The Everyday Projects grant

At the core of The Everyday Projects’ mission is a belief in support of photojournalists from diverse backgrounds as they develop their craft. In a new effort to help provide this vital support, The Everyday Projects is awarding two grants to photographers to work on a long-term project in their community. In addition to receiving $6,000 each, these two grantees will receive one year of mentorship as they continue their proposed project. Many thanks to our program mentors, Mallory Benedict, Photo Editor at National Geographic, and Jehan Jillani, Visuals Editor at The Atlantic.

More than 450 photographers applied from all over the world, and we were so impressed by their work and their dedication to projects that uplift and highlight their communities. This year’s winners are Tania Barrientos Radilla and Salih Basheer, whose projects were deeply inspiring, and whose intentions spoke to The Everyday Projects values. In addition, we’re announcing one Honorable Mention and nine other Finalists – see the full list below! Thank you to all of the applicants and thank you to our jury for their time and support.

Announcing our 2021 grant winners and finalists!

 
 
 
 
 

Salih Basheer
Khartoum, Sudan
@salihbashier | salihbasheer.com

"22 Days In Between," is a narrative journey back to the time after I lost my parent and settled in a new home after we left our house to live with my grandmother. I am trying with this project to know more about my parents and myself, and it's a healing process for me from the trauma. I have only a few memories of my parents, the first memory with my mother in our house yard I'm horrified by the noise of aircraft flying in a low distance spraying repeller for mosquitoes and I'm trying to cover in her arms, the second memory my father driving us in his white "Fiat" car to the Mosque for the Tarawih prayer it was Ramadan and I chose to go with my mother to the women section in the second floor so I can enjoy looking down to the people while praying. The last memory I remember I was coming back from Kindergarten with my brother I have my bag and wearing a white shirt and there was a police car in front of our house door and there were many people inside the house yard crying. I don't remember whose death that day was mum or dad. These few engraved memories of my parents all seen through the eyes of a child. I always question myself if these few memories are real or just dreams.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Tania Barrientos Radilla
Yucatan and Guerrero, Mexico
@tania_b.radilla | cargocollective.com/taniaradilla

In this project, I will explore the community feminism values practice by Afro-descendant and indigenous women of the Costa Chica. The Costa Chica of Guerrero is historically a region full of stories of struggle and community organizing processes. Afro-Mexican women have been a fundamental part of these movements, building from both within mixed organizations and in their own spaces for reflection and strengthening. According to several researchers, Afro-descendant women in the Costa Chica do have feminist practices although they do not recognize them as such because for them, they are rather attitudes inherited from their mothers and grandmothers. This type of feminism is built through community solidarity among women. There are two specific spaces where these practices are evident: the Casa de la Mujer Indígena (CAMI), where indigenous and/or Afro-Mexican women provide culturally relevant care, information for the prevention of violence against women, sexual and reproductive rights and midwifery work. and the network of community feminists that has a presence in the Costa Chica, Mountain and Central region of the state of Guerrero, where they learn about their rights and share, from their differences, their needs and stories of resistance.

 

Congratulations to the ten photographers who were named as finalists!

Honorable Mention:
Zohreh Sabaghnejad | Yazd, Iran | @zohreh.sabagh | zohrehsabagh.ir

Finalists:
Amina Kadous | Cairo, Egypt | @amina.kadous | aminakadous.com

Andrés Yépez | Quito, Ecuador | @pre_des_ido | andresyepez.com

DeLovie Kwagala | Johannesburg, South Africa | @deloviephotography | deloviephotography.com

Farshad Usyan | Kabul, Afghanistan | @farshadusyan

Fawaz Oyedeji | Lagos, Nigeria | @fawaz.oyedeji | fawazoyedeji.com

Fethi Sahraoui | Algiers, Algeria | @fethi.sahraoui | fethisahraoui.net

Gabriella Báez | San Juan, Puerto Rico | @gabriellanbaez | gabriellanbaez.com

Grasielle Barbaresco | São Paulo, Brazil | @grasibarbaresco | grasibarbaresco.com

Rehab Eldalil | Cairo, Egypt | @rehabeldalil | rehabeldalil.com


Grant selection committee

*Mallory Benedict and Jehan Jillani will also mentor the grantees.

Amy Yenkin, independent producer and editor

Amy Yenkin, independent producer and editor

Jehan Jillani, Visuals Editor, The Atlantic

Jehan Jillani, Visuals Editor, The Atlantic

Luisa Dörr, photographer

Luisa Dörr, photographer

Mallory Benedict, Photo Editor, National Geographic

Mallory Benedict, Photo Editor, National Geographic

Miora Rajaonary, photographer

Miora Rajaonary, photographer

Smita Sharma, photographer

Smita Sharma, photographer