Grant Recipient of the Emerging Photographer Fund 2021

“Sin Hombre” By Cristina Vatielli

Image inspired by the real photograph taken in 1901, the day after the wedding.
Sin Hombre is a free reconstruction of a love that is as sincere as it is impossible between two women who lived in Galicia in the late 1800s. Elisa Sanchéz Lorica and Marcela Garcìa Ibeas were forced to conceal their relationship within the four walls of their home. One dressed as and thought to be a man. The first two women in a romantic relationship married in 1901 by the church. Successfully deceiving the whole country. 
Cristina Vatielli’s body of work will be published on BURN on December 21, 2021.

The Emerging Photographer Fund was created in 2008. EPF 2021 is curated and produced by Alejandra Martinez Moreno.


The Emerging Photographer Fund 2021 Finalists

Naomieh Jovin
Emil Gataullin
Line Ørnes Søndergaard
Toby Binder
September Dawn Bottoms
Elliott Verdier
Debsuddha
Loic Vendrame
Santanu Dey
Felipe Fittipaldi
River Claure
Emanuele Occhipinti
Nicolo Filippo Rosso
Ingmar Björn Nolting
Alexey Vasilyev
Erinn Springer
Cristina Vatielli (grant recipient)
Terra Fondriest
Jana Mai
Alessandro Cinque
Marius Ionut
Sissie Chang
Alex Turner
Richard Sharum
Joel Orozco
Spandita Malik
Işık Kaya
Catherine Hyland
Emile Ducke
Mary Gelman
Francesco Anselmi

The full essays of the winner and finalists entries will be published here on BURN magazine.


Previous EPF Winners

The 2008 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Sean Gallagher for his essay on the environmental Desertification of China.

The 2009 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Alejandro Chaskielberg for his 8×10 format essay on the Parana River Delta ‘The High Tide’.

The 2010 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Davide Monteleone for his essay ‘Northern Caucasus’.

The 2011 Emerging Photographer Fund grant was awarded to Irina Werning for her essay ‘Back to the Future’.

In 2012 three Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded: one major to Matt Lutton for his essay ‘Only Unity’ and two minors to Giovanni Cocco for his essay ‘Monia’ and to Simona Ghizzoni for her essay ‘Afterdark’.

In 2013 four Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded: one major to Diana Markosian for her essay ‘My Father The Stranger’ and
three minors to Iveta Vaivode for her essay ‘Somewhere on Disappearing Path’, Oksana Yushko for her essay ‘Balklava: The Lost History’ and
Maciej Pisuk for his essay ‘Under The Skin; Photographs From Brzeska Street’.

In 2014 two Emerging Photographer Fund grants were awarded: one major to Alessandro Penso for his essay ‘Lost Generation’ and
one minor to Birte Kaufmann for her essay ‘The Travelers’.

In 2015 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Danila Tkachenko for ‘Restricted Areas’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Sofia Valiente for ‘Miracle Village’.

In 2016 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Annie Flanagan for ‘Deafening Sound’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Aleksander Raczynski for ‘Views’

In 2017 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Antoine Bruy for ‘Outback Mythologies’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Aleksey Kondratyev for ‘Ice Fishers’

In 2018 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Shadman Shahid for ‘No Quarter’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Tabitha Barnard for ‘Cult of Womanhood’

In 2019 the Emerging Photographer Fund was awarded to Azadeh Besharati for ‘Shima & Shiva’, and the Fujifilm Young Talent Award to Paul Guilmoth & Dylan Hausthor for ‘Sleep Creek’


Editor’s note:

Burn Magazine revolves around the Emerging Photographer Fund. Our most important curatorial contribution to the oftentimes chaotic landscape of photography today. We try to give our Burn readers a distilled version of the best work of all that flows before their eyes every day.
Most importantly our mission is to give recognition to the finest emerging authors out there and to provide some funding to keep going and to continue making a mark. Our previous winners prove this is not in vain.
Many thanks especially to the 2021 EPF team for the amazing dedication to the spirit of doing something which just feels good. To provide a platform for the up and coming.
Special thanks also to Michael Loyd Young, EPF funder, Jenny Crawford CEO of the Burn Foundation and BURN Magazine board members.
Alejandra Martinez Moreno
Managing Editor