Call for candidates The 5th Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award: theme IRAN

Created in 2009, the purpose of the Carmignac Gestion photojournalism award is to grant EUR 50,000 in funding for a photo-reportage carried out over a period of several months on a specific, topical subject. 

With the profession in the grips of an unprecedented financing crisis, and the risks taken by freelance photographers the subject of much debate, the Carmignac Gestion Foundation wished to sponsor the delving work of photojournalists. Their dedication to depicting the truth requires knowledge of the country and experience of the terrain in order to represent the situation in all its complexity.

The Carmignac Foundation promotes the award via an exhibition in Paris and the publication of a monograph. It also purchases four of the photographs included in the report.

Deadline for submitting entries: September 30th 2013

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In 2013, for the fifth award, nominators, past members of juries since the 2009 launch of the Carmignac Gestion Award, may suggest up to three candidates to the independent jury.
The New York Times, the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art, The Times, the Pompidou Centre, Géo, Polka, XXI, the Forma foundation, Le Monde, the British Journal of Photography and AFP were represented in former juries.

Selection process

septembeR 30 - OCTOBER 25 2013:

The three members of the 2013 preselection committee - Dimitri Beck, editor of Polka magazine, Valérie Fougeirol, independent photography curator, and Nathalie Gallon, director of the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award - will shortlist between 10 and 14 candidates. The entries, comprising the written project and photographs sent by the photojournalists, will be submitted and presented to the jurors.

The nominators will declare their candidate choices and their entries on the theme of Iran will be submitted directly to the jury on 30 October. These entries will be seen by the preselection committee.

Only members of the jury may vote on the winner. The preselection committee and Carmignac Gestion staff members are not allowed to vote.

octobER 30 2013:

The jury, composed of photographers and key figures from the international photography scene, will meet in Paris.

• François Hebel, President
• Reza
• Jérôme Sessini
• Christian Caujolle
• Anahita Ghabaian
• Jean-Pierre Perrin
• Sam Stourdzé
• Celina Lunsford
• Mark Sealy
• The winner of the 4th Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism award

The name of the winning candidate will be kept confidential for security reasons.

the organiser reserves the right to take the exhibition to other locations, subject to the photographer's approval