VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for Photography (Due Sep. 1)
VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for Photography
Deadline: September 1st, 2025
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the establishment of the VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for excellence in contemporary photography.
This award celebrates Aaron Siskind’s artistic legacy, supports the practice of photography as a vital means of creative expression, and honors the role that the Aaron Siskind Foundation played in supporting photographers through the Individual Photographer’s Fellowship.
This award is intended to support early- to mid-career artists as well as established photographers who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to their practice but may not yet have received significant critical recognition.
Two artists will each receive an unrestricted prize of $25,000.
This material support is meant to enable photographers to complete a meaningful body of work—whether the continuation or finalization of a photographic series; the development of an exhibition, monograph, or book project; or another major creative endeavor.
Eligibility
The VMFA Aaron Siskind Award for Photography is open to United States citizens and permanent residents who are at least 18 years of age and for whom photography is a primary vocation.
We invite entries from artists working with still photo-based media.