get: A spot in the exhbition. First, second, and third prize winners will take home $1000, $500, and $250 as well as a $75 Blurb Inc. Scrip Certificate for each winner.
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $40 for 4 jpgs (minimum). You may add additional jpgs for $7 a piece up to 12 total.
Who’s gonna see your work: Karen Irvine, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago
When’s the deadline: June 11, 2011

For more information, please visit: The Photo Center NW website.

SlowExposures Photography Exhibition

SlowExposures is the nationally-recognized juried photography exhibition that underscores the diversity, contradictions and complexity of the rural American South. Entering its 9th year, SlowExposures includes a photography exhibit with workshops, portfolio reviews, satellite shows, a collector’s lecture, and a black-tie Ball, all designed to celebrate the rural South.

What you get: A spot in the SlowExposures exhbition, as well as a chance to win up to $1,000 in cash awards.
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $50
Who’s gonna see your work: Elisabeth Biondi, Visuals Director at The New Yorker magazine; Peter Essick, photographer
When’s the deadline: June 15, 2011

For more information, please visit: The SlowExposures website.

Do you have information about any grants or open calls you’d like to share with us? Please email info@oneonethousand.org.

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Foam Call For Talent 2011

Foam Magazine is an international photography magazine, published quarterly by Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam and Vandejong Communications.

Foam Magazine’s annual fall Talent issue will present the work of young, talented photographers. The editorial board will choose the portfolios according to creative vision and the concept of the series presented, among other criteria. The selection for Talent 2011 will focus on projects that address the question What’s Next?

What you get: A spread in Foam’s Fall Talent Issue
Who can apply: Photographers between 18 and 35 years old
It’s gonna set you back: €30 (about $43)
Who’s gonna see your work: The Foam Magazine editorial board
When’s the deadline: April 17th, 2011

For more information, please visit: Foam’s Submission page.

Burn Magazine Emerging Photographer Grant 2011

The Emerging Photographer Fund grant was initiated by David Alan Harvey in 2008, and is awarded by the Magnum Foundation, a non-profit created by the member photographers from Magnum Photos, Inc.

Some of the previous jurors have been: Carol Nagar, Martin Parr, Gilles Peress, Eugene Richards, Maggie Steber, Fred Ritchin, Bruce Gilden, David Griffin, John Gossage, Susan Meiselas, and James Nachtwey.

What you get: $15,000
Who can apply: Anyone can enter the EPF 2011 Grant, there are no age restrictions… however, it is intended for emerging photographers
It’s gonna set you back: $25
Who’s gonna see your work: TBA… but just look above to see last year’s jurors
When’s the deadline: May 1st, 2011

For more information, please visit: Burn’s EFG 2011 page.

Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5

Founded in 2004, The Center for Fine Art Photography is a nonprofit organization supported by donations, grants, and memberships.

There is no theme for this exhibition. The images will be evaluated as a cohesive body of work, rather than individual images. Fifteen photographers will be chosen to display their twelve-image portfolios in the Center’s Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 book and online exhibition.

What you get: Each participant will be included in the Center’s Online Gallery exhibition as well as published in the Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 Book. Select artists also will receive a blog feature at the Center’s blog PERSPECTIVES
Who can apply: Anyone
It’s gonna set you back: $65 for members, $85 for non-members
Who’s gonna see your work: Chris Pichler, the founder and publisher of Nazraeli Press
When’s the deadline: May 1st, 2011 September 14th, 2011

For more information, please visit: The Portfolio ShowCase Volume 5 page.

Documentary Photography Audience Engagement Grant

The Open Society Documentary Photography Project is offering a grant to support alternative models for presenting and disseminating documentary photography to the public.

The Audience Engagement Grant supports photographers to take an existing body of work on a social justice or human rights issue and devise an innovative way of using that work as a catalyst for social change.

What you get: Five to eight grants of $5,000 to $30,000 will be awarded
Who can apply: Individuals who are partnering with organizations on collaborative projects
It’s gonna set you back: $0
Who’s gonna see your work: Applications will be initially reviewed by the Documentary Photography Project, as well as other Open Society Foundations staff whose work coincides with the proposals.
When’s the deadline: May 13, 2011

For more information, visit: The Audience Engagement Grant Guidelines

Do you have information about any grants or open calls you’d like to share with us? Please email info@oneonethousand.org.

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DOMA Gallery Call for Entries: Eyes of Carolina

The DOMA GALLERY is a fine art photography gallery in Charlotte, North Carolina. "Eyes of Carolina" is a juried exhibition of fine art photography to showcase North Carolina’s finest photographers. The juror for the exhibition will select 5 artists as the finalists for the exhibition. The selected artist’s images will be exhibited at DOMA Gallery from June 30th to September 3rd. The opening reception will be held on June 30th. Press releases will announce the winners in mid June.

What you get: A spot in the "Eyes of Carolina" exhibition
Who can apply: Any photographer who lives or has lived in North Carolina
It’s gonna set you back: $20
Who’s gonna see your work: Larry Wheeler, the Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art located in Raleigh, North Carolina
When’s the deadline: June 2nd, 2011

For more information, please view: The DOMA Gallery call for entries.

Moving Walls 19 Documentary Photography Exhibition

Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth and nuanced explorations of human rights and social issues. Thematically linked to the Open Society Foundations mission, Moving Walls is exhibited at Open Society offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and includes seven discrete bodies of work.

What you get: A spot in the Moving Walls 19 exhibition. In addition, selected photographers will receive a $2,000 royalty payment.
Who can apply: Any emerging or veteran photographer who has completed a body of work on a human rights or social justice issue. Priority will be given to work that addresses issues and geographic regions of concern to the Open Society Foundations.
It’s gonna set you back: $0
Who’s gonna see your work: A committee of foundation staff and the exhibit curators, Susan Meiselas and Stuart Alexander
When’s the deadline: April 1, 2011

For more information, visit: The Moving Walls 19 Guidelines

The Photocrati Fund

The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to pro and emerging photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. Photocrati’s goal is to identify outstanding photographers and to provide the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world.

What you get: $5000, press at the Look3 Festival, and awardees become Photocrati Fellows for a full year
Who can apply: Just about everyone
It’s gonna set you back: $0
Who’s gonna see your work: Michael "Nick" Nichols, Steve McCurry, Art Wolfe, and other members of the the Photocrati Fund Board
When’s the deadline: April 1, 2011

For more information, visit: The Photocrati Fund page

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Jazz Funeral for Frank Dorsey, Mayor of Gert Town, 1973
by Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection

The deadline is approaching fast for the Michael P. Smith Fund For Documentary Photography (MPS Fund).

Michael P. Smith (1937-2008) was a New Orleans native and award-winning professional freelance photographer. Smith photographed every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from its inception in 1970 until his retirement in 2004, when he was honored with a major exhibition at the Fair Grounds. In a brilliant career that spanned more than four decades, Smith was an inspiration, a role model, and a mentor to many photographers in New Orleans and beyond.

Created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance (NOPA) to honor Smith’s life and work, the MPS Fund is open to both emerging and established photographers residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Don’t miss your opportunity to apply.

What you get: $5000
Who can apply: Photographers residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
How much you pay: Application fee: $25 + NOPA membership: $60.
Who’s gonna see your work: Tom Rankin, the Director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, will be the finalists’ juror. The preliminary panel that will select the finalists includes Stella Kramer, independent editor, editor of Fraction J; Gina Martin, Photographer Representative, National Geographic Image Collection; and Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography.
When’s the deadline: February 28, 2011

Last year, Jonathan Traviesa (who will be featured on One, One Thousand in March) won the grant for his project of environmental portraits, "New Portraits in New Orleans." The MPS Fund’s inaugural juror, Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator, Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, selected Traviesa’s project from ten finalists.

To learn more about the MPS Fund, please visit the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s Michael P. Smith Fund page. For additional information, please contact Lori Waselchuk at 225-907-6695.

Also, be sure to check out the rest of the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s website. NOPA is a diverse group of photographers who joined forces in 2006 to create unity and opportunity for photographers in the Gulf South. Since its inception, NOPA has sponsored photographic exhibitions, workshops, and educational programs. It also coordinates PhotoNOLA, the annual photography festival held each December at venues throughout New Orleans.

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one." — John Ruskin

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When we conceived of One, One Thousand, we wanted it to function in two primary ways:
1. As an excellent place to look at photographs made in the South.
2. As a truly useful resource for all photographers.

In the spirit of that second goal, we’re going to periodically collect information about grants, exhibitions, residencies, and open calls that might interest you. This time we’ve got details about a grant for Gulf Coasters (not this kind) and both an exhibition and residency opportunity in Woodstock, New York:

The Michael P. Smith Fund For Documentary Photography

Baptism at Beauty of Holiness Spiritual Church 1974
by Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection

The Michael P. Smith Fund For Documentary Photography (MPS Fund) was created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance to honor the life and work of documentary photographer, Michael P. Smith.

What you get: $5000
Who can apply: Photographers residing in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
It’s gonna set you back: Application fee: $25 + NOPA membership: $60.
Who’s gonna see your work: Tom Rankin, the Director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, will be the finalists’ juror. The preliminary panel that will select the finalists includes Stella Kramer, independent editor, editor of Fraction J; Gina Martin, Photographer Representative, National Geographic Image Collection; and Kevin Miller, Director of the Southeast Museum of Photography.
When’s the deadline: February 28, 2011

For more information, visit: The New Orleans Photo Alliance’s Michael P. Smith Fund page .

Center for Photography at Woodstock’s Annual PHOTOGRAPHY NOW

Founded in 1977, the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) is a not-for-profit artist-centered organization dedicated to supporting artists working in photography. The CPW is located in Woodstock, New York, and it’s galleries are free and open to the public Wednesday through Sunday.

What you get: A spot in the annual Photography Now exhibition
Who can apply: Just about everyone
It’s gonna set you back: $50
Who’s gonna see your work: Writer, curator, and photo critic, Vince Aletti
When’s the deadline: February 11, 2011

For more information, visit: Center for Photography at Woodstock’s Photography Now page

WOODSTOCK A-I-R 

Woodstock A-I-R is a workspace residency program at the Center for Photography at Woodstock designed to support artists of color working in the photographic arts who reside in the United States with access to time, facilities, financial, critical, and technical support.

What you get: Residency at the Center for Photography in Woodstock, New York. In 2011 CPW will offer 7 residencies for artists of color and 1 "critical studies residency" for a curator/critic of color. Residents receive 24/7 access to CPW’s workspace facilities (including black-&-white darkroom, digital imaging stations, and library), critical and technical support, stipend for food and travel, and honoraria. In addition, CPW extends participants opportunities in exhibition and publication to residents. 
Who can apply: Artists of color working in the photographic arts
It’s gonna set you back: $0
Who’s gonna see your work: Past participants in CPW’s residency and exhibition program, curators, collectors, and art critics
When’s the deadline: February 28, 2011

For more information, visit: The Woodstock A-I-R page

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