Win € 6,000 by participating in the 24th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award

Win € 6,000 by submitting your photograph images to 24th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award

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24th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award

Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the 24th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, aimed at recognizing and disseminating the best images that singularly demonstrate social inequities, injustices and / or human rights abuses, or the situations that either foster or fight them.

The organization supports documentary photography and photojournalism and a means to raise awareness amongst the general public concerning social issues, while also promoting citizen mobilization and contributing to the eradication of the worst disease: injustice.

Opportunity Focus Areas:
Photography

Specialties

Creative, Applied Arts and Design, Visual Arts/Fine Arts (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, film making)

Eligibilities

18 - 24, 25 - 35, 36 - 60

The competition is open to 18 years or older.

Gender

Nationality

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Yemen

Required Languages

Other Requirements

Applicant qualifications

The competition is open to 18 years or older amateur and professional photographers of any nationality who are familiar with the documentary and / or photojournalistic approach. All entrants must abide by the terms and conditions of the 2020 call for entries.

Photo theme

The submitted images must narrate a story related to one of these topics: natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, violation of human rights, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugee and/or migrant populations. Special attention will be paid to those stories of interest that are not covered or disseminated enough or are little known, to contribute to their dissemination and reflection.

Submission requirements

At least 50% of the images must have been made between 2019 and 2020. Images that have been submitted to previous editions of the Luis Valtueña Competition are not eligible. • All entries must be numbered and uploaded to the platform in the display order intended by their author. • We suggest that you name each entry with the series title and the corresponding order number (e.g., title_01). Images must not show the name or logo of a photographer. • The images must be saved in digital JPEG format (* .jpg) with a minimum of 3000 pixels on its longest edge and using the sRGB * colour model. • EXIF data / full metadata should be left on all images. • All entries should be no larger than 3 MB in filesize. • Image manipulation of digital files or any kind of photoshop effects are not permitted. Only basic colour corrections are permitted. • Only single frame images will be accepted. Photomontages and multiple exposures will be excluded from the competition. • In case of doubt regarding a possible digital manipulation of the image beyond the terms and conditions of this competition, the organization reserves the right to request the entrants the original, unedited (RAW) file of the photograph - as it was recorded by the camera -, or a scanned, unedited copy, print original negative, or slide copy.

Employees of Médicos del Mundo Spain, or their first-degree relatives, are not permitted to enter the competition. Neither the members of the jury, nor any member of the technical team directly linked to the competition, or their first-degree relatives, may enter the competition.

Should any doubt regarding interpretation of these terms and conditions arise, due to the different nuances and meanings of the words in the different languages, Médicos del Mundo will opt for the alternative that more closely coincides with the original version in Spanish.

Benefits

Prize

The winner of the prize will receive a gross amount of €6,000 (to which the corresponding withholding will be applied, depending on the nationality and the situation of the beneficiary).

Others

A professional camera Leica Q2 worth a total of €4,990

Others

A set of 10 photobooks published by La Fábrica.

Others

Winning and shortlisted entrants will be included in the catalogue and in the collective and itinerant exhibition that Médicos del Mundo Spain shall produce or host.

Flight

The organization will cover the travel and lodging for two consecutive nights of the chosen entrants to attend the award ceremony and inauguration of the exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, scheduled for January 2021. This is contingent on the health situation and / or travel regulations affected by COVID-19.

Others

Médicos del Mundo is committed to widely promoting the chosen images and their authors for at least one year through press releases, meetings with the media, and ad-hoc dissemination materials, among other forms.

Costs

Required Documents

Application Form

You will only be able to submit a single application.

CV / Resume

Other

Description of the work presented.

Photo

.A series of between 5 (minimum) and 10 (maximum) photographs, in colour and / or in black and white. The images must be saved in digital JPEG format (* .jpg) with a minimum of 3000 pixels on its longest edge and using the sRGB * colour model.