Photo Award for Women Photographers from IWPA

The International Women in Photo Award is inviting women photographers all over the world to participate with their photos. The International Women in Photo Award is organized by International Women In Photo Association (IWPA) to respond to its social commitment and the dissemination of culture among other purposes. The International Women in Photo Association promotes women photographers by highlighting and exposing their practices and talents to an international audience. Its mission is to encourage and support women photographers on the path of reaffirming their personal voice and practice.

• IWPA award Prize consists on a traveling exhibition through the year for the laureate, the five finalists and the winners of the special nominations (Canon Discovery, Solidarity theme, KG+ Discovery and the IWPA Special Mention in 2021) in key cities around the world, in Europe, Asia and Middle East, such as Geneva, Tokyo, or Dubai.
• The Laureate will also benefit from a 6 months photojournalism training at EFTI in Madrid. The training consists of a 3 month course at EFTI premises and 3 months distance mentoring by EFTI teachers of the student personal project. Enrolment and start of the course must be done before the end of 2022.

• Participation in this international competition is open to women photographers, and those who identify as women, working in any field of photography from fine arts to photojournalism. amateurs or professionals, from any country in the world.
• Minimum age is 18 years, regardless of nationality. If the participant lives in a country where the legal age of majority is above 18 years, the participant will obtain the consent of a parent/guardian to participate in the IWPA Award.
• There is no entry fee.
• The competition has no specified theme.  Photographers have to specify under which theme she enters the IWPA award.
• Each artist can participate in one category, submitting a collection or series of 10 photos.
• Should the participant’s work be selected for the exhibition, the participant will supply to IWPA on request high-resolution files that are suitable for print.
• Finalist/Laureate agrees on the following:
• A selection of one (1) to then (10) photographs of the photographers’ set to be printed and exhibited during the traveling exhibitions. The number of editions depends on the number of locations. IWPA, its sponsors and local partners are responsible for printing the editions.
• These editions can be for sale during the exhibition (with the photographer’s authorisation and agreed prices), or kept by IWPA for future exhibition purposes or destroyed.
• In case of sale, 50% of the proceeds go to the photographer and the other 50% to IWPA (who in its discretion may donate some or all of these sums to its nominated charity partner).

About IWPA:-

International Women in Photo Association (IWPA) is a French non-profit association that pursues two major missions on a global scale: work for equality through photography in the world and the promotion of women photographers and visual storytellers of all origins and nationalities. Set up in 2003, International Women in Photography’s mission is closely linked to the 5th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG); gender equality.

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