Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award

The Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award, sponsored by LaScam (société civile des auteurs multimedia), is designed to help a photographer carry out an original reporting project through an 8,000€ endowment.

The grant will fund the production of a story that traditional media outlets have yet to support. Entry is free.

This award was established by the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Association to promote the creation of documentary work with a social purpose. Formed in the memory of Pierre and Alexandra Boulat by friends and family after the death of VII founding member Alexandra Boulat in 2007, the Association seeks to keep the spirit of father and daughter alive through making their work available to the public and creating an annual grant to a photographer and sponsoring the education of young photographers.

Apply for the 2022 Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award

The application dossier (linked below) must be sent no later than June 22, 2022 at midnight and must be sent without acknowledgement of receipt, by WeTransfer, to the following address: [email protected]

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Previous Winners of the Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award​

Year 2021: Mary F. Calvert for "Dying for Justice," a long-term project on alarming rates of suicide among male victims of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in the United States.
Year 2021: Mary F. Calvert for "Dying for Justice," a long-term project on alarming rates of suicide among male victims of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in the United States.
The 2020 grant was given to Jérôme Gence for the relevance of his project "Telework";" a social subject dealing with the transformation of working methods.
The 2020 grant was given to Jérôme Gence for the relevance of his project "Telework";" a social subject dealing with the transformation of working methods.
Year 2019: Axelle de Russé / Studio Hans Lucas for her project “Dehors." In France, women represent 3.6% of the prison population. An invisible minority, ostracized, isolated, their reintegration is an obstacle course. This is the story of their life on the "outside."
Year 2019: Axelle de Russé / Studio Hans Lucas for her project “Dehors." In France, women represent 3.6% of the prison population. An invisible minority, ostracized, isolated, their reintegration is an obstacle course. This is the story of their life on the "outside."
Year 2018 : Jérôme Sessini / Magnum Photos, for the project "Opioid Crisis" in USA — a plague that kills more than shooting or terrorism attacks.
Year 2018 : Jérôme Sessini / Magnum Photos, for the project "Opioid Crisis" in USA — a plague that kills more than shooting or terrorism attacks.
Year 2017: Romain Laurendeau for the project “Dikas”. The secret and clandestine places in Algeria where young people can experience freedom in all its forms, far from society's gaze and its dangerous stigmatization.
Year 2017: Romain Laurendeau for the project “Dikas”. The secret and clandestine places in Algeria where young people can experience freedom in all its forms, far from society's gaze and its dangerous stigmatization.
Year 2016: Ferhat Bouda / Agence VU' for the project "Berbers". A long-term black and white project on the Berber people.
Year 2016: Ferhat Bouda / Agence VU' for the project "Berbers". A long-term black and white project on the Berber people.
Year 2015: Alfonso Moral for the project "Syria Street". The consequences of the Syrian conflict on the city of Tripoli, where two communities survive: The Alawites, faithful followers of the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and the Sunni, both of them separated by Syria Street. On both sides of the front line, young men fight in a recurring conflict that has become a sinister routine for them.
Year 2015: Alfonso Moral for the project "Syria Street". The consequences of the Syrian conflict on the city of Tripoli, where two communities survive: The Alawites, faithful followers of the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and the Sunni, both of them separated by Syria Street. On both sides of the front line, young men fight in a recurring conflict that has become a sinister routine for them.
Year 2014: Kosuke Okahara for the project "Any Given Day." To finish his 10-year long project on drugs in Columbia, which shows the never-ending cycle of violence in Cali. Cali is the center of cocaine production ranked one of the top 10 highest homicide rate cities globally.
Year 2014: Kosuke Okahara for the project "Any Given Day." To finish his 10-year long project on drugs in Columbia, which shows the never-ending cycle of violence in Cali. Cali is the center of cocaine production ranked one of the top 10 highest homicide rate cities globally.
Year 2013: Arnau Bach for the project "Marseille." Explore Marseille, its poor suburbs, stigmatized for criminality, the traditional fishing sector which has seen its share of the port diminished and the inhabitants who have been forced to leave the popular areas of the center.
Year 2013: Arnau Bach for the project "Marseille." Explore Marseille, its poor suburbs, stigmatized for criminality, the traditional fishing sector which has seen its share of the port diminished and the inhabitants who have been forced to leave the popular areas of the center.
Year 2012: Maciek Nabrdalik for the project "Economic Migrations." Maciek investigates Portugal, where due to the economic crisis, immigration has increased by 40%. He concentrated on Anabela, a young artist who decided to leave Lisbon and start a new life in London.
Year 2012: Maciek Nabrdalik for the project "Economic Migrations." Maciek investigates Portugal, where due to the economic crisis, immigration has increased by 40%. He concentrated on Anabela, a young artist who decided to leave Lisbon and start a new life in London.
Year 2010 : Lizzie Saadin for the project "Promised Land, Promised Women" featuring women and minors, victims of trafficking in Israel. Each year, from 3,000 to 5.000 female victims of trafficking are brought into Israel to work, mainly in the sex industry.
Year 2010 : Lizzie Saadin for the project "Promised Land, Promised Women" featuring women and minors, victims of trafficking in Israel. Each year, from 3,000 to 5.000 female victims of trafficking are brought into Israel to work, mainly in the sex industry.
Year 2009: Masie Crow for the project “Lost in the Cycle of Poverty," showing the emotional effects poverty can have on an individual, through the eyes of one young woman, April, living below the poverty line in Southeast Ohio.
Year 2009: Masie Crow for the project “Lost in the Cycle of Poverty," showing the emotional effects poverty can have on an individual, through the eyes of one young woman, April, living below the poverty line in Southeast Ohio.
Year 2008 : Jean Chung for the project “Tears in Congo," following women who have been raped and documenting the physiological and psychological consequences of their trauma.
Year 2008 : Jean Chung for the project “Tears in Congo," following women who have been raped and documenting the physiological and psychological consequences of their trauma.
Year 2021: Mary F. Calvert for "Dying for Justice," a long-term project on alarming rates of suicide among male victims of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in the United States.
Year 2021: Mary F. Calvert for "Dying for Justice," a long-term project on alarming rates of suicide among male victims of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) in the United States.
The 2020 grant was given to Jérôme Gence for the relevance of his project "Telework";" a social subject dealing with the transformation of working methods.
The 2020 grant was given to Jérôme Gence for the relevance of his project "Telework";" a social subject dealing with the transformation of working methods.
Year 2019: Axelle de Russé / Studio Hans Lucas for her project “Dehors." In France, women represent 3.6% of the prison population. An invisible minority, ostracized, isolated, their reintegration is an obstacle course. This is the story of their life on the "outside."
Year 2019: Axelle de Russé / Studio Hans Lucas for her project “Dehors." In France, women represent 3.6% of the prison population. An invisible minority, ostracized, isolated, their reintegration is an obstacle course. This is the story of their life on the "outside."
Year 2018 : Jérôme Sessini / Magnum Photos, for the project "Opioid Crisis" in USA — a plague that kills more than shooting or terrorism attacks.
Year 2018 : Jérôme Sessini / Magnum Photos, for the project "Opioid Crisis" in USA — a plague that kills more than shooting or terrorism attacks.
Year 2017: Romain Laurendeau for the project “Dikas”. The secret and clandestine places in Algeria where young people can experience freedom in all its forms, far from society's gaze and its dangerous stigmatization.
Year 2017: Romain Laurendeau for the project “Dikas”. The secret and clandestine places in Algeria where young people can experience freedom in all its forms, far from society's gaze and its dangerous stigmatization.
Year 2016: Ferhat Bouda / Agence VU' for the project "Berbers". A long-term black and white project on the Berber people.
Year 2016: Ferhat Bouda / Agence VU' for the project "Berbers". A long-term black and white project on the Berber people.
Year 2015: Alfonso Moral for the project "Syria Street". The consequences of the Syrian conflict on the city of Tripoli, where two communities survive: The Alawites, faithful followers of the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and the Sunni, both of them separated by Syria Street. On both sides of the front line, young men fight in a recurring conflict that has become a sinister routine for them.
Year 2015: Alfonso Moral for the project "Syria Street". The consequences of the Syrian conflict on the city of Tripoli, where two communities survive: The Alawites, faithful followers of the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and the Sunni, both of them separated by Syria Street. On both sides of the front line, young men fight in a recurring conflict that has become a sinister routine for them.
Year 2014: Kosuke Okahara for the project "Any Given Day." To finish his 10-year long project on drugs in Columbia, which shows the never-ending cycle of violence in Cali. Cali is the center of cocaine production ranked one of the top 10 highest homicide rate cities globally.
Year 2014: Kosuke Okahara for the project "Any Given Day." To finish his 10-year long project on drugs in Columbia, which shows the never-ending cycle of violence in Cali. Cali is the center of cocaine production ranked one of the top 10 highest homicide rate cities globally.
Year 2013: Arnau Bach for the project "Marseille." Explore Marseille, its poor suburbs, stigmatized for criminality, the traditional fishing sector which has seen its share of the port diminished and the inhabitants who have been forced to leave the popular areas of the center.
Year 2013: Arnau Bach for the project "Marseille." Explore Marseille, its poor suburbs, stigmatized for criminality, the traditional fishing sector which has seen its share of the port diminished and the inhabitants who have been forced to leave the popular areas of the center.
Year 2012: Maciek Nabrdalik for the project "Economic Migrations." Maciek investigates Portugal, where due to the economic crisis, immigration has increased by 40%. He concentrated on Anabela, a young artist who decided to leave Lisbon and start a new life in London.
Year 2012: Maciek Nabrdalik for the project "Economic Migrations." Maciek investigates Portugal, where due to the economic crisis, immigration has increased by 40%. He concentrated on Anabela, a young artist who decided to leave Lisbon and start a new life in London.
Year 2010 : Lizzie Saadin for the project "Promised Land, Promised Women" featuring women and minors, victims of trafficking in Israel. Each year, from 3,000 to 5.000 female victims of trafficking are brought into Israel to work, mainly in the sex industry.
Year 2010 : Lizzie Saadin for the project "Promised Land, Promised Women" featuring women and minors, victims of trafficking in Israel. Each year, from 3,000 to 5.000 female victims of trafficking are brought into Israel to work, mainly in the sex industry.
Year 2009: Masie Crow for the project “Lost in the Cycle of Poverty," showing the emotional effects poverty can have on an individual, through the eyes of one young woman, April, living below the poverty line in Southeast Ohio.
Year 2009: Masie Crow for the project “Lost in the Cycle of Poverty," showing the emotional effects poverty can have on an individual, through the eyes of one young woman, April, living below the poverty line in Southeast Ohio.
Year 2008 : Jean Chung for the project “Tears in Congo," following women who have been raped and documenting the physiological and psychological consequences of their trauma.
Year 2008 : Jean Chung for the project “Tears in Congo," following women who have been raped and documenting the physiological and psychological consequences of their trauma.
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