Earth Stories,

Landscape and

Human Activities

International Juried Photography Competition

Jurors: Fabian Goncalves & Rafa Cruz
AMA | Art Museum of the Americas

Earth Stories, Landscape and Human Activities:
Human beings as integral part of the biosphere and the consequences of our actions.

Think globally and act locally, we like to hear your local stories and your interpretations of humanity's impact, positive or negative, on the landscape, cityscape, and our neighborhoods. 

Deadline Extended: Enter by October 17, 2024

Photo Credit: © Dona Lantz, Prayer for Ukraine, 2022
From IPHF’s 2023 Open Photography Competition Exhibition.

Images Selected by the Jurors will be Exhibited at IPHF.org

Photo Credit: © Allen Ahner, Hmong Woman at Horseshoe Hill, 2021
From IPHF’s Fall 2022 Photo Competition Exhibition

Awards

Grand Prize Winner: $1000

First Place Winner: $500

Second Place Winner: $250

Third Place Winner $100

Photo Credit: © Andre Boto, Pollution, 2021
From IPHF’s Fall 2022 Photo Competition Exhibition

Entry Fee

First 3 Submissions Free for
Photographer’s Circle (and Higher) Members

$35 for Non-Members

Additional Submissions $10 Each

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Curator Picks

The Curator Picks are chosen by the Curators of IPHF from each week's submissions to the Earth Stories Photography Competition. Selection as a Curator Pick does not necessarily reflect the final decisions of the Juror of the Competition.

Jurors: Fabian Goncalves and Rafa Cruz

Fabian Goncalves Borrega opened the Art Museum of the Americas’ OAS F Street Gallery in 2005, as a space dedicated to contemporary photography, where he has curated and organized numerous photography exhibitions. For over 20 years he has reviewed portfolios for prestigious institutions including the Houston Photo Fest, Buenos Aires Festival of Lights in Argentina, Porto Alegre Fest Foto in Brazil, Foto Lima, Peru and Foto Espana Transatlántica, Foto DC in Washington DC, Photolucida in Portland Oregon, the Biennale of the Santo Doming in the Dominican Republic, and most recently with artists and photographers from San Salvador in El Salvador Central America.

In addition to his own considerable photographic work Fabian has been an exhibit coordinator at the Art Museum of the Americas AMA since 1998 where he oversees the curation of exhibitions including the loans of art works, lighting and installation.

Rafa Cruz began his career as a commercial photographer in his beloved Puerto Rico. He developed his craft as a portrait artist, photographing more than 200 weddings, working with companies such as Hilton, Doubletree, Embassy, Esposa Moderna Magazine, Airbus, FotoFest and the Latin Chamber of Commerce of Washington, DC.

Since 2016, he has worked with the AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, DC, photographing hundreds of modern and contemporary artworks of the Americas for art criticism books, archival databases, exhibition catalogs, and other publications. He travels frequently, documenting cultures near and far from an anthropological, spontaneous, human perspective.

A Conversation with Fabian Goncalves & Rafa Cruz

Don't miss out! Hear from jurors Fabian Goncalves & Rafa Cruz about the photo competition. Tune in to their conversation and get the inside scoop!