Phodar Biennial 2025
- Deadline: 31 December 2024
- Website: http://phodar.net
The 13th consecutive edition of the "Fodar" International Photo Festival Biennale is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the "Fodar" Foundation. Its theme is "Photographic Reality". It was provoked by the increasingly rapid democratization and wide distribution of the photographic image. If 30 years ago photography was the most accessible technology for creating images and its fields of application expanded exponentially, becoming a leader in the field of visual arts, today practically everyone who has a mobile phone takes pictures. The development of social networks gives a new impetus to the creation and distribution of photographic images. It is no exaggeration to say that especially for the younger generations, the creation of digital images, online communication and life on the web is replacing the physical existence. The problem has many dimensions and ramifications, and the authors have a wealth of material for interpretations. Does virtual reality come into conflict with physical reality, or do they go together to new unsuspected horizons? And isn't photographic reality a new language with its own rules, vocabulary, syntax? Where is and will be the place of artificial intelligence in this problem space? Of course, in addition to social, photographic reality also has its historical, informational and philosophical dimensions. This is the first topic that addresses so directly the problematic of the phenomenon of photography.
Fees:
Free
Prizes:
2025 Grand Prize $2.000
Award for Humanistic Photography $600
Debut Award $600
Eligibility:
Open for everyone.
Copyrights & Usage Rights:
We respect your intellectual property rights. Copyright of the images will remain at all times with the photographer. All entrants agree of the storage of their images in electronic form for the purpose of judging the competition and the private distribution of those images as required to complete the judging process. Finalist’s images as selected by the jury will be printed and mounted at the expense of the PHODAR Foundation, for display at the PHODAR Awards Exhibitions. Ownership of the prints remains with PHODAR Foundation. These may not be sold or published without the express written permission of the entrant but may be displayed in public to promote the competition and subsequent competitions.