Celebrating the Art in Sport
The FC Barcelona Photo Awards aim to identify the work that reflects in a conscious way the positive intrinsic values to sport. It is established with the aim of giving recognition to these values, seen through the lens of contemporary photographers.
Highlighting these positive values, common in sport and culture, the photography award of FC Barcelona seeks to grow a global photographic platform which communicates the importance and the contribution of the said universal values to the current society, as well as giving its support to the photography industry, generating a creating a favourable environment for the development of high-level projects.
FC Barcelona will organize an exhibition with the winning entries of both categories, as well as the finalists of the Photo Award category. It will also make utmost efforts to publicize globally the winners, carrying out various activities to promote the awards in different cities in Europe, USA and Asia.
PHOTO AWARD
DESCRIPTION: The single picture that shows the positive values of sport, giving priority to non-professional sport.
AWARDS:
- 1 first prize of €40,000.
- 29 finalists of €1,000.
PROJECT AWARD
PARTICIPATE
DEADLINE
FC Barcelona will announce the verdict of the jury, during the first half of April 2017. Subsequently, a gala awards ceremony coinciding with the opening of the exhibition will be held in Barcelona, and will display the winning image and the finalists of the Photo Award category.
CALENDAR
Participation period: from July to February 28th 2017
Verdict of the jury: second half of March 2017
Awards ceremony: first half of June 2017
Exposition: June 2017
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