call for photo urbanism fellowship

The Design Trust for Public Space, in partnership with the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) and NeON Photography, is now accepting fellowship submissions from photographers for the Design Trust’s latest public space initiative, The Restorative City, focusing on health equity and the built environment.

Project Overview:

We believe that photography is vital to understanding our shared environment and is a powerful tool for illuminating the city’s complex public realm. The Photo Urbanism Program was founded in 2001 to support the creation of new work that explores the natural and built environment of New York City, and surpasses strictly editorial and documentary imagery.

The 2022 - 2023 Photo Urbanism Fellow will create a self-driven plan to photograph and document the core focus of The Restorative City initiative. While the project will look at policy and design changes required to confront health equity, the role of the Photo Urbanism Fellow is to use a range of artistic and journalistic photography and videography to capture the human, personal narratives that exist within community wellness.