The Visual Thinking Collective

09/10/2026

Vital Impacts has opened applications fo!r grants and mentorships. Check out this amazing opportunity at the link below.

The 2027 Vital Impacts Fellowships & Mentorships are now accepting applications, supporting photographers who are documenting the people, places, and issues shaping our planet and our future.

This year, .Impacts is offering $50,000 in fellowship funding and 10 yearlong mentorships, connecting photographers with leading editors and mentors to strengthen their storytelling, grow their careers, and open doors to new opportunities.

Empowering photographers and storytellers to tell powerful, long-term stories about the people and communities protecting our planet and wildlife.

03/10/2026

Applications open until March 21!! Www.sarahleen.com for more info and to apply. Join us for community, support and connection

02/28/2026

09/18/2024

2025 LEICA WOMEN FOTO PROJECT AWARD

Unity Through Diversity

The sixth annual Leica Women Foto Project Award is now open for entries. This year’s theme, Unity Through Diversity, invites women photographers to submit a photo essay exploring the importance of connection in times of division, using any make or model of camera.

Call for entries closes November 5, 2024, 11:59PM ET

The 2025 Leica Women Foto Project Award grants four photographers $10,000 each to help women photographers with personal photo projects. In addition to the financial award, each winner will receive a Leica SL3 camera and a Leica Vario Elmarit-SL 24-70mm lens.

For more information and how to apply please follow this link.

2025 LEICA WOMEN FOTO PROJECT AWARDUnity Through DiversityThe sixth annual Leica Women Foto Project Award—a prestigious initiative dedicated to celebrating and empowering visual storytellers with a unique feminine perspective. This year’s theme, Unity Through Diversity, invites photographers to ...

12/13/2023

Hello, Sarah Leen here, I am starting a new workshop for women photographers and editors here in Maine June 9-16, 2024. Female Perspectives on Visual Storytelling will be part retreat and part working on editing and sequencing a visual long term project of your choice. We will also have some amazing guest speakers including Kathy Moran, Yunghi Kim Photojournalist and Mary Virginia Swanson. Please check out the website for details and how to apply. And please share to anyone who you think might benefit from this gathering. 🙏 Thank you!

https://www.sarahleen.com

11/29/2023

Very excited to be part of the 2nd Women's International League for Peace and Freedom collaboration and photo contest Men and Love. With fellow jurors: Ismail Ferdous Pete Muller Gael Almeida Jahi Chikwendiu and Azu Nwagbogu "In these times of war and increasing polarization, when men often play a pivotal role in conflict and violence, we ask you to share your vision about who, where, how and what men can and do love."

https://www.wilpf.org/photo-competition-2023/

03/29/2023

Wonderful article on on Blind Magazine about the Photobook. For anyone who loves photobooks (!!!) this is for you. ❤️

To create book-objects, many publishers engage in a creative competition. Let’s take a look at what happens on the other side of the page.

03/08/2023

From March 15-31 FotoEvidence books will be holding an Open Call for photo book proposals. If you feel you have a project that addresses social issues and you want some feedback on whether it is ready for book form please check this out. Selected books will be published 2024. FYI there is a fee.

OPEN DOORS FOR BOOK PROPOSALS - 2023 by Svetlana Bachevanova € 80.00 BUY MARCH 15th- 30th, 2023 Pitch your photo book idea in a one-hour online Zoom conversation with the publisher of FotoEvidence Svetlana Bachevanova. During the one-to-one meeting we’ll review your proposal and images, and talk...

08/22/2022

From Sarah Leen: If you want to learn how to photo edit your own work, tell a story with you images and have long term project that needs support and guidance please consider joining my Editing the Visual Story workshop online from October 24-Nov. 4. It is a combination of group classes and one-on-one editing sessions supported by Santa Fe Workshops and the amazing Leah Woodruff. Bill Marr and I love teaching this class and watching the sense of community grow through our weeks together and watching our students growth. Come join us and share with anyone you think might enjoy this journey. Thank-you!!

with Sarah Leen and Bill Marr

03/21/2022

Interesting photo editing job opportunity!! Check it out.

FIXED-TERM, FULL-TIME JOB VACANCY Photo Editor Digital Division New York Office Preferred; Multiple Locations Considered Application Deadline: April 10, 2022 The Digital Division of Human Rights Watch is seeking an experienced Photo Editor to provide photography editing, research, sourcing, and arch...