Call for applications
MP#03
The photographic mentorship of th Fonds Régnier pour la Création with the VU’ Agency
20 April 2022

The Fonds Régnier pour la Création and the VU’ Agency are launching MP#03, the third edition of their photographic mentorship initiated in 2020.

This artistic support program offers emerging photographers in the process of becoming professional photographers, the opportunity to benefit from a personalized follow-up for 9 months. They will be supervised by the Agence VU’ team, its photographers and external experts. MP#03 aims to accompany the development of the personal projects of the selected authors, to sharpen their understanding of the professional world and to give them tools to inscribe their singularity in the contemporary creative landscape.

At the end of the program, MP#03 will organize an exhibition-event to present their work to the general public and to professionals.

MP#03 will take place from October 2022 to June 2023.
The call for applications is open from April 20 to June 1, 2022.

Who can participate?
 This call for applications is reserved exclusively for emerging French-speaking photographers who must :

  • master the techniques of the photographic production chain,
  • have already produced personal work,
  • have a photographic project under development,
  • have the objective of entering the professional world,
  • be available to devote themselves to the development of their project and to the mentoring program during the 9 months of the mentorship.

This call for applications is not open to professional photographers with continuing education rights for 2022-2023.

How to participate?
Online via the form: https://forms.gle/SfwpBwRUSm1vNAfz9

Submitted no later than June 1, 2022, the application must include the following PDF files

  • CV or biography – 1 page maximum
  • Explanatory note of the photographic project in progress, its state of progress and its final form envisaged (exhibition, edition, photographic film…) – 1 page maximum
  • Letter of motivation – 1 page maximum – specifying in particular
    • artistic and professional objectives,
    • needs for support identified to make the project succeed,
    • availability during the 9 months of the mentorship: number of hours per month that can be devoted to personal work and to following the mentorship program, other possible constraints…
    • Current status with respect to access to professional training.
  • Portfolio of 15 to 20 pages in total: selection of a previous and current project

When and how does the selection process take place?
 The jury will make the selections and possibly hold auditions in June and early summer. The jury may contact the candidates in order to better understand their project and their motivation. The selection criteria will mainly be: the interest, originality and photographic quality of the project, the relevance of the artistic and professional objectives, the coherence between the candidate’s profile and the mentoring proposals. The official announcement of the winners of MP#03 will take place on September 8, 2022 during the opening of the MP#02 exhibition, second edition of the Mentorship.

Calendar

  • April 20: Opening of the call for applications
  • June 1: Closing of the call for applications
  • June – July : Selection of the winners
  • September 8: Official announcement of the MP#03 winners during the MP#02 vernissage

Jury:
Laurence Régnier: President of the Fonds Régnier pour la Création
Amandine Bouygues: Executive Director of the Fonds Régnier pour la Création
Xavier Soule: CEO of the VU’ Agency
Patrick Codomier: Co-director of the VU’ Agency
Patricia Morvan: Co-director of VU’ Agency
Caroline Bénichou: Head of VU’ Gallery
Mathias Nouel: Head of VU’Education
Jean-Baptiste Henimann : International Press Manager

What does the Mentoring program consist of?
Under the supervision of the VU’ team, each winning photographer will benefit from a personalized and transdisciplinary program established on the basis of prior discussions. This involves project support provided by the VU’ team and by mentor photographers, supplemented by expert consultations and professional meetings, participation in training courses of the VU’Education program as well as collective, theoretical and practical workshops: writing workshops, introduction to commercial circuits, exhibition scenography issues, etc. At the end of the 9 months of mentoring, an exhibition-event will be organized to present to the general public and to professionals the projects realized by the winning photographers.

For any information concerning this call for applications, contact: Mathias Nouel / nouel@abvent.fr

To learn more about previous editions of the mentorship: MP#01, MP#02.