Andy Rocchelli Grant, scholarship to create a photography book

Andy Rocchelli Grant is an international award, which reaches its second edition, promoted by CESURA in the name of its co-founder Andy Rocchelli, a photojournalist murdered in Ukraine in 2014. Andy was an irreplaceable fire starter, and for his values ​​as a photographer and As a person we can continue to burn, since 2021 CESURA has established a Scholarship in his name to allow an author or new talent to create a photographic book with complete freedom of expression, as Andy would have wanted.

Printed editorial production was a key aspect of his research as a means of dissemination and completion of the work. The objective of the Scholarship is, therefore, to identify the best unpublished photographic doll and reward the winner with the production and publication of the book by Cesura Publish, the collective’s publishing house.

The first edition of the Scholarship received 126 applications from more than 25 countries and awarded the prize to Kanta Nomura with the publication of the photobook The Yoshida Dormitory Students’ History with Cesura Publish.

Applications are open from May 24, 2024 in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Andy’s passing.

The jury will meet in October 2024 to select a short list of finalists. In February 2025, the winning book will be announced and released.

There is no entry fee, there is no theme, and you can submit your model in both print and PDF.

Learn more about grant guidelines here.

IN MEMORY OF ANDY

Andy Rocchelli was an Italian photographer, member and founder of CESURA.
He worked as a photojournalist for eight years, documenting Eastern Europe, the Arab Spring in Libya and Tunisia, and human rights violations in Kyrgyzstan and Ingushetia. In Italy she worked on the phenomenon of velinism and the relationship between immigrants and organized crime. At the time of her death, near the city of Slaviansk in Ukraine on May 24, 2014, she was documenting the conditions of civilians caught in the middle of the Donbass conflict. Russian Interiors, her photography book, was published posthumously by Cesura Publish. Andy was an example of integrity and justice: in his work he was driven by great passion and constant determination, he lived it physically and intuitively.
To this day, its values ​​continue to be one of the pillars of our group. He had the ability to see great potential in small things and to do more with less.
A fundamental step in his research was printed editorial production, a means to complete and disseminate his work. Andy was an irreplaceable firestarter, and to ensure that his values ​​as a photographer and as a man can continue to burn, we have decided to establish a grant in his name and allow an author or new talent to create a photography book in full freedom of expression , as Andy would have wanted.

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