Call for Applications: TOTO Photography Award (India)

These awards have applauded photographers who have evoked mood, told stories, documented important histories or practices, and extended the medium to include texts, graphics and other interventions in the space of the image. The jurors for these awards, which are given for a thematically connected series of photographs, comprise established photographers, curators, critics, architects and leaders of prominent photography organisations.

Prize Information

• To mark the twentieth year of the TOTO Awards, the cash prize for each of the two winners, to be decided by an independent panel of jurors, has been increased to Rs 60,000 each.

Who can apply?

• Applications are open to photographers between the ages of 18 and 29. You may apply if your date of birth is on or after 1 January 1994 but before 1 January 2006.
• Applications sent by galleries/agencies on behalf of a photographer will not be accepted. Photographers themselves need to apply.
• Only Indian citizens residing in India are eligible to apply (Overseas Citizen of India card-holders are not eligible.)

Criteria

• The submission should comprise still images, in either colour or black-and-white, or a mix of the two. Moving images and video art will not be accepted.
• The images should be screen resolution – 72dpi and 1500 pixels on the long side and each file should be less than 1MB.
• The set of images submitted should form a series that is presented together on the same theme and edited in the same style.
• You may submit one or two different series, but each series must comprise a maximum of 16 images and a minimum of 8. Please do not send a random assortment of images.
• The photographs should be sent in jpg, jpeg or png format only.
• The photographs submitted must not carry your name or watermark.
• If you have won a TOTO Photography Award earlier, you are eligible to apply again, but please submit new work for consideration.

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