Female in Focus 2020
An award for women photographers
- Deadline: 10 March 2020
- Entry fee: 25$ 3 Single Images / 45$ One Story
- Website: https://femaleinfocus.com/

Female in Focus is a photography award from 1854 Media. Having launched in 2019, the award aims to highlight and give a platform to the exceptional work of women photographers around the world.
Female in Focus was conceived to address gender inequality in the photography industry. 80% of photography graduates are women — yet women make up only 15% of professional photographers. These women photographers are earning, on average, 40% less than their male counterparts.
Our mission is to open up the photographic landscape to a broad and representative range of talent, empowering woman-identifying and non-binary people the world over to own their own stories.
We know we have to start at home. We’re proud to say that 54% of the photographers we commission through Studio 1854 are women. Gender balance in our awards programme is improving, but not yet equal: currently, 41% of our winners are women. We are determined to see this number rise.
The Female in Focus award is comprised of two categories: the Single Image Category and the Stories Category. 20 winning images from the Single Image Category and two winning bodies of work from the Stories Category will be exhibited in a dedicated group show in a leading gallery based in New York, US between 2020 and 2021.
Prizes:
Have your work in the Female in Focus 2020 exhibition taking place at leading New York gallery. The exhibition will run for a month over 2020/2021 drawing in some of the biggest names in the industry.
Stories Category
-Two winning series will be exhibited as part of the group show
-The two winners from this category will be flown to New York City for the opening of the -exhibition, with return flights and two nights of accommodation included
- Receive international press coverage
- Be featured on BJP-Online
- Have your work judged by industry leaders
Single Image Category
- 20 winning images will be exhibited as part of the group show
- Receive international press coverage
- Be featured on BJP-Online
- Have your work judged by industry leaders
Eligibility:
Open to all
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
Each entrant will be deemed to warrant that they own the entire copyright for the work or that they have permission from the licensee and/or copyright owner/s for the uses.
No copyright is transferred to 1854 Media & British Journal of Photography in respect of any works entered or accepted.
1854 Media & British Journal of Photography reserve the right to display, reproduce and publish in any media, any entry, without payment, for the sole purpose of Female in Focus – this year and in future – and its promotion and publicity.
Theme:
Aerial Abstract Alternative process Architecture Black and White Cityscapes Conceptual Documentary Culture Digital Art Environmental Fashion Fine Art Film Landscape Macro/Micro Multi-categories Nudes Nature Open Theme Self-Portrait Photomanipulation Photojournalism Other People Portrait Urban Street