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About the Grant
In 2005, the Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project (DPP) created the Distribution Grant—now called the Audience Engagement Grant—to support photographers who would like to take existing documentation of issues they care about and use that work as catalysts for social change. Created in the context of diminishing print media outlets, the grant promotes alternative models for presenting and disseminating documentary photography to the public. Moreover, we hope to stimulate innovation in designing projects that create meaningful interactions with photographic content.
Starting with the 2010 grant cycle, the Distribution Grant has been renamed the Audience Engagement Grant to more accurately reflect the goals of the grant. That is, we aim to support photography-based projects that actively engage audiences on human rights and social justice issues.
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