New Women Photograph Members

Thank you so much to everyone who responded to our first open call for new members this past December!

We received nearly 2,000 applications and were absolutely blown away by the response — we're honored and thrilled that so many women and nonbinary visual journalists want to join our community. A giant thank you to our selection committee, Elizabeth Krist, Danese Kenon, Gael Almeida, Valentine Umansky, Preston Gannaway, Jennifer Samuel, and Sara Ickow, who pored over every application, website, portfolio, and instagram account over the past couple months.

We have accepted 311 new photographers into the Women Photograph database, who will join our existing 1,050 members. We're so sorry to not be able to accommodate more photographers this round, but thank you for understanding that we are trying to be intentional about how we grow our membership, which revolves around a supportive internal community. We will continue to hold open calls every December (please sign up for our newsletter to make sure you're up to date on our latest news!), and can't wait to continue to expand our membership with each passing year.

Please join us in welcoming the newest members of Women Photograph, who come from 76 nations and territories and will be incredible additions to our community. Onward!