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The Luminous Endowment Goes Live
1 August 2014
As we reported in March, Michael Reichmann, founder of the Luminous Landscape (affectionately known as LuLa), has established The Luminous Endowment for Photographers, a not-for-profit entity to provide scholarships, grants and awards to photographers world-wide. Today it has gone live.
Applications for several grants are now open for submission via the Grants page on the Endowment Web site.
The current roster of grants include the Luminous Landscape Grant, Lenswork Publication Skills Grant, The Mylio Grant for Memories and Stories and the M. Reichmann Grant. Awards vary between $1,000 to $5,000 for each grant.
PAY IT FORWARD
Reichmann explained the concept, "While we may not be able to repay those who've helped us to achieve personal and professional success, we can find a way to share our good fortune with those who need help both now and in the future."
Michael Reichmann
The Endowment, a U.S.-based not-for-profit charitable organization, will provide grants to support non-commercial photographic projects including fine art landscape photography, documentary photography, publishing photographic work, travel related to a photographic project and more.
There are also plans to publish an annual book of grantees' work, plus possible traveling exhibitions of that work.
The panel of judges whose job is to review all project proposals includes John Paul Caponigro, Joe Cornish, Eric Meola, Peter Cox, Mikkel Aaland, Ctein,Katrin Eismann, Alain Briot, Tim Wolcott, Sean Reid, William Neill, Andy Biggs, Nick Rains and Ken Duncan.
DONATIONS
The Endowment is also accepting donations, hoping to raise one million dollars in the first year. Reichmann himself is donating all proceeds for his new limited edition Michael Reichmann -- a 20-Year Photography Retrospective.
For more information see the news release below.
Michael Reichmann, Founder Of The Luminous Landscape, Creates The Luminous Endowment For Photographers
Endowment Will Offer Grants to Support Photography Projects Worldwide
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- MichaelReichmann, founder of The Luminous Landscape, Inc., the world's largest Web site devoted to the fine art and craft of photography, has formally announced The Luminous Endowment for Photographers. Its mission is to support photography projects worldwide through merit-based grants.
"In creating the Luminous Endowment, I was inspired by a 'Pay It Forward' philosophy," said Michael Reichmann. "While we may not be able to repay those who've helped us to achieve personal and professional success, we can find a way to share our good fortune with those who need help both now and in the future."
The Endowment, a U.S.-based not-for-profit charitable organization, will provide a variety of specific grants to support non-commercial photographic projects such as: fine art landscape photography; documentary photography; publishing photographic work; travel related to a photographic project; and others. Also there are plans to publish an annual book of grantees' work, plus possible traveling exhibitions of that work. Applications for a limited number of grants are now open for submission via the Endowment Web site at: http://www.luminous-endowment.org.
A panel of judges, including some of the world's leading photographers and educators, will review all project proposals. The panel includes John Paul Caponigro, Joe Cornish, Eric Meola, Peter Cox, Mikkel Aaland, Ctein,Katrin Eismann, Alain Briot, Tim Wolcott, Sean Reid, William Neill, Andy Biggs, Nick Rains and Ken Duncan.
The Luminous Endowment for Photographers' Board of Directors comprises respected individuals with backgrounds in business, law and academia, including Michael Reichmann, David Vaskevitch, Brooks Jensen, Dr. Arye Carmon, Nick Devlin, Kevin Raber, Chris Sanderson and Jonathan Wolch. Their responsibilities include guidance to assure that the Endowment adheres to its philanthropic goals as well as fiduciary oversight.
Donations to the Endowment are a way to "pay it forward." Plans are now underway to raise one million dollars in the first year. Michael is donating to the Endowment all proceeds from his new limited edition book, Michael Reichmann -- a 20-Year Photography Retrospective. This masterful collaboration between Michael and Arturo Chapa, one of the world's top book designers, has produced a 400-page large-format book that is available only through donations toThe Luminous Endowment.
All contributions can be made via the Endowment's Web site. In addition, individuals and corporations who donate $35,000 or more may create "named" grants which will be administered by the Endowment.
About the Luminous Endowment for Photographers
The Luminous Endowment for Photographers has been created as a 501(c)(3) USA-based not-for-profit charitable organization. It was established in 2014 by Michael Reichmann, the founder of The Luminous Landscape, Inc., the world's oldest and largest Web site devoted to the fine art and craft of photography. The Endowment's mission is to provide financial support through outright financial grants to photographers for merit-based projects. The Endowment is guided by a 'Pay It Forward' philosophy; namely, that while we may not be able to repay those who've helped us to achieve personal and professional success, we can find a way to share our good fortune with those who need help both now and in the future.
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For more information, please contact Michael Reichmann.