Image by 2008 Emerging Photographer Fund grant winner Sean Gallagher

Hello collectors, friends and photographers (or friends of photographers). I was just reading this first-rate blog, and found a reason to rush back and share:

EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER GRANT 2009

A $10,000 grant will be awarded in early 2009 to a worthy emerging photographer from the readership here whose work is on the highest level. Funding would be designed to support continuation of this photographer’s personal project. This body of work may be of either journalistic mission or purely personal artistic imperatives…

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 the member photographers from Magnum Photos, Inc. A five person jury will be named to review your work.

The DEADLINE for submissions is MARCH 15, 2009. No exceptions.

Complete grant details here.

Buona fortuna!