The Diputación Tourist Photography Contest incorporates the short video categoryCORDOVA
The Provincial Council of Córdoba, through the Provincial Tourism Board, has called the second edition of its tourist photography contest, an activity with which it aims to promote the monumental, cultural, natural and landscape values, as well as the festivals and traditions of the Cordoba municipalities. This was expressed by the vice president of this body of the provincial institution, Narci Ruiz, who announced that “on this occasion, we incorporate into this proposal the last name short videos (no more than 60 seconds) a new category with which we encourage citizens to participate in a new format, dynamic and creative and, of course, not open to social networks.” Ruiz has specified that “another novelty of this contest is the inclusion of the category of Gastronomy and tourist experiences in the photography section, thus adding to the existing ones of Cultural, heritage and festivals and traditions, Natural and landscape.
Likewise, each participant may present a maximum of 3 photographs and a maximum of 2 short videos, being able to have the option of presenting the same image in two different categories,” Ruiz clarified. Regarding the objectives of this activity, the Tourism delegate of the Provincial Council has indicated that “we want, once again, to contribute to the dissemination of the tourist resources of our municipalitiesoffering the opportunity to discover new enclaves, corners and traditions, thereby promoting the flow of visitors.”
Rules of the call
In relation to the technical specifications, the rules establish that the photographs submitted must not have been awarded in another contest or contest, whether as a prize, runner-up or finalist and the photographic technique will be free. Color photographs will be accepted, Only the digital format will exist and in the same way digital editing is allowed, although not manipulation, elimination or the addition of elements foreign to the captured image. For evaluation by the jury, the participantss will send the images in JPEG format.
The contest includes a total of 30 awards, 9 for photography and 5 for video, plus 7 second prizes for regional photography recognitions. In the case of photography, the first prize is 1,500 euros; 1,000, the second and 650, the third. Likewise, second prizes will be awarded for the seven provincial regions, which will entail a financial prize. For short videos, The prizes will be 1,200 (first), 700 (second), 350 (third) and two second prizes, of 150 euros. The submission of applications can be made from the day following publication in the BOP, until August 31 inclusive, in the General Registry of the Córdoba Tourism Board or through the Electronic Registry of this provincial body.
