CALL FOR ENTRIES: Submit your portfolio to KOLGA AWARD (kolga.ge)

(kolga.ge) CALL FOR ENTRIES!!!
Submit your portfolio to KOLGA AWARD at www.kolga.ge and visit Tbilisi in May. The best photos of the year will be exhibited in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 12 . Prize fund: 6 000 US $.
Newcomer award 500 EUR !
Call closes at March 20, 2016.
More info: kolga.ge

KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO 2016

"KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO" will be opened 12^th  of May. Within the framework of "KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO" week, along with Kolga Award exhibition, the capital city of Georgia, Tbilisi will host various international and local exhibitions featuring both historically significant images and photographic works depicting various positions in contemporary photography. For “KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO 2016” visitors will have a chance to get familiar with the works of the world-renowned photographic artists and view the various international photo exhibitions.

A new award was added to the photo contest this year: Kolga Newcomer Photo Award. This award will be given to a young photographer under the age of 25, whose photo series will be chosen among best series in the following categories: Reportage, Documentary Series, Conceptual Photo Project. Kolga Newcomer Photo Award 2016 is founded by a co-organizer of the photo week, Teona Gogichaishvili and her German colleagues, art patron Max Schön (well-known German expert in renewable energy technologies, president of Deutsche Club of Rome) and established German photographers – Dirk Gebhardt and Theodor Barth. This award should be established and given to the best photo series of young participants of the photo contest. The winner of this category will receive 500 Euros. The aim of the Kolga Newcomer Photo Award is to facilitate the development of young photographers and paving their own path in the world of photography.

Under the framework of "KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO" will host workshops, seminars, discussions and portfolio reviews free of charge to underline our philosophy to support the further promotion of art of photography as one of the new media forms among Georgians and to advance them in their development.

KOLGA AWARD 2016

Within the framework of the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO, the biggest and the most prestigious photo contest in Georgia will be held. The jury members will pick out the best photo projects and reveal the winners in each category. The main goal of the AWARD is to link international photography to Georgia and to local photography. Announcement of the Photo Award worldwide – in Europe as well as in the USA – intends to foster its international position.

This year’s categories include:

1. Documentary Series
2. Reportage
3. Conceptual Photo Project
4. One Shot 
5. Mobile Photo

The KOLGA AWARD prize fund will be 6 000 USD. The sum will be equally divided between the winners in the first four categories. The winners of these categories will get 1500-1500 USD each. As for the Mobile Photo category (with sub-nominations: one shot and photo series) the winners will get a special prize: iPhone.

A new award was added to the photo contest this year: Kolga Newcomer Photo Award. This award will be given to a young photographer under the age of 25, whose photo series will be chosen among best series in the following categories: Reportage, Documentary Series, Conceptual Photo Project. This award should be established and given to the best photo series of young participants of the photo contest. The winner of this category will receive 500 Euros. The aim of the Kolga Newcomer Photo Award is to facilitate the development of young photographers and paving their own path in the world of photography.

Should you have any additional questions, please contact us at: contest@kolga.ge
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