An experienced freelance writer and photographer, Timothy Mucciante has worked for several visual media companies, such as Getty Images, over his 44-year career. Since 2018, Timothy Mucciante has taken photographs for the company that has expanded to become the world leader in visual communications.
In December 2020, Getty Images and the Chris Hondros Fund (CHF) selected three organizations for its ninth annual Getty Images and CHF Award. This year, the award amount was $20,000. As opposed to selecting an individual photographer, the two entities decided to give funding to organizations that support photographers in a year that has done work challenging for everyone.
The Bronx Documentary Center was one of the winners of the award. The Center assists emerging photographers whose images explore vital issues through a community-based, documentary lens. Prism Photo Workshop was another selection, and its focus is on assisting young photographers. Through the Prism Photo Workshop, photographers from diverse backgrounds tell stories of underrepresented people from a place of dignity.
Finally, the two organizations chose Black Women Photographers, an organization that works toward unearthing Black creatives. Black Women Photographers seek to ensure there is representation in this medium.
Outside of awarding these three organizations, the rest of the funding went toward the CHF Relief Fund, a fund that provides emergency grants to individual photographers on an on-going basis. Incidentally, Chris Hondros was a photographer killed in 2011 on assignment in Libya, and the fund was established in his honor and to further his legacy.
