Administered by The Society in partnership with The Guardian newspaper. The Joan Wakelin Bursary offers £2000 for the production of a photographic essay on an overseas social documentary issue. To learn more about this bursary click here.
2021 Supratim Bhattacharjee
2020 Judy Ford LRPS
2019 Henri Kisielewski
2018 Silvana Trevale
2017 Alice Mann
2016 Matilda Temperley
2015 John Gallo
2014 Manuela Henao Restrepo
2013 Eleri Griffiths
2012 Oliver Wood
2011 Neil Hall
2010 Yevgenia Byelorusets
2009 Anastasia Taylor-Lind
2008 Jackie Dewe Mathews
2007 Brijesh Patel
2006 Charlie Stewart
2005 Michael Nott