The agency Getty Images, in collaboration with Instagram, announced on Thursday,October 26th, 2017, the recipients of the annual Getty Images Instagram Grant. Three recipients hailing from the United States and India were chosen for the prestigious prize and were awarded $10,000 each, mentorship by an expert Getty Images photojournalist and the opportunity to have their work showcased at the Getty Images Gallery in London from the 24th of October to the 4th of November, 2017.
Now in its third year, the grant program was founded to support photographers, videographers and visual artists using Instagram to document stories from underrepresented communities around the world.
Saumya Khandelwal (@khandelwal_saumya) is an India-based photojournalist working across social issues including gender and the environment. The images of her project entitled Child Brides of Shravasti follow the daily lives of young girls in a part of Uttar Pradesh, India who are forced into early marriages. Documenting the harsh realities faced by these children, Saumya Khandelwal uses Instagram to depict how the lives of these girls drastically change after child marriage.
