Deadline: 1 June 2025
Entries are now open for the Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Award to recognize and encourage the work of photojournalists who wish to cover a social, economic, political or cultural issue in a journalistic manner, on presentation of a dossier.
The Award is given in order to allow the winner to produce a story that has never been told but that the photographer cannot find support for within the media.
Prize Information
- The winner of the award will receive the 8,000 euros in 2 parts: the first one during Visa pour l’Image – Perpignan in September, and the second one after completing the work, no later that April 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- The conditions are as follows:
- Applicants must have completed at least three photo-reportage (published or unpublished).
- Applicants must be professional photojournalists.
- Applicants must be able to write and speak in French or English.
Judging Criteria
- The jury, which will be made up of members of persons of good standing in the profession, will give the Award based on the professional qualities of the applicant and the relevance and originality of the project.
Application Requirements
- The application dossier will include the following items in the order given below:
- A signed application form.
- A copy of the applicant’s identity card or passport.
- An affidavit stating that the candidate is a professional photojournalist.
- A curriculum vitae.
- A letter in support of the application including a description of the photo-reportage project (maximum 1 typed pages). This letter must remain anonymous and must not contain anything that would allow the candidate to be identified.
- A projected budget for the photo-reportage project for which the Award is to be used if obtained.
- A photo-reportage in black and white or color: between 10 and 20 pictures, with captions on a pdf.
- Copies of publications if possible.
- Material specifications:
- low resolution files with captions written in the File Info field
- only JPEG accepted (no TIFF or PSD or PDF)
- maximum images size: 3 MB
- Each Picture file has to be named and numbered, in the order the photograph would like them to be shown to the jury.
For more information, visit Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Association.
