DREAM GRANT

– Two Photographers Receive $500,000 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowships for 2012. Holly Hughes: Photographers An-My Lê and Uta Barth are among the 23 artists, scientists, social scientists and scholars named MacArthur Fellows for 2012. Commonly called the “genius” grant, the fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation awards $500,000 over the course of five years to people who have made outstanding achievements in their field. There is no application process, nominations are secret, and recipients can do as they please with the “unrestricted” grant. SOURCE: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/10/two-photographers-receive-500000-macarthur-genius-fellowships-for-2012.html