Shyamhari Chakra
The 6th edition of the annual Indian Photo Festival (IPF) would be underway in Hyderabad from November 12 to December 13.
Hosted by Light Craft Foundation, it is India’s longest running international photography festival featuring a wide range of photography from around the world.
The month-long festival also showcases a series of events including talks and discussions, portfolio reviews, book launches, screenings and workshops.
IPF creates a platform for the professional and aspiring photographers, connoisseurs of photography and the public. Further, the festival promotes the art of photography and at the same time addresses the social issues through the medium of photography, explained the hosts.
Deadline for submission of entries to the festival is October 4.
Submissions are open to photographers, curators, collectives, archives, galleries and organisations from around the world. These are free and open to all topics and issues, the hosts mentioned.
Submissions should be a body of work – photo series or photo essay – that should comprise a minimum of 15 images. Artist’s statement within 300 words and a short profile of the artist limiting to 200 words are required to accompany the submissions.
The folder is to be zipped and named as the first name and last name of the photographer and mailed to [email protected] with the subject line “Submission – Firstname-Lastname”.
The size of the folder for submission has to be within 20 MB while the file format is required to be jpg with resolution of 72 dpi. The images must be sized to 1600 pixels on the longest side, the submission guidelines elaborated.
The curatorial team of the Festival will review the submitted works and will contact the photographer if the works are selected for the festival.
The selection panel includes Alexa Keefe, senior photo editor of National Geographic, Francoise Callier, International Coordinator of Angkor Photo Festival and Workshops, Abir Abdullah, photographer, editor and tutor, Madhavan Pillai, artist and curator, Tasneem Alsultan, photographer, AV Gupta, Director of Photography of U.S. News and World Report, Mahesh Bhat, photographer and filmmaker and Nick Moir from Sydney Morning Herald.
The festival had presented works by 550 established and emerging artists from 60 countries last year.
