2025 5th Barcelona Human Rights International Photo Festival
Organizer
Mas Retina and Associació Catalana per la Pau (ACP)
Location
Barcelona, Spain (Selected projects will be showcased in a large-scale outdoor exhibition on the streets of Barcelona)
Deadline
- Call for entries opens: July 17, 2025
- Call for entries closes: October 10, 2025
- Winner Announcement: December 10, 2025
- Exhibition Dates: December 1, 2025 to January 10, 2026
Competition Category
The contest is divided into four thematic categories :
- Social justice
- Climate justice
- Gender justice
- Economic justice
Eligibility
Unlimited (Open to professional and amateur photographers of legal age and of any nationality) .
- Submissions must be a series of 15 photographs, with at least seven of the images taken in 2024 and/or 2025 .
Entry Fee
Paid: €5 per project .
Prizes/Awards
- Overall Winning Project: €3,000 cash prize .
- Best Entries in Remaining Categories: Three additional prizes of €400 each .
- Finalists: Ten selected projects will be exhibited on the streets of Barcelona and featured in the official 2025 contest catalog .
Core Introduction
This international photography festival seeks to discover, recognize, and promote outstanding photographic projects that engage with themes of human rights and global justice . Using photography as a tool for social justice, the contest aims to shed light on pressing global issues and their causes, fostering public reflection and stimulating a critical and engaged citizenry .