Phodar Series Awards 2024

Phodar Series Awards 2024 is now open for entries!

Phodar Series Awards 2024 : Phodar Series Awards 2024, organised by the Phodar Foundation based in Sofia, Bulgaria, invites both professional and amateur photographers over 18 years of age to participate.

➜ Short description

The 13th consecutive edition of the "Fodar" International Photo Festival Biennale is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the "Fodar" Foundation.

The theme is "Photographic Reality." It was provoked by the increasingly rapid democratization and wide distribution of the photographic image. If 30 years ago photography was the most accessible technology for creating images and its fields of application expanded exponentially, becoming a leader in the field of visual arts, today practically everyone who has a mobile phone takes pictures. The development of social networks gives a new impetus to the creation and distribution of photographic images. It is no exaggeration to say that especially for the younger generations, the creation of digital images, online communication and life on the web is replacing the physical existence. The problem has many dimensions and ramifications, and the authors have a wealth of material for interpretations. Does virtual reality come into conflict with physical reality, or do they go together to new unsuspected horizons? And isn't photographic reality a new language with its own rules, vocabulary, syntax? Where is and will be the place of artificial intelligence in this problem space? Of course, in addition to social, photographic reality also has its historical, informational and philosophical dimensions. This is the first topic that addresses so directly the problematic of the phenomenon of photography. You may submit a photo essay consisting of 8 to 24 images. All photographs must have been taken after 2023.

A jury consisting of Alexander Nishkov, Antoan Bozhinov, Elisaveta Musakova, Ivan Zahariev, Yordan Evtimov, Nadezhda Pavlova, Plamen Shulikov and Rosen Kolarov will choose the prizes and the participants in the exhibition of Phodar Biennial 2025.

➜ Who may enter?

The competition is open to both professional and amateur photographers over 18 years of age.

➜ Prize:

➜ Grand Prix: $2000
➜ Award for Humanistic Photography: $600
➜ Debut Award: $600