YPA Scholarships allow young people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to realize their artistic dreams and give back to their communities. To foster social and environmental responsibility in the photographers of tomorrow, scholarship recipients are selected not only for their ability and their need, but also for their demonstrated commitment to giving back to the larger community through their work.
The YPA mentoring program gives students the opportunity to work with successful photographers to fine-tune their craft, create images for their portfolios, develop business and marketing skills and explore markets for their work. At the same time, the program will demonstrate the power of photography to build community, national and international awareness and support for an important environmental or social issue.
YPA internships provide companies of all sizes an opportunity to ‘give back’ to the photo community, supporting the next generation of photographers and the future of the profession one intern at a time.
YPA is working with photography professionals and industry affiliates to develop a range of educational programs that introduce emerging photographers to, and educate them on, photography as a business.
YPA networking opportunities are designed to link young photographers with picture buying professionals so that they understand the other side of the photography business and can start building a network of contacts.