Art Works Projects (@artworksprojects) will welcome award-winning photojournalists, Smita Sharma (@smitashrm) and James Whitlow Delano (@jameswhitlowdelano), founder of @everydayclimatechange, as AWP's inaugural Emerging Lens Fellowship Co-Chairs. Sharma is a Delhi-based photojournalist and visual storyteller whose work centers the traumatized and forgotten voices of those subjected to human rights abuses, especially victims of sex crimes, human trafficking and environmental issues in the Global South. Sharma's recent work documenting cultural and environmental challenges in North Western India was nominated for the 2023 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. Delano is a Japan-based documentary storyteller whose work has been published and exhibited throughout the world resulting in four award-winning monograph photo books, including, “Empire: Impressions from China” and “Black Tsunami: Japan 2011”. In 2015, he founded @everydayclimatechange where photographers from six continents document global climate change across all seven continents. As Co-Chairs of the fellowship program, Sharma and Delano will work closely with the selection committee offering guidance and leadership in the selection process, and will work closely with each selected fellow in offering professional mentorship and project support. We are now acceptation submission for this year’s open call for proposals: Climate, Pollution, and Environmental Justice. Submissions are due by midnight (CST) on October 15, 2023. Please visit the link in our bio to view the full call for submissions through Submittable (artworksprojects.submittable.com/submit) #DocumentaryPhotography #DocumentaryStorytelling #ClimateChange #ClimateJusticeNow #EnvironmentalJustice #fellowships