Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize 2024

Deadline: August 01, 2024

Competitions

Photo

Location(s)

  • Online
  • United States of America

Overview

Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative that calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights through their images. Highlighting the most compelling imagery – illustrating courage, despair, hope, injustice, hate, compassion, human rights failures or victories in ways small and large – the images will serve to inspire people to personally get involved and to take a stand for human rights.

Our esteemed jury is looking for compelling, dynamic and impactful images that tell the story of the challenges facing those people living in human rights crisis zones as well as photos of hope that depict the heroes working to deliver solutions to the difficult realities in their regions.

The 2024 Global Contest promotes climate justice. We believe climate change is a human rights issue, so we are looking for images that show people impacted by the escalating climate crisis. They include climate refuges, the very young, the very old, the disabled and injured, the poor, indigenous and island people, and women. Images of climate champions advocating for change, and those helping to mitigate and reverse climate change are welcome.

The 2024 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition is now open.

Details

ABOUT

The United Nations supported project — Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative that calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights through their images. Highlighting the most compelling imagery — illustrating courage, despair, hope, injustice, compassion, human rights failures or victories in ways small and large, the images will serve to inspire people to personally get involved and take a stand for human rights.​Photography 4 Humanity is a unique call to action for amateur and professional photographers alike, to submit images for a global competition where, each year, photos from the Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Recipient and the Top 10 finalists will be exhibited at the General Assembly Gallery at the United Nations Headquarters and at Fotografiska New York.

Photos that Make a Difference

Your photos will have a direct, positive impact on human rights issues by inspiring and mobilizing our viewers to take action. One image will be selected monthly for our Call to Action Spotlight page. Call to Action links will encourage and enable our viewers to get directly involved in practical solutions via UN Human Rights and leading NGOs working in the field on relief efforts for those directly impacted by the crisis depicted. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in this case, it will also inspire thousands of helping hands.

The Need

A picture is worth a thousand words, but what happens when there are limited outlets to see them? In the shrinking world of print media, Photography 4 Humanity will provide essential assistance by creating a new digital platform where these important images can be seen and shared – inspiring people to action.

2024 GLOBAL PRIZE COMPETITION

  • The 2024 Global Prize Recipient will receive $5,000 USD
  • The Global Prize Recipient, top 10 Finalists and 20 Honorable Mentions will be exhibited globally on December 10, 2024 - via UN.org.
  • The Global Prize Recipient, top 10 Finalists, and  20 Honorable mentions will then have their work help open the 2025 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit hosted by  the University of Oxford on June 5, 2025 - UN World Environment Day.

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

RULES

  • You must be at least 18 years of age or older to enter
  • All entries must be submitted between Feb 1, 2024 12:00PM EST and August 1, 2024 12:00PM PST
  • All photography must relate to people being impacted by climate change, and/or people trying to reverse and/or mitigate climate change
  • Must include photographer name, title, date, location and description of each photograph submitted
  • All images must have been taken within between August 1, 2023 and August 1, 2024

Dates

Deadline: August 01, 2024


Cost/funding for participants

The Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize will be announced at the exhibition opening gala, attended by invited dignitaries, media, photography professionals and human rights champions. Along with a $5,000 USD cash award, the Global Prize will bring a large amount of industry recognition and prestige to the winning photographer. Select photos will be featured on the Photography 4 Humanity website throughout the year. This will garner large amounts of exposure for the photographer as well as highlight the human rights issues depicted in the images. 

Exhibition

The 2023 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Recipient and Top 10 Finalists will also have their work exhibited at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The gallery is situated right outside of the United Nations General Assembly.

United Nations Gallery NYC

The winner of the Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize will be announced on UN Human Rights Day in conjunction with the opening reception for the Photography 4 Humanity Exhibition at the United Nations Headquarters. The winning photographer, who will be selected by an eminent jury of photo editors, journalists and human rights champions, will receive a $5,000 USD cash prize and will have their photo promoted in all relevant media worldwide.

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