Posted on: 02/10/2008 Conflict, Disasters, Environmental, Fellowships and Awards, Human Rights, Photojournalism Deadline: 05/11/2008 Region: Worldwide
Photojournalists of any nationality can now submit entries for the 12th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, which aims to award images related to humanitarian action. Deadline for submissions: November 5.
The competition is open to professional and amateur photographers who are dedicated to uncovering themes related to international cooperation and social exclusion, human rights violations, armed conflicts, natural disasters, refugee and immigrant populations, socially excluded groups, etc.
Each participant can submit up to three photographs, which may be in black and white or color; in TIFF or JPEG format. Only works carried out between January 2006 and November 2008 and which have not been submitted to previous editions will be accepted.
Winners will be awarded with first, runners-up and special prizes of EU<!-- --><!--[if gte mso 10]> <! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} --><!--[endif]-->€8,000 (US$11,000), EU€1,500 (US$2,073) and EU€1,000 (US$1,382) to develop projects. The award is held by Médicos del Mundo, a non-profit based in Spain.
