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The W. Eugene Smith Fund supports photographers whose work follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s humanistic photography and dedicated compassion.
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| Jul 1, 2026 | W. Eugene Smith Fund Announces Call for Entries for 2026 Grants in Humanistic Photography and Howard Chapnick Grant | Maen Hammad received the 2025 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography ($30,000) for his project, Amira’s Castle, an ongoing exploration of his grandparents’ lives, and his own documentation of the Palestinian present. Mumin Gul is a... |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Judges Select 2025 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant Recipients from More Than 650 Entries Representing 74 Countries | Maen Hammad is the recipient of this year’s $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, Amira’s Castle, an ongoing exploration of his grandparents’ lives, and his own documentation of the Palestinian present. Mu... |
| Sep 17, 2025 | W. Eugene Smith Fund Announces Judges for 2025 Grants in Humanistic Photography | Judges for the 46th annual W. Eugene Smith grant include Clinton Cargill, News Director, Photo, at the New York Times; Sabiha Çimen, 2020 Eugene Smith grant recipient and member of Magnum Photos; and Arianna Rinaldo, independent curator and... |
| Jul 1, 2025 | W. Eugene Smith Fund Announces Call for Entries for 2025 Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, Student/Chapnick Grants | "Paradise Lost" captures an untenable situation framed by both tragedy and splendor. Under a sky lit by gas flares, Jalismar Villaruel, plays animal lottery with her neighbors and two children. Copyright Adriana Loureiro Fernández... |
| Dec 12, 2024 | W. Eugene Smith Fund Announces 2024 Grant Recipients in Humanistic Photography; Receives Most Entries in 45-Year History | Adriana Loureiro Fernández received a $30K grant for Paradise Lost, a project that encapsulates both tragedy and splendor in her native Venezuela. Under a sky lit by gas flares, Jalismar plays animal lottery with neighbors. Adriana Loureiro... |
| Sep 26, 2024 | W. Eugene Smith Fund Announces Judges for 2024 Grants in Humanistic Photography | Arem Duplessis is a Group Creative Director at Apple, Hideko Kataoka is the Director of Photography at Newsweek Japan, and Nii Obodai is a photographer and artist Ghana. Darcy Padilla is an associate professor of art at the University of Wi... |
| Sep 4, 2024 | W. Eugene Smith Fund Increases Cash Awards for Smith Grant Finalist, Chapnick Grant Recipient, Adds Second Student Grant | W. Eugene Smith photographed his two young children, Patrick and Juanita, scampering through the woods behind the house. The resulting image, entitled “The Walk to Paradise Garden,” became Smith’s most popular. New Donors and Added Support ... |
| Jul 2, 2024 | W. Eugene Smith Fund announces 45th Annual Grants in Humanistic Photography, Revives Howard Chapnick Grant | Sebastião Salgado (1982 grant recipient), of Brazil, spent seven years documenting the lives of villagers in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico and Guatemala and published the work in a book titled: “The Other Americas.” Copyright, Sabastiao Sa... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | W. Eugene Smith Fund Renews Howard Chapnick Grant, Publishes New Guidelines for Submissions | Pete Brook, an independent writer, curator, and educator, and a group of prison inmates use archived prison photographs to co-author “History 101: Photography In American Prisons; a course curriculum on images in, and about, carceral sites ... |
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Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning W. Eugene Smith Fund, among them “W. Eugene Smith Fund Announces Call for Entries for 2026 Grants in Humanistic Photography and Howard Chapnick Grant” (Jul 1, 2026) and “Judges Select 2025 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant Recipients from More Than 650 Entries Representing 74 Countries” (Dec 18, 2025).
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Yes, W. Eugene Smith Fund is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 28, 2026.