Saturday İs Last Day For Sending Applications To Istanbul Photo Awards

Saturday marks the last day for applications to be sent to the Istanbul Photo Awards, the first edition of the international news and sports photography contest organized by The Anadolu Agency.



Organizers aim to make the contest one of the most important photo award contests in the world.



Photographers are invited to submit images to be assessed in several categories: News Single and News Story, for an individual news photo or a collection around a story, as well as Sports Single and Sports Story. 



The jury will also select one photographer for a special award.



Since Nov. 1, over 6,000 photographs have been sent from contestants from around 100 countries.



World-renowned professionals to be part of jury



The inaugural competition will feature a jury of respected professionals, including TIME magazine's international photo editor Alice Gabriner and Hong Kong-born Pulitzer-winning former photojournalist and founder of the Shanghai Center of Photography, Liu Heung Shing.



The jury will also include Stern Magazine's photo editor Harald Menk, senior director of Getty Images Georges de Keerle, AFP's photo distribution director Michel Scotto, World Press Photo award winners Guillaume Herbaut, war reporter Patrick Chauvel, plus Anadolu Agency visual news editor Ahmet Sel and AA's photography editor Firat Yurdakul.



The Istanbul Photo Awards were first presented to international photo reporters during the Visa Pour l'Image Perpignan photojournalism festival in France, which took place between September 1 and 7 in 2014.



Prizes of the contest



A combined amount of $58,000 will be awarded in four categories in addition to the special prize.



Applications will be accepted via www.istanbulphotoawards.com.



The category prizes are: