Belfast Photo Festival

Belfast Photo Festival

Eligibility

Disciplines: Photography
Location: All
Other:

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Costs

Application Fee: €22/€29*
Participation Fee: None
Additional Fees:

*The submission fee charged is in aid of the 2021 Belfast Photo Festival and directly contributes to the organisation and delivery of the Festival for the benefit of all participants. Belfast Photo Festival is a registered charity and non-profit organisation.

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Rewards

Monetary: Spotlight Award £2,000
Publication: Festival issue of Abridged Magazine
Exhibition: at Belfast Photo Festival + 2022 Photo Schweiz Festival
Production: Finalists will have their work produced for outdoor exhibition at the festival
Travel:
Accommodation:
Other: Instagram Residency, RPS Membership, GUP photographic magazine

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Requirements

✓ Artist Statement / Biography
✓ Work sample

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About

Having helped to launch so many photographers careers, the Open Submission of the international Belfast Photo Festival is back with more opportunities than ever before.

Being described as "One of the best photography festivals in the world," (Capture Magazine) the biennial Belfast Photo Festival provides a perfect platform for gaining exposure to an international audience, with previous editions having welcomed over 100,000 visitors from all over the world.

Belfast Photo Festival is offering artist's/photographers the opportunity to exhibit their work in the main Festival gallery alongside some of the biggest names in the field, and have their work taken on tour to be exhibited at the 2022 Photo Schweiz (Zurich, Switzerland), with a number also having the opportunity to be featured in the arts magazine Abridged. The winners will be eligible for a number of awards, including a cash prize of £2,000 (est $2,674 / €2,208).

The theme has been left open to remove any restrictions; submissions must be photographic or lens-based but can include incorporations of other art forms with the photographic medium (i.e. performance, painting, sculpture, music, literature etc).

Individuals and collectives are welcome to apply; individuals should select and enter between 1-10 photographs from a particular project/series or body of work AND/OR submit their Photo-book for exhibition by uploading a single PDF (no image limit)

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How to Apply

Information: Belfast Photo Festival ->
Apply: Online application ->

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Deadline

March 6, 2021 (12:59 AM)

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Selection

Process:
Call for entries open
8 December 2020
Submission deadline
6 March 2021
Artists contacted
March 2021
Public announcement of selected Artists
April 2021
2021 Belfast Photo Festival Opening Weekend Start
3 June 2021
Portfolio Reviews
4 June 2021

Jury Members:

Corey Keller – Curator of Photography: SFMoMA, San Francisco (U.S.A)

Sarah Allen – Assistant Curator: Tate Modern, London (U.K.)

Marta Weiss – Senior Curator: V&A, London (U.K.)

Izabela Radwanska Zhang – Managing Editor: British Journal of Photography, London (U.K.)

Elizabeth Renstrom – Photo Editor: The New Yorker, New York (U.S.A)

Dilys Ng – Photo Editor: TIME, New York (U.S.A)

Emily Graham – Cultural Commissions: Magnum Photos, London (U.K.)

Alexa Becker – Acquisitions Editor: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany)

Azu Nwagbagu – Director: LagosPhoto, Lagos (Nigeria)

Gwen Lee – Director: Singapore International Photography Festival (Singapore)

Stella Nantongo – Co-Ordinator: Uganda Press Photo Award, Kampala (Uganda)

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Previous Recipients

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Contact

E-mail: info@belfastphotofestival.com

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