Patrick Llewellyn gives insight for aspiring photojournalists wanting an unbiased opinion and advice on ways to progress.

This year Getty Images is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of its grants programme, which has awarded more than $1.2 million to date, by offering $130,000 to photographers.

In 2013, renowned photographer Eugene Richards received a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography to continue his project ‘War is Personal.'

In 2012, photographer Bharat Choudhary received a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography to examine the roots of 'Islamophobia' in Marseille, France

In 2011, Stanley Greene was awarded a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography to follow the trail of electronic trash that is creating by modern technology.

In 2010, Miquel Dewever-Plana received a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography to focus on Guatemala’s ‘Other War’ – the gang violence that was engulfing the country.

Brenda Ann Kenneally received a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography in 2009 for her long-term project ‘Upstate Girls.'

Lynsey Addario was awarded a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography in 2008 for her work documenting the crisis in Darfur.

Jonathan Torgovnik was awarded a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography in 2007 for his project ‘Intended Consequences.’

Kristen Ashburn was awarded a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography in 2006 for her project on HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa.

David S. Holloway winning a Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography in 2005 for documenting white nationalism in the US.

Last year we celebrated 25 years of the foremost festival of photojournalism.