TPA/RPS ENVIRONMENTAL BURSARY
The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with The Photographic Angle is offering a 1-year bursary to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness. Applications are invited from anyone living or studying in the United Kingdom with a talent for taking photographs and an interest in the environmental concerns that we face today.
The bursary will provide £4000 to assist with travel expenses, photographic equipment and other project-related costs. We are looking for a creative interpretation of the subject as well as documentary and editorial photography.
Closing date 8 July 2025, to get started or access an existing application go to the application portal and use your RPS Account credentials to login or create an account.
2024 Recipient: Leticia Valverdes
Project: What other children should know
Mercury contamination in the Amazon through the young eyes and hands of Munduruku Children. Through the eyes of young people we can engage other young people and wider groups in society that might not otherwise get involved in the important topics of conservation, climate change and biodiversity loss.
Climate Change-Amazon Conservation-Biodiversity- Indigenous human rights. The Munduruku indigenous population has been severely affected by mining activities in their land. With ever growing numbers of miners invading their territory, it has recently been found, by the Fiocruz foundation, that at least 60% of the Munduruku population has high toxic levels levels of mercury in their bodies.
This project will aim to create a body of hybrid photographic work together with the Munduruku children of the village of Sawre Muybu, by the Tapajós river. It starts with an invitation for intervention in their own photographic images, mark making that symbolises the destruction of their land, yet the happiness contained in living in this territory while fighting to preserve it.
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Past Recipients
Explore the previous recipients of the Environmental Bursary going back to 2018, read more about their projects and on going work.
The 2025 RPS/TPA Environmental Bursary is now open for applications
Closing date 8 July 2025, to get started or access an existing application go to the application portal and use your RPS Account credentials to login or create an account.
Partners and supported by:
This bursary is supported by The Photographic Angle and Metro Imaging.
The Photographic Angle (TPA) is a charitable organisation set up to promote the education of the public in the art and science of photography.
On completion of the projects, each recipient will also have the opportunity to have a portfolio of images printed by Metro Imaging