The Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award competition is organized by Médicos del Mundo Spain. The 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 competition is open to 18 years or older amateur and professional photographers of any nationality.
Application process is done online through the web link provided.
Each entrant must submit a series of between 5 (minimum) and 10 (maximum) photographs.
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.
At least 50% of the images must have been made between 2020 and 2021.
The competition is free to enter and participate.
Monday, July 12th, 2021
Competition launches for entries
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
Competition closes for entries
Thursday, October 7th, 2021
Rectification of errors
November 2021
Jury's decision
March 2022
Award ceremony and exhibition opening
€ 6,000 Cash prize
A professional camera Leica Q2 worth a total of €5,120
A set of 10 photobooks published by La Fábrica.
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 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, scheduled for March 2022. This is contingent on the health situation and/or travel regulations affected by COVID-19.
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.
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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.
The jurors for 2021 are Alessandra Sanguinetti (United States), Ana María Arévalo (Venezuela), Claudi Carreras (Spain), Fiona Shields (United Kingdom), Francisco Carrasco (Spain) y Susana Vera (Spain).
