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Published: 24 Nov 2023 382 views
Istanbul Photo Awards is an international news photography contest organized by Anadolu Ajans?, global news agency for more than 100th years . The contest aims to contribute to the sphere of news photography and offers a perspective shaped by the region’s unique position at the center of diverse cultures. The awards reward endeavors of courageous and talented professional photographers from around the world on merit. ?stanbul Photo Awards has become one of the most widely known news photography contests in the world.
Along with the generous awards of the contest aiming to support the hard work and dedication of news photographers worldwide, the application is totally free.
Istanbul Photo Awards receives a lot of attention from photojournalists from all around the world. Around 16,000 photographers registered to the contest in nine years. 2024 is the 10th year of the contest.
Anadolu Ajans? (AA), is a global news agency delivering news across the world in 13 different languages; Turkish, English, Arabic, Bosnian, Russian, French, Kurdish/ Sorani, Kurdish/Kurmanji, Persian, Albanian, Macedonian, Indonesian and Spanish. AA, with more than 100 years of strong experience covers world affairs under various categories; politics, economics, finance, energy, sports, technology and much more. Since 1920, AA with its long rooted history brings real-time text news, photos, infographics and video to media outlets, newspapers, websites, TV channels, public and... continue reading
| Application Deadline | 31 Dec 2023 |
| Country to study | Turkey |
| Type | Contest |
| Sponsor | Anadolu Ajansi |
| Gender | Men and Women |
2024 PRIZES
Single News 1st prize winner will be nominated as “Photo of the Year”, the laureate receives 6.000 USD in total.
| CATEGORIES | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD |
| SINGLE NEWS | *6,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY NEWS | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE SPORTS | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY SPORTS | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE NATURE & ENVIRONMENT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY NATURE & ENVIRONMENT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE PORTRAIT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY PORTRAIT | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| SINGLE DAILY LIFE | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
| STORY DAILY LIFE | 3,000 USD | 1,500 USD | 1,000 USD |
The jury will select two photographers' works from all series categories submissions to be awarded
with a special tenth anniversary prize of 1,000 USD.
ISTANBUL PHOTO AWARDS RULES
? Applications are free and open between 17 Nov. 2023 - 17 Jan. 2024 at 23:59 (UTC+3).
? Photographs contain the relevant and correct information. Submitted photos must be taken in 2023 (between 1 Jan. 2023- 31 Dec. 2023).
? Photographer has the liability for providing accurate personal information like name, age, company etc. besides the image info like date, location etc..
? All submissions must have necessary information embedded into photographs IPTC like: title, description, creation date, city and country. The info and category of the photographs can be updated until the deadline.
? Photography captions must be written in English. Kindly check the caption limits before upload your photos.
? No signatures, stamp or any other identifying mark is allowed anywhere on the entry. Photographer's name or company should not be mentioned at the captions.
? Digital manipulation and any kind of photoshop effects is not allowed, only basic color corrections are allowed. It is not allowed to add signatures on the photo or in the caption.
? Photographers must be the copyright owner of the submitted photographs.
? Photographs must not violate any third party rights.
? Photographers are invited to apply all categories at the same time, both with published and unpublished photos.
? Photographers can apply 4 different photo in Single categories and 2 different stories in Story categories.
? Same photo cannot be submitted into two different categories.Story category applications should include 10 photos.
? Kindly note that this contest is for professionals only and Istanbul Photo Awards’ jury may ask for proofs of the source of the photo or publications on newspapers, magazines or web sites.
TERMS OF USE
? All content in this website is protected by international copyright law.
? All photographs displayed in this website belongs to the copyright owners.
? Istanbul Photo Awards or Anadolu Ajans? cannot be held responsible by any third parties, because of the damages arising from the photographs on this website.
? Copyrights remain on the photographer and Istanbul Photo Awards will use photographer’s credit for all photographs used.
? Istanbul Photo Awards and Anadolu Ajans? may use the submitted photographs for promotional efforts on books, websites, magazines, newspapers, exhibitions, mobile media and all relevant PR campaigns.
? No content may be copied, distributed or used in any kind without authorization from the copyright owners.
? Single News 1st prize winner will be nominated as “Photo of the Year”.
? Istanbul Photo Awards is a registered trademark of Anadolu Ajans?, Türkiye.
For more details visit: ?stanbul Photo Awards website.