Getty Images Instagram Grant Entries Due April 12

The visual communications giant received more than 1,200 entries from photographers in 109 countries last year, and three finalists took home $10,000 grants, along with mentorship opportunities from Getty Images photographers.

Getty Images aid the contest is aimed at “championing artists who are using Instagram to tell stories of social importance about communities that are underrepresented by mainstream media,” and this year’s judges are:

• Photojournalist Adriana Zehbrauskas (last year’s winner)
• Photo-based artist Eleanor MacNair
• Le Monde director of photography Nicolas Jimenez
• Lagos Photo Festival director Azu Nwagbogu
• Filmmaker, photographer and multidisciplinary artist Jeff Frost

Instagram director of community Amanda Kelso said in a release announcing the call for entries:

The line between photography and videography is blurring.