Recognizing the widespread financial need caused by the worldwide pandemic, the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography will break from tradition this year. Rather than award $40,000 to a single photographer, the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund will award $10,000 to five photographers whose work follows the tradition of compassionate photojournalism exhibited by W. Eugene Smith during his 45-year career.
In addition, the Smith Fund will present the Howard Chapnick Grant for leadership in any field ancillary to photojournalism, such as picture editing, research, education and management, and the Eugene Smith Student Grant.
To accommodate photographers who have had difficulty in applying this year, the Smith Fund has extended the deadline to May 30, 2020 at 11:59PM EST.
