The award Emergentes 2021 – International Photography Award Encontros da Imagem is organised by Encontros da Imagem – International Photography and Visual Arts Festival aims to award the Best Portfolios in Contemporary Photography. This year because due to COVID-19 to keep compliant with the government guidelines – DGS and DGartes, and to make sure that everyone participating in the festival will be safe, the Board of Directors as decided that this year the Portfolio Reviews that give photographers the opportunity to show their work to curators, gallery owners, publishers and museum and festival directors will take place online. The online reviews will take place on the week of the 20th to the 24th of September 2021 during this edition of the festival.

The Board of Directors taking into account the difficult situation that we are all going through, especially within the arts community has decided to give three monetary awards.

First Prize: 2.000€ award and a solo exhibition in the next edition of the festival in 2022.
Second Prize: 1500€ award and part of collective exhibition in the next edition of the festival in 2022.
Third Prize: 1500€ award and part of collective exhibition in the next edition of the festival in 2022.
7 Finalists: Will have their work presented at a collective exhibition in the next edition of the festival in 2022.

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