--- description: Six talented artists were awarded the Individual Photographer's Fellowship grants this year presented by the Aaron Siskind Foundation, honoring the legacy of the legendary photographer best known for pioneering lens-based modernist abstraction. title: Announcing the 2013 Aaron Siskind Foundation Grant Winners image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84f1ab8c55279ba0/6987a6055f570f1e57b1812a/1-wl_aajews_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Announcing the 2013 Aaron Siskind Foundation Grant Winners by [Eugene Reznik](/author/eugene-reznik/) ## Eugene Reznik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2013 8:00 AM CUT  Nechemyah Davis, 2012 Nechemyah Davis, 2012Wayne Lawrence by [Eugene Reznik](/author/eugene-reznik/) ## Eugene Reznik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2013 8:00 AM CUT Almost 1500 photographers applied for the Individual Photographer’s Fellowship grants this year presented by the [Aaron Siskind Foundation](http://www.aaronsiskind.org/ "undefined"), honoring the legacy of the legendary photographer best known for pioneering lens-based modernist abstraction. “He was a wonderful teacher, he was always interested in new ideas and in things that challenged us,” says Charles Traub, president of the Aaron Siskind Foundation and Chair of the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department at the School of Visual Arts. “We’re interested in all aspects of the creative photographic medium and all genres of photograph investigation — as long as the work is new and fresh.” The eligibility requirements for the $5-10,000 grants are exceptionally democratic. They’re open to any professional, a citizen or resident of the United States, “who’s working on a serious body of work, who is trying to do something imaginative, important, moving the dialogue of our medium forward,” Traub says, and adds: “the term ‘professional’ is of course a loosely defined word.” “There are no strings attached. It’s not like you have to have five million references, and a complete bio and all this stuff. It’s really just what you present.” The Foundation selects three new judges each year — one from the editorial field, one artist and one curator — with an effort to avoid being East Coast-centric. This year’s judges were Natalie Matutschovsky, senior photo editor at TIME, photographer Andrew Moore, who recently published a new book on Cuba, and Tim Wride, curator at the Norton Museum of Art, formerly at LACMA. “\[The jury\] tends to lean towards younger photographers,” since they are the ones who usually bring forth the newest, yet-to-be-recognized work, but occasionally, Traub says, “there is a better known older photographer who does submit new work that surprises the jury.” This year, six photographers were each awarded $8,000 grants. “We gave six instead of our usual five this year because we just couldn’t pare it down any further,” Traub says. They are: --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- --- > “” --- “I thought these were all wonderful photographers from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, from different parts of the country,” Traub says. “Largely, the work had a kind of narrative in it, a sort of structure of a story not told in a linear way and not told necessarily in a traditional documentary way. There was a great deal of technical competence and a kind of idiosyncratic look at life.” --- **_Eugene Reznik_** _is a Brooklyn-based photographer and writer. Follow him on Twitter_ [_@eugene\_reznik_](https://twitter.com/eugene%5Freznik "undefined")_._ ---  Nechemyah Davis, 2012 Wayne Lawrence  Gulienne Rollins-Rison, 2012 Wayne Lawrence  Shais Rison, 2012 Wayne Lawrence  Balancing Rock, 2009 Joshua Lutz  Whitestone Bridge, 2010 Joshua Lutz  Fall Risk, Haldol, 2010 Joshua Lutz  The Treasure Hunter, 2010 Jenny Riffle  Silver, 2011 Jenny Riffle  Sorting Change, 2009 Jenny Riffle  People are seen celebrating at an outdoor service at Range Memorial Church in Chester. Justin Maxon  Tisheta Green, far right, sits on the couch in her living room with her two sons, Thomas Webster, and Tyrese Green. In June of 2010, the City of Chester declared a State of Emergency in response to a series of deadly shootings, 4 homicides in 8 days. One of the victims was Terrance Webster, age 2, son of Tisheta Green. Justin Maxon  Shane Goodman is seen holding her newborn daughter on Christmas morning in the Sun Village neighborhood of Chester. Justin Maxon  Game Room, 2010 Sasha Rudensky  Law Office, 2009 Sasha Rudensky  Dressing, 2009 Sasha Rudensky  Weary and injured migrants rest in the makeshift chapel of the Hermanos en El Camino migrant shelter in the small town of Ixtepec, Oaxaca. 2009 Michelle Frankfurter  Central American migrants wait for a northbound train by the tracks in the city of Orizaba, Veracruz. There is no migrant shelter in Orizaba; migrants must wait out in the open, often for days to catch a moving freight train. 2010 Michelle Frankfurter  A Salvadoran migrant brushes her hair early one morning at the Hermanos en El Camino migrant shelter in Ixtepec, Oaxaca. 2009 Michelle Frankfurter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3800528/announcing-the-2013-aaron-siskind-foundation-grant-winners/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3800528/announcing-the-2013-aaron-siskind-foundation-grant-winners/"},"headline":"Announcing the 2013 Aaron Siskind Foundation Grant Winners","datePublished":"2013-06-24T08:00:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:45.328Z","description":"Six talented artists were awarded the Individual Photographer's Fellowship grants this year presented by the Aaron Siskind Foundation, honoring the legacy of the legendary photographer best known for pioneering lens-based modernist abstraction.","url":"https://time.com/3800528/announcing-the-2013-aaron-siskind-foundation-grant-winners/","keywords":["LightBox","awards","Out There","grants"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84f1ab8c55279ba0/6987a6055f570f1e57b1812a/1-wl_aajews_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eugene Reznik","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eugene-reznik/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84f1ab8c55279ba0/6987a6055f570f1e57b1812a/1-wl_aajews_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1. 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