2025 Grant Recipient and Finalists
Congratulations to Eleonore Menga, the recipient of our 2025 BWP x Flickr $5,000 grant!
Eleonore Menga is a Montreal-based portrait and documentary photographer, originally from Switzerland. With a background in cultural anthropology and a commercial photography diploma from Dawson College, her work is rooted in identity, emotion, and connection. She draws inspiration from her diverse heritage and community, focusing on the beauty and resilience of Afrodescendant and diasporic stories. A mother of four, she loves capturing families in their everyday environments—where intimacy and authenticity quietly unfold.
2023 Grant Recipient and Finalists
Congratulations to Genesis Falls, the recipient of our 2023 BWP x Flickr $2,500 grant!
Genesis is a contemporary portrait photographer who lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. She uses her love for black/white film to demonstrate feelings and emotion through her lens. Capturing people at some of their purest moments.
When asked about the winning photo she says, “It stands out to me not only because of the subjects, but the visual way the light is streaming through the water.” We agree!
2022 Grant Recipient and Finalists
We are delighted to announce the recipient and finalists of the inaugural grant.
The goal of this grant is to help one photographer that is part of both Black Women Photographers and Flickr further their photography practice. As part of their grant application, participants were asked to share a photo that aligns with the theme, “The Intimacy of: Change.” This theme was created by Wild Gina, an inspiring photographer and member of the grant panel. All of the photos submitted shared intimate looks into the relationships, lives, and worlds around these photographers. Please join us in celebrating these photographers and the Black Women Photographers community.
2022 Grant Recipient: “Two become one” by Naomi St Juste
Congratulations to Naomi St Juste – the recipient of this grant! Naomi is a photographer, wife, and mother of two little ones based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her first camera was a Sony A5000 but her earliest memories of photography are of taking disposable cameras on school trips and to other special events. Naomi enjoys creating scenes and using colors that remind her of a “time past when things were more simple and sophisticated.” She also enjoys using colors and tones that give her photography a cinematic feel.
When asked about the photo that she submitted with her grant application, “Two become one”, Naomi explained that she “loves the composition of the photo. Everything is placed dramatically and the colours used give it a vintage photograph feel. I felt this displayed the intimacy of change because a wedding signifies a big change in life. The title “Two become one” is very fitting.”
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