Transversalidades 2025 Photo Contest

Transversalidades 2025 Photo Contest is now open for entries!

Transversalidades 2025 Photo Contest : Transversalidades 2025, international photography competition has been recently organised by Centro de Estudos Ibéricos (CEI) in Guarda, Portugal inviting everyone worlwide to participate.

➜ Short description

Transversalidades 2025, international photography competition is organised by Centro de Estudos Ibéricos (CEI) in Guarda, Portugal and now is calling for entries. The competition is not only a platform for artistic expression but also a means to promote inclusion, cooperation, and sustainable development through the lens of photography. By emphasizing the aesthetic, documentary, and pedagogical value of images, the contest aims to inspire dialogue and awareness about global challenges such as environmental conservation, urbanization, and cultural preservation.

The pictures collected under this contest should portray the diversity of territories, societies and cultures of different continents.

Photos must allude to one of the following subjects:

➜ Landscapes, biodiversity and natural heritage (Natural resources and risks; use, management and planning of natural areas; diversity of contexts and intercourse between man and the environment, etc.).

➜ Rural areas, agriculture and settlement (Goods and agricultural products, organization of rural areas; places and rural architecture, mobility, etc.).

➜ The city and the urbanization process (City, architecture, regeneration and urbanization processes; landscapes, urban environments and experiences, etc.).

➜ Culture and society: cultural diversity and social inclusion (Constructed legacy and cultural heritage, ways of life and social conditions; fight against poverty and social exclusion, etc.)

The pictures collected under this contest should portray the diversity of territories, societies and cultures of different continents in order to allow crossed looks on the changes which are taking place in different parts of the world, show different styles of social organization and space, capture signs of continuity and change, archaisms and innovations that manifest themselves in the most populous cities or rural areas, located in the most remote and distant and areas, which are facing depopulation. The interpretation of the natural, economic, social and cultural landscapes validated in photos will make them an important component of territorial cooperation, as they are valuable resources of promoting the inclusion of remote and less visible regions.

Each candidate may only submit one portfolio with six photos about a single subject of the contest.

➜ Submission requirements:

➜ please send the photos in digital format, JPG type (high quality compression (9)). Files need to be larger than 20MB.

➜ contestants must only send a single file type zip or rar which should contain all the contest photos.

➜ photos must have a screen resolution of 72 dpi and size (W or H) from 2000 to 2500 pixels (horizontal or vertical, according to the angle of the photo)

➜ Who may enter?

Open to anyone, with no restrictions on nationality or professional status.

➜ Prize:

The overall winner of the contest will receive 1,500, while each of the four category winners will be awarded €750. Additionally, up to 12 honorable mentions will receive €150 each. Special awards include €500 for a Portuguese competitor and €500 for a competitor from the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP). The winning photographs may be used in publications, exhibitions, or promotional materials by the CEI, with proper attribution to the authors.