World.Report Award 2017 | Documenting Humanity! DEADLINE: May 09, 2017


World.Report Award 2017 | Documenting Humanity! DEADLINE: May 09, 2017

The Festival of Ethical Photography of Lodi is pleased to present the seventh edition of the World.Report Award | Documenting Humanity.


The Festival of Ethical Photography wants to bring the general public close to ethically significant contents using photography as communication and knowledge means, and to offer different nuances of the fine relationship between ethics, communication and photography. The Festival has come to the attention of the public thanks to the quality of the exhibitions and the participation of worldwide known photographers present in previous editions.
The awards will give attention to works focusing on people and their social and cultural stories; public or private, minor or crucial, big human tragedies or petty daily stories, changes and immutability.

The World.Report Award 2017 is divided in five sections:

Master Award: This section is open to all photographers, with no restriction of any kind. Reportages must consist of min 20 and max 40 images. The prize will be of 6,000 Euros gross cash.
 
Spot Light Award: This section is open to all photographers who did not receive one of the following awards before the 1st of April 2017: World Press Photo, W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, Pulitzer Prize, POYi Picture of the Year and World.Report Award, with exception for the multimedia category. Reportages must consist of min 20 and max 40 images. The photographers, who apply to this session, can also apply to the Master Award session. The prize will be of 3,000 Euros gross cash.

 
Short Story Award: This section is open to all photographers, with no restriction of any kind. Reportages must consist of min 5 and max 10 images. The prize will be of 1,500 Euros gross cash.

 
European Photographers Award | France 2017: This section wants to focus its attention on the different nationalities of the European photographers. The 2017 edition opens to all French photographers and is done in collaboration with ManifestO Festival of Toulouse (France). Reportages must consist of min 20 and max 40 pictures. The prize will be of 1,500 Euros gross cash and an exposition during the Festival of Ethical Photography in 2017 and during the ManifestO Festival in 2018.

Contest Prize & TERMS
Master Award: €6,000 Spot Light Award: €3,000 Short Story Award: €1,500 European Photographers Award | France 2017: 1,500 Single Shot Award: Fertile Solidarity: First prize €800 - Second prize € 500 – Third prize € 400 Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.

COPYRIGHT:
The images sent will have to be final as it will not be possible, under any circumstances, to further edit or replace them once the award has been granted.
USAGE RIGHTS:
The images sent will have to be final as it will not be possible, under any circumstances, to further edit or replace them once the award has been granted.


For the first time, we have introduced a new category: the Single Shot category. The award will focus on the image’s ability to convey a powerful message, embodying the theme in a single shot.
Single Shot Award: Fertile Solidarity. The theme for this new Single Shot section aims to be a hymn to solidarity that generates future progress. The spirit of togetherness is realized through actions which bring and support the progress of our entire society.

We perceive solidarity as an act of growth that stimulates, builds and inspires change. We are looking for images that represent this perspective in a creative way: this could be from the many activities carried out by humanitarian associations, to the personal relationships among people, from treatment and pain relief to the sense of belonging to the great World community. Share your vision of Fertile Solidarity with us. The work will be represented in a single shot.

The following awards will be assigned: First prize 800 Euros gross cash; Second prize 500 Euros gross cash; Third prize 400 Euros gross cash.

The top 30 finalists of this section will have their photos exhibited during the 2017 edition of the Festival. They will be included in a catalogue and in a calendar specifically printed for this section. This section has been realized thanks to the educational unrestricted grant of IBSA Farmaceutici Italia.


The participation is open to all photographers with no limitations. Every photographer can submit as many works as one likes.
 Applicants must apply as individuals — collaborations are not permitted.

The fee to be paid to participate in the WRA Master, Spot Light, Short Story, European Photographers sections varies according to the following:
15 Euros per one section (to be paid through PayPal or credit card)
25 Euros per two sections (to be paid through PayPal or credit card)
35 Euros per three sections (to be paid through PayPal or credit card)
45 Euros per four sections (to be paid through PayPal or credit card)
The fee to be paid to participate in the Single Shot section is 5 Euros for every upload (up to 5 images and to be paid through PayPal or credit card).
 
The awards want to be a help to photographers who work in this sector of photography that often is not paid properly.
World.Report Award 2017 members of the jury will be communicated at a later date. The jury will be composed by experts in the field.
The submission must happen before 23:59 CET of the 9th of May 2017.
The awarded projects will be exposed during the eighth edition of the Festival which will be held in Lodi in October 2017.
For any information about this award, please write to the following address: wra@festivaldellafotografiaetica.it
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