Voies Off Prize 2015 | call for submissions

The 20th Voies Off Festival in Arles, France announces the 20th edition international call for entries for the prestigious contemporary photography awards.

Voies Off offers an alternative approach to emerging contemporary photography, its particularities, its evolutions, and its areas of resistance.

ELIGIBILITY

no restriction regarding age or nationality. Participants in the Prizes of the festival Voies Off are: all amateur or professional photographers, artists, associations, collectives, groups, galleries, agencies, or schools... using photography as their medium. A commission will select the applications presenting originality and a personal approach. The works must be organized as a series showing a coherent thincking developed through a theme or a personal vision. The main selection criterion for the commission remains the presentation of a personal and creative vision.

Jury and Awards

A jury of prominent professionals, a member of the sAif and the artistic director of Voies Off festival will choose the winner of the competitions among the selected candidates. The jury’s decision will be final and won’t be revised. The 2015 Voies Off Prize is 2,500 euros.

The 2015 Saif discovery Award is 2,000 euros. The portfolio rewarded by lacritique.org in 2015 will be publicated on line with a critical text.