PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

“TransformArte, art as a means of social transformation"
Photography Contest 15th International Film Festival for Human Rights

   

  

The TransformArte Photography Contest was held this year for the first time, launched by the DerHumALC Multimedia Institute and the Alliance Française of Buenos Aires.
More than 80 participants expressed in over 300 works theirs views on art as a means of social transformation from an original and critical standpoint with the aim of promoting and advocating for Human, Cultural and Environmental Rights.

The displayed images address different peoples, societies and cultures' issues, throughout the world, underlining the struggle and actions that help keeping the flow for requests for justice and equality, respect for different identities, sexual orientations and lands.

The piece of work that best represents the soul and purposes of the 15th International Film Festival for Human Rights has received the First Prize, becoming the Official Image for this edition.

Among the finalists, the photographs that best reflect the different Festival Sections have been selected: Environment, Schools, Childhood and Youth, Memory, Migrants, Gender Views, Native People and Reality.

The winners are:

  • Jan Beddegenoodts, Belgium: Leaving earth Official Image for the 15th Festival
  • Camilo Moreno, Argentina: Maniques Panorama Section, Escuela Schools Section
  • José Luis Pérez Fernández, Spain: Princesa enlatada Environment Section
  • Horacio Pablo Annecca, Argentina: Esperanza Native Peoples Section
  • Aviad Tal, Israel: People environment Migrants Section
  • Clara Andrea Pafundi, Argentina: Chicas bajo el sol Gender Views Section
  • Luisa Martín, Colombia: El poder del arte Childhood and Youth Section
  • Juan Manuel Palomino Domínguez, Argentina: Monumento Memory Section

 
 

All the selected photographs will be exhibited in the gallery of the Alliance Française of Buenos Aires from August 8th until September 13th, 2013. The exhibition opening will take place on Thursday, August 8th.

Also, we will exhibit pictures related to the four Focuses to be discussed in this Festival's edition: Focus on Colombia, Focus on Middle East, Focus on Palestina and Focus on the Sahrawis.

Joining the exhibition is ‘Ojo de Pez - Futuras Memorias’ (Fisheye - Future Memories): a selection of photographs taken by teenagers that participate in the workshops conducted by Ojo de Pez - Centro Conviven, a social expression and integration project through visual arts.