In 2019 camera company Leica established the Leica Women Foto Project.
Aimed at empowering femme photographers, the award gives three women a cash prize, mentorship and a camera.
This year’s recipients are Matika Wilbur, Karen Zusman, and Anna Boyiazis.
On 8 March 2021, camera Leica announced the recipients of its second, annual Leica Women Foto Project Award. Founded in 1869 by Ernst Leitz, Leica is a German company that manufactures cameras, lenses, binoculars, rifle scopes, microscopes and ophthalmic lenses.
In 2019 the company established the Leica Women Foto Project as a way of committing to a story telling that is not only diverse, but uses photography to empower the femme point of view. Through this project women in photography are encouraged to reframe how we see, think and express our visual narratives.
Leica Women Foto Award winners announced: Matika Wilbur, Karen Zusman and Anna Boyiazis each focus on critical human stories
To celebrate International Women s Day on March 8, Leica announced the winners of its second-annual Leica Women Foto Project Award. The recipients, Matika Wilbur, Karen Zusman, and Anna Boyiazis, had their projects selected by a diverse panel of photography experts.
Each of Wilbur, Zusman and Boyiazis will receive $10,000 to use towards the completion of their respective projects in addition to a Leica Q2 camera (valued at $4,995). Each woman will also receive mentorship and professional development opportunities through Leica. You can view selected work from each woman below.