Bursary recipients, Top: Nathan McGill and Leticia Valverdes. Bottom: Mimi Ezinne and Myah Asha Jeffers
The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) is delighted to announce the four recipients of our 2024 Bursaries. These bursaries provide photographers with financial support and tailored resources to help create, develop, and share work that pushes both creative and societal boundaries.
Join us in celebrating these remarkable photographers Nathan McGill, Myah Asha Jeffers, Mimi Ezinne and Letica Valverdes.
Eamonn McCabe Bursary
This year also marks the introduction of the new Eamonn McCabe Bursary, established to honour McCabe's legacy by supporting a young photographer aged 25 and under in delivering a project centered on the theme of sporting endeavour.
Launched earlier in 2024 and awarded in partnership with The Guardian, the Eamonn McCabe bursary has been granted to Nathan McGill for his inspiring project titled Wicket – Women in Cricket.
McGills project tackles the underrepresentation of women in sport, with a focus on Yorkshire’s beloved game of Cricket where “Women in cricket are often underrepresented, unheard and unseen”.
Joan Wakelin Bursary
Myah Asha Jeffers is the 2024 recipient of the Joan Wakelin bursary that supports documentary projects, for her powerful project titled Exclusion Zone.
Jeffers' project focuses on Montserrat, a Caribbean island devastated by a volcanic eruption in 1997, which left 80% of the island uninhabitable, with a current population of 5000 people, making it one of the least populus countries in the world.
Her work will document the “Exclusion Zone,” where remnants of the island’s former infrastructure lie buried.
Post Graduate Bursary
The Postgraduate Bursary, awarded in partnership with MPB has been granted to Mimi Ezinne for her project titled Journey Mercies: An Intimate Visual Exploration of African Immigration.
Ezinne’s work will delve into the complexities of the immigrant experience, exploring themes such as privilege and influence of birthplace, isolation and regret, generational trauma, and the global consequences of colonization and exploitation in African nations.
Environmental Bursary
The Photographic Angle partners with the RPS for the Environmental Bursary and have awarded Leticia Valverdes for her project focusing on mercury contamination in the Amazon, seen through the eyes of the Munduruku children.
Valverdes aims to engage young people and broader communities in critical conversations about climate change, Amazon conservation, biodiversity loss and Indigenous human rights.