Our grant programme is back again – the eidolon Grant 2026 is open to receive applications! As inspiration for those intrigued by the opportunity and considering applying for this year’s edition, we asked the …

US Military Aerial Photography and the Fractured Family Archive by Jennifer Good Jennifer Good set out to trace the aerial reconnaissance photographs her grandfather made for the US Navy in World War II – …

By Benedek Farkas To mark this year’s Dwarfism Awareness Month (held annually in October), we present the work of Hungarian curator and researcher Benedek Farkas, recipient of last year’s Eidolon Grant, who began documenting the story …

by Pelin Aytemiz This essay by Pelin Aytemiz emerges from her research supported by the inaugural Eidolon Grant, awarded in 2024. As she writes, “Exploring different practices of photographing and representing the dead, my …

by Vindhya Buthpitiya This essay by Vindhya Buthpitiya is the result of her research supported by the inaugural Eidolon Grant, awarded in 2024. Studio East: Everyday Photography and the Militarisation of Leisure in Trincomalee …

With the Eidolon Grant deadline approaching, we posed a question to our jury that our team has been returning to again and again, curious to hear their perspectives. Read their inspiring answers and do …

by Adbo Shanan As part of the Eidolon Grant, Algerian artist Abdo Shanan presents 'The Right to a Memory'—a multimedia project that reclaims everyday photographic practices as both personal and collective archives. Challenging the …

by Kelly Midori McCormick This essay by historian Kelly Midori McCormick is the result of her research supported by the inaugural Eidolon Grant, awarded in 2024. Drawing on newly discovered archival materials, McCormick illuminates …

“Digital is better. If there’s an issue, we can edit it digitally. With film, we could only apologise for mistakes.” by Lukas Birk Lukas Birk and Matthieu Paley are recipients of the Eidolon Grant …

The Eidolon Grant is an international programme that is presented annually to artists, academics, professionals, researchers, collectors and vernacular photography enthusiasts whose past work and proposed project is centred around the image heritage of …

The grant is back – the Eidolon Grant 2025 is open to receive applications!  As an inspiration to those who feel intrigued by the opportunity and are already thinking about applying for this year’s …

Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography is calling artists, academics, enthusiasts. and professionals, who have a passion and serious interest in vernacular photography and everyday imaging. The primary mission of the Eidolon Centre for Everyday …