ANKARA
Applications to participate in the Istanbul Photo Awards, the first edition of the international news and sports photography contest organized by The Anadolu Agency, have been made available on Saturday.
A combined amount $ 58,000 will be awarded to the winners in four categories and one special prize.
Applications will be accepted between November 1, 2014 and January 31 2015 via www.istanbulphotoawards.com.
Photographers are invited to submit their images to be assessed in four categories: news single and news story, for an individual news photo or a collection around a story, as well as sports single and sports story. The jury will also select one photographer for a special award.
The category prizes are:
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Category
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Winner
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Runner-up
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Third Place
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News Single:
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$8000
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$3000
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$1500
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News Story:
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$8000
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$3000
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$1500
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Sports Single:
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$8000
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$3000
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$1500
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Sports Story:
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$8000
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$3000
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$1500
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Jury's Special Award:
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$8000
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The Award Ceremony will be held in April 2015, in Istanbul.
World-renowned professionals to be part of jury
The jury will be composed of world-renowned editors, publishers and photojournalists, including Time’s Alice Gabriner, Stern’s Haral Menk, Getty Images’ Georges Dekeerle, AFP’s Michel Scotto, the World Press Awards photo reporter Guillaume Herbaut, Yuri Kozirev and war reporter Patrick Chauvel, Pulitzer Awards’ Liu Heung Shing and Anadolu Agency Visual News Editor Ahmet Sel.
The Istanbul Photo Awards were first presented to international photo reporters during Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan photojournalism festival in France, which took place between September 1st and 7th this year.
More detailed information can be obtained by visiting the website istanbulphotoawards.com and anadoluimages.com.
The Anadolu Agency aims to become one of the world’s five most influential news agencies within 2020, its 100th anniversary. As part of its Centennial Vision, Anadolu Agency aims to make the Istanbul Photo Awards one of most important news photography contests in the world.
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