FAQ
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You can submit 6-12 images
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Applications must be submitted in English.
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Yes. You may submit one entry only.
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Early registration fee is $42 (until 30/6/2022), Late registration fee is 54$ (from the 1/7/2022)
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The payment is transferred to PHOTO IS:RAEL, a non-profit company that has initiated the Photography Festival and the Meitar Award. The money will be used to run the jurisdiction process and to exhibit the works at the festival. The award itself is offered by the Meitar Family Foundation
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No. We will cover the full costs of the exhibition production.
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Yes. The jury members receive all the works without any identification.
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Sure. Any photographer may register.
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The receipt will be sent to you by email according to the details provided in the registration form.
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All images must be in JPEG/JPG format, at least 1000 px on their long side and no bigger than 2mb each.
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Preferably. Judges are looking for a unique and interesting personal language expressed in a body of work. By the terms ‘body of work’ we are referring to a group of separate images united together around a particular theme, or a number of pictures that when shown together make up a cohesive whole.
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The panelists will select 20 finalists for a group exhibition at the International Photography Festival, which will take place in November 2021 in Tel Aviv.
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PHOTO IS:RAEL will make every effort to hold the festival in late November 2021 as planned. In case the festival will not be able to open as planned, PHOTO IS:RAEL will make all reasonable efforts to reschedule the IPF within a reasonable period of time. If need be, we will consider the option to hold an online version of the festival, including exhibitions and a program of online lectures and events.
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A professional panel of judges will review all award finalists and will select a photographer who demonstrates thought, quality, originality and excellence in photography, as well as the potential to create a comprehensive body of work suitable for a solo exhibition.
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The winner will be officially announced at the opening of the Israel Photography Festival in November 2022.
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The winner will be announced in November 2022. The award winner will receive a $14,000 grant, composed of a personal grant of $2,500, curatorial guidance, and the production of a solo exhibition that will be part of the 2023 International Photography Festival.
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Yes. There is no restriction to submitting work that has already been part of other photo competitions.
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Any manipulation is possible.