Submissions are invited for the 28th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award. The deadline is October 4, 2024.
About the Award
Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the 28th 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.
By giving this competition the name of the photographer and international aid worker Luis Valtueña, we pay tribute to his memory and the other three humanitarian aid workers of the association murdered in Rwanda (1997) and Bosnia (1995) out their duties. It is also our wish to highlight the human values they represent.
Time Frame
- Tuesday, 9th July, 2024: Competition launches for entries
- Friday, 4th October, 2024: Competition closes for entries
- Friday, 11 October, 2024: Rectification of errors
- November 2024: Jury’s decision
- January 2025: Award ceremony and exhibition opening
Prize and Benefits
- The winner will get a Rs. 5L+ / € 6,000 Cash prize.
- In addition, the winner and the finalists will also have their work published in the catalog and displayed in the collective and itinerant exhibition that Médicos del Mundo Spain shall produce.
- 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.
- 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.
Themes
The submitted images must narrate a story related to one of these topics: health, natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, violation of human rights, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugee and/or migrant populations.
Jury
An international jury, made up of leading professionals in the photography world and a representative of Médicos del Mundo, will choose the winning series and may select up to three finalists.
How to Enter?
- This year, entries must be submitted exclusively in digital format via the Picter website. If you are not yet registered on the platform, you will need to create an account in order to participate. You will only be able to submit a single application. Once your submission is successfully submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.
- Each entrant must submit the following documentation: Personal and contact details, Biography (max. 1500 characters), A series of between 5 (minimum) and 10 (maximum) photographs, in colour and/or in black and white, Description of the project presented, including captions
- The author’s name must not appear in the description of the project, in the captions or in the name of the files.
- For entry requirements or further information, please refer to the contest rules.
How to Register?
Interested participants can register through this link.
Deadline
The deadline for registration is October 4, 2024.
Click here to view the official notification of the 28th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award.
