W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
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W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is an organisation established to encourage and support individuals who are active in the field of photography for humanitarian purposes. It gives out the W. Eugene Smith Grant and Howard Chapnick Grant.
Since 1979 the fund has worked to seek out independent voices who work and create outside the boundaries of modern publishing and mass media, following the legacy of W. Eugene Smith. The American photojournalist, working between 1936 and 1978, was committed to the documentation of human condition and suffering. He travelled searching to portray and capture people's behaviour in emotional distress.
For more than thirty years the fund has recognized photographers who explore matters of global importance and address them with integrity and courage.
W. Eugene Smith Grant
Every year a grant is given to a photographer with an innovative and intriguing sight of humans dealing with social, economical, political or environmental issues.
=Recipients of W. Eugene Smith Grant=
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- 1980: Jane Evelyn Atwood{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/recipients | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = Recipients: W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, INC.}}
- 1981: Eugene Richards{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/recipients/1981-eugene-richards | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = 1981: Eugene Richards}}
- 1982: Sebastião Salgado{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/recipients/1982-sebastiao-salgado | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = 1982: Sebastião Salgado}}
- 1983: Milton Rogovin
- 1984: Gilles Peress
- 1985: Donna Ferrato
- 1985: Letizia Battaglia
- 1986: John Vink
- 1987: Graciela Iturbide
- 1988: Paul Graham{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/recipients/1988-paul-graham | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = 1988: Paul Graham}}
- 1989: Cristina Garcia Rodero
- 1990: Carl De Keyzer
- 1991: Dario Mitidieri
- 1992: Eli Reed
- 1993: Marc Asnin
- 1993: James Nachtwey
- 1994: Ellen Binder
- 1995: Vladimir Syomin
- 1996: Gideon Mendel
- 1997: Alain Keler
- 1998: Ernesto Bazan
- 1999: Chien-Chi Chang
- 2000: Brenda Ann Kenneally
- 2001: Maya Goded
- 2002: Kai Wiedenhöfer
- 2003: Trent Parke{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/recipients/2003-trent-parke | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = 2003: Trent Parke}}
- 2004: Stanley Greene
- 2005: Pep Bonet
- 2006: Paolo Pellegrin
- 2007: Stephen Dupont
- 2008: Mikhael Subotzky{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/recipients/2008-mikhael-subotzky | accessdate = 17 November 2014 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = 2008: Mikhael Subotzky}}
- 2009: Lu Guang
- 2010: Darcy Padilla{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/darcy-padilla-wins-the-w-eugene-smith-award|title=Darcy Padilla Wins the W. Eugene Smith Award|author=Whitney Johnson|date=20 October 2010|work=The New Yorker}}
- 2011: Krisanne Johnson{{cite web|first1=Krisanne|last1=Johnson|access-date=2018-06-21|title=Krisanne Johnson Awarded the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography|url=https://time.com/3782008/krisanne-johnson-awarded-eugene-smith-grant-humanistic-photography/|website=Time}}{{cite news|first1=Kerri|last1=MacDonald|accessdate=2018-06-21|title=Love and Pain in Swaziland|url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/love-and-pain-in-swaziland/|newspaper=Lens Blog}}
- 2012: Peter van Agtmael{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/recipients/2012-peter-van-agtmael | accessdate = 16 January 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = 2012: Peter van Agtmael}}{{cite news|accessdate=2018-06-21|title=The W. Eugene Smith Awards: Winners and Finalists|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-w-eugene-smith-awards-winners-and-finalists|newspaper=The New Yorker}}
- 2013: Robin Hammond{{cite web|first1=Vaughn|last1=Wallace|access-date=2018-06-21|title=Peter van Agtmael Receives the 2012 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography|url=https://time.com/55006/peter-van-agtmael-receives-the-2012-w-eugene-smith-grant-in-humanistic-photography/|website=Time}}
- 2014: Joseph Sywenkyj{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/announcements/joseph-sywenkyj-receives-30000-grant-from-w-eugene-smith-memorial-fund-in-humanistic-photography | date = 15 October 2014 | accessdate = 3 February 2017 | publisher = World Press Photo | title = Joseph Sywenkyj Receives $30,000 Grant from W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund in Humanistic Photography for Verses from a Nation in Transition}}
- 2015: Matt Black for The Geography of Poverty.{{cite web|url = https://time.com/4073718/eugene-smith-2015-matt-black/ | date = 14 October 2015 | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = Time | title = Matt Black Wins the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography}}{{cite news | url = http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/w-eugene-smith-grants-honor-humanistic-photography/ | date = 14 October 2015 | access-date = 15 October 2015 | first = Rena | last = Silverman | work = The New York Times | title = W. Eugene Smith Grants Honor Humanistic Photography}}
- 2016: Daniel Castro Garcia{{cite web|accessdate=2018-06-21|title=Daniel Castro Garcia wins the W. Eugene Smith Grant – British Journal of Photography|url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/10/foreigner-migration-into-europe-2015-2016/|website=www.bjp-online.com}}{{cite news|first1=James|last1=Estrin|accessdate=2018-06-21|title=W. Eugene Smith Grant Awarded to Daniel Castro Garcia|url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/w-eugene-smith-grant-awarded-to-daniel-castro-garcia/|newspaper=Lens Blog}}
- 2017: Justyna Mielnikiewicz{{cite web|first1=Alexandra|last1=Genova|access-date=2018-06-21|title=Polish Photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz Wins W. Eugene Smith Grant|url=https://time.com/4528611/polish-photographer-justyna-mielnikiewicz-wins-w-eugene-smith-grant/|website=Time}}
- 2018: Mark Peterson{{cite news|first1=James|last1=Estrin|accessdate=2019-10-18|title=Documenting the Rise of White Nationalism|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/lens/documenting-rise-white-nationalism-eugene-smith-grant.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 October 2018|issn=0362-4331|via=NYTimes.com}}{{cite web|accessdate=2019-10-18|title=Mark Peterson awarded 2018 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant in Humanistic Photography|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/mark-peterson-awarded-2018-w-slideshow-wp-225652602.html|website=www.yahoo.com}}
- 2019: Yael Martínez{{cite web|accessdate=2019-10-18|title=Yael Martinez Wins $40K 2019 W. Eugene Smith Grant|url=https://www.pdnonline.com/features/photography-news/awards-competitions/yael-martinez-wins-2019-smith-grant/|date=17 October 2019|website=PDN Online}}
- 2020: Andrés Cardona, Sabiha Çimen, Laura El-Tantawy, Mariceu Erthal García, Yuki Iwanami{{cite web|access-date=2021-10-06|title=2020 Grant Recipients|url=https://www.smithfund.org/2020-grant-recipients-landing-page|website=W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund}}
- 2021:Lalo de Almeida, Kimberly dela Cruz, Melissa Lyttle, Cristopher Rogel Blanquet, Nicolò Filippo Rosso{{cite web|access-date=2021-12-22|title=2021 Grant Recipients|url=https://www.smithfund.org/2021-grant-recipients|website=W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund}}
- 2022: Maxim Dondyuk{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-21|title=Maxim Dondyuk Receives 43rd Annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for “Ukraine 2014/22,” Documenting Country's Battle for Independence|url=https://www.smithfund.org/news/2022/9/8/w-eugene-smith-fund-names-finalists-in-43rd-annual-grants-in-humanistic-photography-sg9ad|website=W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund}}
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W. Eugene Smith Fellowship
With the award of the Grant, a $5000 (US) Fellowship is also shared between one or more finalists deemed worthy of special recognition.{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/eugene-smith-grant | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = Gene Smith Grant}}
=Recipients of W. Eugene Smith Fellowship=
- 2010: Kosuke Okahara for Ibasyo: self-injury among young Japanese girls
- 2011: Massimo Berutti for Dusty path
- 2014: Moises Saman for Discordia: The Arab Spring
- 2015: Jointly awarded to Mary F. Calvert (for The Battle Within: Sexual Violence in America’s Military) and Marcus Bleasdale (for The Unravelling: Central African Republic).
- 2016: Oscar B. Castillo
- 2017: Edmund Clark and Alex Majoli{{cite web|accessdate=2018-06-21|title=Daniel Castro Garcia Receives $35,000 Grant from W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund in Humanistic Photography for or his work on immigration into Sicily|url=http://smithfund.org/uncategorized/daniel-castro-garcia-receives-35000-grant-from-w-eugene-smith-memorial-fund-in-humanistic-photography-for-or-his-work-on-immigration-into-sicily|website=smithfund.org}}
- 2018: Sarah Blesener{{cite web|access-date=2021-10-06|title=2018 Grant Recipients|url=https://www.smithfund.org/2018-grant-recipients|website=W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund}}
- 2019: Siân Davey
- 2022: Mary F. Calvert
Howard Chapnick Grant
In 1996 a new award was added, the Howard Chapnick Grant, to encourage leadership in fields that are complementary to photojournalism, such as editing research or education and management. The grant was established to honor the memory of Howard Chapnick, former president of Black Star picture agency and writer of The Truth Needs No Ally: Inside Photojournalism. The $5000 (US) grant funds a variety of projects which might include a program of further education, research, a special long-term sabbatical project, or an internship to work with a noteworthy group or individual.
=Recipients of Howard Chapnick Grant=
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- 1996: Colin Jacobson{{cite web|url = http://smithfund.org/howard-chapnick-grant | access-date = 15 October 2015 | publisher = W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | title = Howard Chapnick Grant}}
- 1997: Susan Grayson
- 1998: Dr. Shahidul Alam
- 1999: Peter Mecca
- 2000: David Spear
- 2001: Zana Briski
- 2002: Elizaveta G. Faktor
- 2003: Tamas Revesz
- 2004: Manoocher Deghati
- 2005: Stephen Edward Ferry
- 2006: Michael Itkoff
- 2007: Danny Peralta, Miguel Anaya, Lyric Cabral, Mark Nevers and Bashira Webb, the Jocelyn Benzakin Fellowship
- 2008: Ren Yue
- 2009: Richard Steven Street
- 2010: [No recipient]
- 2011: Ryan Libre
- 2012: David J. Spear
- 2013: FotoKonbit
- 2014: Muriel Hasbun
- 2015: Tom Garber
- 2016: Liza Faktor
- 2017: Michael Shaw
- 2018: Pete Brook
- 2019: NYC Salt
- 2020: OjoRojo Fabrica Visual (Red Eye Visual Factory)
- 2021: The 400 Years Project
- 2022: Seydou Camara
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External links
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