Carmignac Photojournalism Award
Carmignac Photojournalism Award
October 8, 2021
© Finbarr O’Reilly: Bernadette Vivuya
(Winner of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award 2020)
In the 1960s and 70s, Venezuela operated under a rich and prosperous democracy. However, twenty years after the Bolivarian Revolution the country is struggling to extricate itself from a deep economic crisis, marked by the plummeting price of oil, endemic corruption and hyperinflation. Its GDP has fallen by 80% in less than seven years, while imports have been slashed tenfold. This unrelenting recession has given rise to an informal shadow economy.
The Carmignac Photojournalism Award seeks to highlight this volatile social crisis. The winning applicant, who is selected by an international jury, receives a € 50,000 grant to produce a six-month reportage. The completed project will be showcased in a travelling exhibition organised by the Fondation Carmignac, and published as a monograph.
To find out more and submit an application, go to Carmignac Photojournalism Award
© Finbarr O’Reilly: Bernadette Vivuya
(Winner of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award 2020)
© Finbarr O’Reilly: Raissa Karama Rwizibuka
(Winner of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award 2020)
© Finbarr O’Reilly: BIS Moses Sawasawa
(Winner of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award 2020)
© Finbarr O’Reilly: Raissa Karama Rwizibuka
(Winner of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award 2020)
© Finbarr O’Reilly: Guerchom Ndebo
(Winner of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award 2020)