Emergentes — Internacional Photography Award Encontros da Imagem
The award Emergentes 2023 - International Award Encontros da Imagem, aims to award the Best Portfólio in Contemporary Photography in the current year.
One of the festival's missions is to promote the work of emerging national and international photographers, helping to launch their careers. Throughout the years, the festival has played a key role in this regard, managing to do so through various exhibitions of new photographers but mainly through this prize. The winner, in addition to receiving significant monetary support and a photography exhibition at the next edition of the festival, also benefits from strong international visibility.
The prize is awarded through Portfolios Readings that takes place this year in one of the most emblematic spaces in the city of Braga, in the Salão Nobre of Theatro Circo on the 14th and 15th of August.
This activity, which involves around 75 people over two days, is a unique opportunity for emerging photographers to present their photographic projects to international specialists in the field - commissioners, gallerists, editors and directors of museums and festivals from around the world. This year the festival received 296 applications for the award.
Ana Matos
Founder and director of Galeria das Salgadeiras, Portugal
Damarice Amao
Associate Curator for Photography at the Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre Pompidou in Paris, France
Elina Heikka
Art historian, freelance curator and writer, Finland and Portugal
Femke Rotteveel
FOTODOK Director, Netherlands
Helena Mendes Pereira
Director and Curator at Zet Gallery, Portugal
Kateryna Radchenko
Curator, artists, photography researcher, Ukraine
Michael Kominek
Gallerist, publisher and photographer, Germany
Pablo Berastegui
Salut au Monde! Director, Portugal
Rui Prata
Imago Lisboa Photo Festival Director, Portugal
Sarah Gilbert
Features Editor The Guardian, UK
Svetlana Bachenova
FotoEvidence Association Director and co-founder of FotoEvidence Press, USA
Tiffany Jones
Founder and Editor at Overlapse Photobooks, UK
Vitor Nieves
Specialized curator in photography, editor, cultural manager and photographer, Galicia
Winner:
DMT - Holyday
Finalists:
Amina Kadous - White Gold
Ana Rodríguez Heinlein - Tierra Sin Agua
Aaryan Sinha - This Isn't Divide and Conquer
Elisa Mariotti - A Letter from Home
Francesca Faulin - L'originale, l'ombra e la ripetizione
Katerina Kouzmitcheva - My Hut Is On The Edge
Luca Rotondo - KIRKA
Martin Tscholl - Imaginary Ecologies
Olga Sokal - Black Stone Burns
Selected photographers for the portfolio reviews:
Alina Zaharia; Alvaro Deprit; Amina Kadous; Ana Rodríguez Heinlein; Aaryan Sinha; Chantal pinzi; Chiara Luxardo; Daniel Lovi; Daniela Sala; DMT; Elevndro G;Elisa Freitas; Elisa Mariotti; Erika Achec; Filippo Barbero; Florence Cuschieri; Francesca Bergamini; Francesca Faulin; Glauco Canalis; Glorianna Ximendaz; Hahn&Hartung; Inês Moura; Ivo Cardoso; Jiayuan Yu; Joana Matos; Joana Margarida Calhau; José Ferreira; José Sarmento Matos; Judith Crico; Juan de la Quintana; Katerina Kouzmitcheva; Luca Rotondo; Maria Høy Hansen; Martin Miklas; Martin Tscholl; Micael Afonso; Olga Sokal; Paul Romans; Paulo Plaza; Paulina Hildesheim; Philipe Gabriel; Rafael Roncato; Remco de Vries; Ricardo Nunes; Rui Arantes Gonçalves; Sean Charlton White; Simon Emond; Sindre Deschington; Stan De Zoysa; Valeria (Valeria Luongo); Yara Jimmink; Yumo Wu;Victoria Zaitseva