Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award

The Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award is granted to a professional photographer seeking to produce a photo essay on issues related to the environment, relationships between humans and the Earth, or the major challenges of the green transition.

Prize Information

• The award comes with €8,000 in prize money.
• Also, your work will be exhibited at the Festival Photo La Gacilly.
• It will also be screened at the International Festival of Photojournalism “VISA POUR L’IMAGE – Perpignan”.

Eligibility Criteria

• The conditions for the award are:
  • to be working as a photojournalist; and
  • being able to write and speak in French or English.

Application Requirements

• A curriculum vitae.
• A cover letter from the applicant containing a description of their photo essay project (maximum 1 typed page). This letter must not contain any information identifying the applicant.
• A provisional budget for funding the photo essay project.
• A photo essay produced in black and white or in colour: between 12 and 20 images maximum).
• Scans from publications where appropriate.
• A copy of the photographer’s identity document.
• A sworn statement that they work as a photojournalist.
• The photographs provided must comply with the following criteria:
  • JPEG format only (TIFF and EPS formats are not permitted).
  • IPTC fields completed (captions and copyright) and a PDF file of the captions.
  • Maximum file size per image: 3 MB.
  • Image files must be named and numbered in the desired order of projection for the jury. Applications that do not meet the technical criteria set out above will be disqualified from the competition.
  • To maintain the anonymity of the files, no mention of the applicant’s identity should be visible in the images.

For more information, visit Yves Rocher Foundation.