Open Call for PHODAR Biennial Series Award

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”.

Funding Information

• 2025 Grand Prize: $2000
• Award for Humanistic Photography: $600
• Debut Award: $600
• Prize winners will be selected by a panel of independent judges and their decision is final.
• The prizes will be paid in USD. Any fees incurred by foreign currency transfers, if any, will be on the account of the entrant and will be deducted from the prize amount.
• Each participant can participate with one series in one of the sections: ‘Grand prize’ or ‘Debut of a young author’. A ‘humanistic photography’ award will be presented to one author, regardless of the section in which he/she participated.

Eligibility Criteria

• PHODAR Biennial Series Awards competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers over 18 years of age (or the age of majority in their respective country).
• There is no limitation regarding entrant’s country of origin and/or citizenship.
• Entries will be judged by competent jury.

Application Requirements

• They need your full name, email address, country and the title of the uploaded series.
• For the Entry, you can submit between 8 and 24 images with coherent overall look – photo essay, from an unfinished, ongoing or completed project. The photographs have to be created after 2023 when was the last edition of the PHODAR Biennial. No stock photography is allowed.
• Please ensure that your entries are submitted as:
  • Online submission format: JPG or JPEG
  • Minimum 1000 pixels on the longest size (best 3000)
  • Maximum file size: 4MB
  • Number the files numerically in the order you want them presented.
• Selected winners and participants can be asked to re-submit the originals in RAW, JPEG or TIFF format at 300 dpi. In case the artist is selected to participate and is included in the exhibition catalogue, they can request additional information about the series, year of capture, a portrait of the author and a professional CV.
• The submission of the entry will be confirmed via email. They do not accept any responsibility for incomplete or unreceived entries caused by errors of transmission or failures of payment.

For more information, visit Phodar Biennial.