Ronan Guillou Grants CIVIS MARITIMUS Program

Photographers from Europe and the southern shores of the Mediterranean, you have a project associating man and the marine world, apply for the 2nd edition of the Ronan Guillou Grants!

In 2024, with the support of the city of Sète, and in synergy with the Itinérances Foto (Sète), two grants for photographic creation will be offered to professional European photographers and photographers from the southern shores of the Mediterranean.

For its second edition, CIVIS MARITIMUS is inviting two European photographers and/or photographers from the southern shores of the Mediterranean to produce a photographic project based on the same territory – the Occitanie region – and focusing on social, cultural, ecological and/or heritage issues linking human beings and the marine world.

The second edition of the Bourses Ronan Guillou is supported by the town of Sète, M28 and Château Laurens, built in Agde from 1898 by collector Emmanuel Laurens.

Objectives

• CIVIS MARITIMUS invites artists and researchers to think about the relationship between Man and the Sea, two elements of a shared biodiversity and heritage: protecting them means reconnecting with their own nature and preserving them all! All the actions supported by the program aim to:
  • Shift the gaze from a decisive maritime heritage: 70% of the planet is no mean feat! Promote the importance of the sea in the future of mankind: towards citizenship of the sea.

Funding Information

• Each photographer will receive an endowment of €4,000 and a two-month residency in Sète from May 7th to July 7th, 2024 to complete his or her project, with final delivery of the elements expected by September 15th, 2024 at the latest.

Eligibility Criteria

• The call is open to photographers from Europe and Mediterranean countires.
• There is no age limit, and applicants may be freelance or represented by an agency, collective or gallery. Duos of photographers are not eligible. One grant holder must be from a European country and one from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.
• Entries that emphasize an eco-responsible and experimental approach, in terms of the subjects addressed, the techniques used to produce the photographs and the methods of restitution devised, will be given careful consideration. The program is open to all forms of photographic creation, with an emphasis on original documentary, post-documentary and visual approaches.

For more information, visit Eyes Wide Open.