Once again, this year, Médicos del Mundo presents the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award to denounce the situation of millions of people in the World.
This award comes as a tribute to and in recognition of Luis Valtueña, Flors Sirera, Manuel Madrazo, and Mercedes Navarro, Médicos del Mundo aid workers killed in Rwanda in 1997 and in Bosnia in 1995 while performing their duties as international humanitarian aid workers.
Their memory serves to ensure that each year victims of injustice are brought to light. Give them a voice through your gaze. And in doing so, together, we can bring injustice to an end.
Objective
Entries must be related to humanitarian action, international cooperation and social exclusion –human rights violations, armed conflicts, natural disasters, refugee and immigrant populations, socially excluded groups, etc. –and/or to efforts aimed at building a fairer, more egalitarian world.
Prizes
The winner of the first prize will receive a project grant worth €8,000 to develop a photo project related to the work of Médicos del Mundo, whether in Spain or another country, subject to the approval of the Organisation.
The winner will define the project’s objectives and further development jointly with Médicos del Mundo. The grant will cover all project expenses. The project will have to be finished before 30th November 2012.
Two runners-up will each receive a cash prize of €1,000.
Rules
- The competition is open to adult amateur and professional photographers of any nationality.
- Each participant will be able to submit a maximum of ten photographs, which can be part of a series or standalone. The photographs may be in black and white or colour.
- Only photos taken between January 2009 and October 2011, and which have not been previously entered, will be accepted.
- The photographs must be submitted in digital format.
How to enter?
Photographs need to be sent in two formats, by mail. Photographs should be mailed on a properly protected CD or DVD, with the entrant’s name identified, to the following address:
MÉDICOS DEL MUNDO, C/ Conde de Vilches, 15, 28028 Madrid, España,Attention: PREMIO INTERNACIONAL DE FOTOGRAFÍA HUMANITARIA LUIS VALTUEÑA
Please see the Terms and conditions page on the official website for further details and please consider that e-mail entries will not be accepted.
For enquiries, please contact: premioluisvaltuena [at] medicosdelmundo.org (please replace [at] with @) .