Created in 2025, the Martine Franck Curatorial Research Grant aims to help researchers and curators develop a research and exhibition project on the work of Martine Franck and/or Henri Cartier-Bresson, working from the Foundation’s archives.
Awarded every two years, the Grant allows the recipient—selected from a new international generation of scholars—to carry out their research, and contributes to renewing curatorial approaches on the work of the two photographers by supporting original and contemporary perspectives.
The Martine Franck Curatorial Research Grant is open to researchers of any nationality who are enrolled in or have completed a doctoral programme, and to curators who are enrolled in or have completed a graduate programme. Candidates must be able to demonstrate research, publication or curatorial experience. Candidates must be referred by a research or curatorial professional.
Timeline:
- July — December 2025: Research in the Foundation’s archives
- January — June 2026: Exhibition preparation
- October 2026: Exhibition of the recipient’s project at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and publication of the accompanying book
Selected upon application by a jury of five professionals from the worlds of research and curatorial practice, the recipient receives an allocation of 7,000 EUR to curate an exhibition at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and conceive a publication. The grant is intended to cover research and curatorial work, the production of material for the exhibition and the book, supervision of the book’s production, as well as any travel and accommodation expenses. The Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson is responsible for the exhibition’s production costs and, in partnership with a publisher, for the catalogue’s publication costs.
