Authors must submit high-resolution files of their photos by April 30, 2024, for inclusion in our communication support. Candidates who do not provide the necessary information will not be allowed to participate in the competition.
Dimitri Beck is the director of photography at Polka (magazine+gallery+factory) of which he is one of the founding members alongside the Genestar family since 2008. Previously, he was the editor-in-chief of Webistan, Reza's photo agency, in Paris.
Dimitri began his career as a freelance journalist in 1998 and has often worked in Central Asia and the Caucasus
A journalist, Dimitri regularly speaks at conferences on storytelling through images and gives courses at the journalism department of Sciences Po in Paris and at the Spéos photo school.
Nestan Nijaradze is the artistic director and co-founder of the Tbilisi Photo Festival – the first international annual photo festival in Georgia – founded in 2010, and the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum. Both platforms use the medium of photography as a catalyst for social and cultural change in Georgia and the South Caucasus region.
Nijaradze has curated numerous exhibitions of international photographers in Georgia and abroad, promoting the vibrant emerging regional scene of visual artists as well as rich traditions of Georgian photography
and exhibition in Paris
and exhibition in Paris
and exhibition in Paris
• Each candidate must provide:
- A short biography
- Description of the project.
- From 1 to 8 photos taken or published in the last 4 years (starting in 2019)
- Digital images must be provided in JPG format, with a resolution no more than 2000 pixels in length. The image file size should be at most 2 MB.
• professionals or amateurs, art school students or the school of photography, independent photographers.
• all nationalities.
• over 18 years old.
Copyright:
The participants retain the copyright to all their photos.
In case the work is selected for the exhibition, the participants undertake to ensure its safety. They are responsible for checking that the saved photos do not violate the rights of third parties or organisations.
Participants whose applications have been accepted grant the Form Photo Award the right to use their photos for marketing purposes at the exhibition, including publications in the exhibition press, posting on the FORM website and in all communication media related to the FORM.
Registration is open from February 20, 2024, until March 31, 2024 (23:59 CET)
The submitted photos can be either black and white or colour.
They must belong in whole or in part to a series of photographs.