Like we said yesterday: we love seeing great organizations support artists making exciting and challenging new work. One of the best places to present your photographs before the photography world's most discerning eyes is by applying to the Aperture Portfolio Prize. If you're readers of this blog, you're likely already quite familiar with Aperture; Publisher Lesley A. Martin was one of our HHS! Guest Curators, and they're host to myriad fantastic lectures, events, parties and exhibits all year long. They're a nonprofit comprised of gallery, publishing house, magazine and more, and consistently produce beautiful displays (both in-print and on walls), of contemporary photography.

The Portfolio Prize, which closes for deadlines next Wednesday, July 14th, aims to "identify trends in contemporary photography and specific artists whom we can help by bringing them to a wider audience." They looking specifically for work that hasn't been widely seen or published elsewhere, and for images that have been made within the last five years.

Each entrant can submit up to two separate portfolios of fifteen images each, and also designate if they'd like their work to be considered as a book proposal. A team from Aperture, including work scholars and staff, will review all the submissions.

Untitled, n.d., from the series The Edge by 2009 Aperture Prize-winner Alexander Gronsky

The first prize winner will take home $5,000 and will be slated for an exhibition at Aperture Foundation. So: got some free time this weekend? Put on your editing cap and pull together your best portfolio for Aperture.