• Japanese photojournalist Yuki Iwamura won the 2020 Ian Parry Scholarship (Sunday Times Award for Achievement). His project was on American pride. This image shows US Marine Corps members assembled in Times Square for a photo shoot during Fleet Week. "Coming from rural Japan, where patriotism isn't so present, it's interesting to me to see people so enthusiastic about their country," Iwamura said. "But it's not all Americans. It's really divided."
    Japanese photojournalist Yuki Iwamura won the 2020 Ian Parry Scholarship (Sunday Times Award for Achievement). His project was on American pride. This image shows US Marine Corps members assembled in Times Square for a photo shoot during Fleet Week. "Coming from rural Japan, where patriotism isn't so present, it's interesting to me to see people so enthusiastic about their country," Iwamura said. "But it's not all Americans. It's really divided."
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Ian Parry Scholarship deadline approaching

29 June 2021

The call for submissions for the 2021 Ian Parry Scholarship closes on 9 July. The scholarship is open to photographers aged 24 and under enrolled in a full-time recognised photographic course. It recognises the best emerging photojournalists from around the world. This year marks the 31st time the scholarship has been given.

The Ian Parry Scholarship is divided into two categories: The Sunday Times Award for Achievement and The Canon Award for Potential. The entry criteria for both is the same and the judges will make their decisions based on the individual merits of the entries. Entrants must submit a portfolio and a clear proposal of a project they would undertake if they won the scholarship.

Photographer Stefanie Silber received a Special Award for her powerful work on the grief of stillbirth. This photograph is of the grave of baby Janne-Lilli, who died 22 weeks into her mother's pregnancy. A funeral was held by her family in Hamburg. From the series, Loud Silence. © Stefanie Silber.
Photographer Stefanie Silber received a Special Award for her powerful work on the grief of stillbirth. This photograph is of the grave of baby Janne-Lilli, who died 22 weeks into her mother's pregnancy. A funeral was held by her family in Hamburg. From the series, Loud Silence. © Stefanie Silber.

Each winner will receive $3,500 towards their chosen project. The winner of the Achievement Award will be automatically accepted on the final list of nominees for World Press Photo’s Joop Swart Masterclass in Amsterdam. Both winners will have the opportunity to take part in the Transmissions Programme at Visa Pour L’Image in Perpignan.

In a moving but almost abstract image, Janne-Lilli's parents make a print of their stillborn daughter's foot. Hamburg, Germany, November 2017. From the series Loud Silence. © Stefanie Silber.
In a moving but almost abstract image, Janne-Lilli's parents make a print of their stillborn daughter's foot. Hamburg, Germany, November 2017. From the series Loud Silence. © Stefanie Silber.

The judging panel

Lynsey Addario - Photojournalist
Rahaab Allana - Curator, Publisher, Author
Elisabeth Biondi - Former Visuals Editor New Yorker and Vanity Fair
Simon Blakey - Curator and Collector
Marcus Bleasdale - Photojournalist
Zelda Cheatle - Curator, Editor and Educator
Jessica Dimson - Deputy Photo Editor The New York Times
MaryAnne Golon - Director of Photography Washington Post
Ron Haviv - Photojournalist and Founder of VII
Elizabeth Krist - Former Senior Photo Editor National Geographic
Olivier Laurent - International Photo Editor Washington Post
Sarah Leen - Former Director of Photography National Geographic
Meaghan Looram - Director of Photography New York Times
John Moore - Photojournalist
Sandra Stevenson - Assistant Editor Photography Department New York Times
Brent Stirton - Photojournalist
Scott Thode - Photojournalist and Educator
Ray Wells - Director of Photography London Sunday Times

About Ian Parry

Ian Parry was a photojournalist who died while on assignment for The Sunday Times during the Romanian revolution in 1989. He was just 24 years of age. Aidan Sullivan, then picture editor, and Ian’s friends and family created the Ian Parry Scholarship in order to build something positive from such a tragic death.

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