In the last 15 years, I have had the privilege to meet and get know as well as make good friends with some of the finest photographers in the world. Michael Reichmann is one of those photographers, and it has been a privilege to be able to travel to many of the different corners of the world with him. More than anything else he became one of my best and finest friends. When I made the decision to joining Luminous-Landscape, I did so because we shared a common passion and a great desire to share that passion with others around the world. Of course, the passion is photography and as the founder of the site Michael has shared his passion freely for fifteen plus years.
Late last year Michael shared with me his latest passion, and as we headed into 2014, he began to work on the Luminous-Endowment. His dream was to create an organization that could award grants to photographers so they could pursue and complete photographic projects that may not have been able to do without a form of assistance. The Luminous-Endowment was born, and in less that a year the organization has raised a nice amount of money and made it’s first round of grants. Please stop over to the Luminous-Endowment site and learn more about what we do and also think about purchasing at our special Christmas price Michael’s Retrospective book. All proceeds for the book go into the Luminous endowment.
Alain Briot one of the finest instructors I have met and a regular contributor on Luminous-Landscape is one of the jurors for the Endowment. You can learn about the jurors on the Endowment site. Today Alain shares with us his insight into The Granting Process and how a photographer who may interested in obtaining a grant can prepare better and submit a grant application that will give them an edge. At the same time, it gives those of us who won’t be requesting a grant somethings to think about as we go about creating our regular work and projects.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
