The Luminous Endowment, an charitable fund headed by Michael Reichmann, has announced its first round of grant recipients. Reichmann is the founder of Luminous Landscape, a website dedicated to fine art photography. His focus has shifted recently to the creation of the endowment, which awards merit-based grants to photographers seeking to start or complete projects, books or exhibitions. Read more
Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
As a visitor to this site you are one of over a million people each month who visit here from all over the globe. We share a common passion for photography.
But you may not know that a few months ago Michael Reichmann created a new not-for-profit called The Luminous Endowment for Photographers. The Endowment’s purpose is to fund photographic projects worldwide. Projects by photographers like you.
Our first grant period has just come to a close. Here are links to the applications received; a total of one hundred and thirty two for five different grants. There are some very exciting projects seeking funding, and you may enjoy reading about them.
80 Luminous Landscape Grant applications
41 M. Reichmann Grant applications
5 Mylo Grant applications
4 Lenswork Grant applications
2 N. Kitto Grant Applications
The number of applications is very satisfying. I wish that we had more grants and more money to give, But I must say that I am disappointed in the donor support receive thus far. The Luminous Endowment for Photographers will only thrive if it is support by photographers like you.
Please consider making a donation and receiving a beautiful 400 page book by Michael Reichmann as your reward for giving. These books will make fantastic Christmas presents!!
The winners of these grants will be announced before the end of November, and a new grant period will commence on December 1.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
As a visitor to this site you are one of over a million people each month who visit here from all over the globe. We share a common passion for photography.
But you may not know that a few months ago Michael Reichmann created a new not-for-profit called The Luminous Endowment for Photographers. The Endowment’s purpose is to fund photographic projects worldwide. Projects by photographers like you.
Our first grant period is coming to a close at the end of this month. Here are links to the applications received so far. There are some very exciting projects seeking funding, and you may enjoy reading about them.
The M. Reichmann Grant
The Luminous Landscape Grant
The Nicholas Kitto Grant
There is one thing missing though. You!
We need your support in the form of donations to fund the grants and to help your follow photographers fulfill their dreams. You can make a contribution and also receive a copy of Michael new 400 page 20 Year Retrospective Book as a reward for your donation.
Please support The Luminous Endowment for Photographers. – Thanks, Michael
From the Sublime to The Ridiculous
I have always had a great respect for Leica the company as well as their products. Long-time observers will also note that in addition to their "normal" series of camera models, from time to time Leica has released special editions. Cameras with blue alligator leather and gold trim, for example; usually for the Asian market.
But today Leica announced a new camera, the "Leica X “Edition Moncler”, which even surpasses Hasselblad and their horrendous Lunar and Stellar models in its display of bad taste.
I don’t know what else to say. I hope that they sell a boatload of these fashion accessories because if it helps Leica’s bottom line they’ll have more money for engineering and development. But really, Dr. Kaufman. Can dreck like this this be released with a straight face? Hasselblad has the excuse that it is currently run by venture capitalists who haven’t a clue about the photographic industry. But Leica? Come now. This is 2014. Let’s leave tacky co-branding behind (no matter how lucrative) and instead embrace a new era, where Leica thrives based on its product excellence. – Michael Reichmann
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Thomas Knoll, the co-author of Adobe Photoshop and the designer of Adobe’s Camera Raw, is auctioning six large framed prints of his work, with proceeds going to The Luminous Endowment for Photographers.
Tom will be speaking at Adobe MAX this year about his photography and how he uses Photoshop and Lightroom to process his own photographs.
As part of his talk, Tom will showing raw capture / intermediate / final stages for a number of his photos. For six of these photos he has made large prints which will be displayed at the conference and then auctioned off, with the profits donated to The Luminous Endowment for Photographers.
Thomas is also using an on-line auction site to make the bidding
available to people outside the conference – including you!
http://www.32auctions.com/thomasknoll
You too can own one of these prints, and at the same time help support this important charity, which in turn supports photographers world-wide to pursue their photographic projects.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
We launched the Luminous Endowment on August 1 and it has received wide attention and enthusiastic support. The number of applications from photographers around the world increases every day. Clearly there is a need in the photographic community for financial support for worthwhile projects, and it is our intention in the months and years ahead to finance as many of these as possible. Why not visit our new site and find out more?
But we need your financial support to make these grants possible. Please visit The Endowment, spend a few minutes finding out who we are and what we are doing. Also, find out how you can receive a copy of Michael’s new 400 page book titled Michael Reichmann – A Twenty Year Retrospective as a gift in exchange for your generous donation to other photographers. The Endowment is a not-for-profit.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
Michael Reichmann, the founder of The Luminous Landscape, has announced the launch of The Luminous Endowment for Photographers, a charitable organization whose mandate is to provide grants to photographers world-wide who are in need of financial support for their photographic undertakings.
Today also sees the publication of Michael Reichmann – a Twenty Year Retrospective. This large format, cloth bound, hard-cover book has 400 pages, containing 380 images. It was designed by Arturo Chapa, one of the world’s top book designers. This book is available in two editions; a signed and numbered limited-edition (500 copies only), contained in a clam-shell style slip-case, and also in an open series hard-covered edition without slip-case.
The design, printing and production of this book is Michael’s donation to The Endowment. The book is available to you in both editions through your donation to The Luminous Endowment For Photographers. This book will only be available as a gift to people who donate to The Endowment, and will not be available in bookstores.
The are two new article online here today… Announcing – The Luminous Endowment for Photographers and Michael Reichmann – A Twenty Year Retrospective.
Or, visit The Luminous Endowment for Photographers directly to find out more.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New
There are three new articles being published here today; two reviews of the just announced Leica T, one by Michael and the other by Australian contributor Nick Rains. You can also read much more about the Leica T on our colleague Sean Reid’s subscription web site Reidreviews.
There is also the beginning today of a blog about Michael and Chris’ trip to Vancouver and China, to go on press for the printing of Michael’s two new books. In addition to daily reports, stills and videos, Chris will be shoting a documentary on book photo production, including interviews with Lenswork’s publisher Brooks Jensen, and the world famous designer of "Michael Reichmann – a 20 Year Photography Retrospective" – Arturo Chapa.
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The Luminous Landscape – What’s New