Doctors of the World announces the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award in order to denounce the reality of millions of people in the world. This award emerges as a tribute and recognition to Luis Valtueña, Flors Sirera, Manuel Madrazo and Mercedes Navarro, cooperators of Doctors of the World killed in Rwanda in 1997 and Bosnia in 1995 when they were developing humanitarian work. His memory serves so that every year the victims of injustice come to light. Therefore Doctors of the world invites you to give them a voice with your eyes.

Theme

The photographs must narrate or tell a story related to these topics: humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, human rights violations, armed conflicts, natural disasters, refugee and immigrant populations or socially excluded groups.

Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award

The winner of the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography will receive a unique award. The winning photographer will receive a work grant of 6,000 euros. The winner will use it to make an in-depth report around the works of Doctors of the World.  The report will constitute at least 50 photographs as well as video and/or audio. Further, the photographer can work in any of the countries in which the organization develops programs of humanitarian action and/or cooperation to the development.

Who is eligible for the International Humanitarian Photography Award?

• Photographers and photographers of any nationality, of legal age and related to the documentary approach, may participate.
• The workers of Doctors of the World, nor their relatives up to the first degree of consanguinity may apply.
• Each applicant may submit a single application to this call. The documentation must be completed in Spanish, English or French.

How to Submit for the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award?

To apply for the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, the candidates must submit the application form to the Doctors of the World. Applicants may email their application. Along with the application, the photographers must also attach:

• A photographic series of a maximum of ten images. At least 30% of the total of the series must have been made between January 2019 and October 2019 and not have been presented in previous editions of the Prize.
• Photographs should be in digital formats, such as JPEG images (* .jpg) with an average quality of 5,000 pixels in the longest dimension and at 72 dpi resolution. Further, the images must use the Adobe RGB color space (preferred) or sRGB
• The participating photographers may only alter the digital image by darkroom techniques such as brightness; contrast and color adjustments; overexposure and under-exposure. No other change in the original digital image is permissible.
• Only single-frame photographs are eligible.

Deadline

The Doctor of the World will accept the submission for the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award until 8 November 2019.