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Pathshala is the early school of Photography in South Asia region, which offers various short-term and long-term educational Programme in photography, film and multimedia journalism throughout the year. Started in 1998, the institution has slowly grown to become a fully-fledged photography educational institution based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.






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W. Eugene Smith Fund 2025




OPEN CALL:


The W. Eugene Smith Fund is now accepting applications for its 46th annual Grant in Humanistic Photography, awarding a total of $67,500 to photographers and institutions working in the spirit of W. Eugene Smith’s legacy.


$30,000 awarded to one recipient.
$10,000 each to two finalists.

Pathshala South Asian Media Institute is a partner of the W. Eugene Smith Grant!

Note: If you'd like to receive an application fee waiver, please send us your Project Proposal and Portfolio according to the application requirements section. We will go over your project and then let you know you're eligible for an application fee waiver.

Please email us the documents in a Google Drive link to pathshala.hod.photo@gmail.com  by 15 Sep 2025, and after review, the final submission will be done by 23 Sep 2025.

Submission deadline (Without Waiver) – 05 October 2025 at 11:59 pm EDT



REQUIREMENTS:

︎ A biography up to 1500 characters (spaces included). A CV, up to 2000 characters (spaces included), is optional and can instead be submitted as a PDF of unlimited length.

︎ The project description is a concise synopsis or summary of the project. This outline should be brief but comprehensive. Ideally, the project will be journalistically realizable, visually translatable, and humanistically driven. The description should not exceed 2000 characters (spaces included).

︎ The project proposal should go into greater detail, describing the practical aspects of the applicant's plan. It should explain how the applicant will use the Smith Grant funds to launch or complete the project. The proposal should not exceed 3000 characters (spaces included).

︎IMAGES: Applicants can submit up to 40 images total. These should consist of representative images from the project being proposed to the W. Eugene Smith Fund. Or, if a new project, the applicant can include in their submission past work clearly marked as such, that represents the candidate’s vision and their ability to execute the project being proposed to the fund. No AI-generated imagery is allowed.

You must be 18 years of age or older to apply for this grant.
Please see the link to know details: https://shorturl.at/k8yPO