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Concours du 12/6/2015 au 15/6/2015 Terminé
On the occasion of the much-anticipated launch of the Tokyo International Photography Festival, and its focus on the future – we have selected a fitting theme for the third edition of the http://competition.tipf.jp/": The Human Condition.What does it mean to be human? For Sartre, it meant freedom and responsibility – the freedom to choose, the responsibility to act and define one’s place in life. Irvin Yalom gave us the four “givens” of existence: meaning, loneliness, freedom, and mortality.
© Tokyo International Photography Festival
The Human Condition is our eternal search for purpose, but also our capacity for good – and evil. It is kinship, honor, our thirst for knowledge, the pursuit of happiness – but just as often it is the harbinger of pain, death, betrayal, war, the deception of ourselves and of others.
At a time of increased uncertainty and tension on both the inter-personal and global stages, photography’s role in helping us negotiate our daily existence has never been stronger. For our third edition, we ask you to share with us an unflinching view of what it means to be human.
Entry Information
Theme: The Human Condition
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2015
Entry Fee: $30 (USD) per series of up to 6 images
Eligibility: The Tokyo International Photography Festival competition is open to photographers worldwide, over the age of 18.
Prizes
EIGHT SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHERS – FOUR CONTINENTS
A group of 8 photographers will be selected by our Jury for a curated traveling exhibition that will be presented at:
Tokyo International Photo Festival
– Tokyo, Japan
United Photo Industries Gallery
– New York, USA
GuatePhoto Festival
– Guatemala City, Guatemala
Head On Photo Festival
– Sydney, Australia
Additional host cities to be announced soon!
JURY GRAND PRIX WINNER
In addition to the group exhibition, one photographer will receive:
All-expenses paid trip to Tokyo, to participate in the Tokyo International Photo Festival and Portfolio Review taking place in October 2015
A double-page feature in PHaT PHOTO magazine
A special feature in LensCulture
Featured in the British Journal of Photography (BJP) online
