British Council Awarding Photographers and Creative Writers £2000 Grant in "Through My Eyes" Project

The British Council has invite applications from photographers and creative writers for Through My Eyes project. The project will involve workshop and training for young photographers and creative writers in Nigeria.

According to the British Council Nigeria Next Generation report; ‘Youths not oil will be Nigeria’s most valuable resource by 2030’. The aim of this project is to equip young people with the skills and opportunity they need to develop a positive awareness of their communities in order to stimulate change for development.

Project Brief

This project aims to develop positive community engagement among the 18 – 35 year old audience by facilitating a positive awareness of their communities. This will be through the creation of new artistic products that have potential to facilitate change for development. The project will involve 10 pairs (A photographer and a creative writer) of young people using photography and creative writing to develop and raise a new awareness of their communities about various aspects of their community life.

They will investigate public spaces, inspirational figures and creative / cultural character of Nigeria using strong story telling techniques with high quality visual imaging using the Appreciative Model of Enquiry.  Expected outputs will be photographs accompanied with stories that allow the young people investigate what is working well in these communities and build on them for positive change. An exhibition of the products from this workshop will be held and the teams’ works will be voted by professionals and the members of the public. The winning team will get a £2,000 grant to produce more work about their community.