Sputnik, a news agency of the Russian Federation, recently stated that the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest will be open for entries until 15 March 2024.
The contest is an annual competition to discover young talent among photojournalists aged 18 to 33. The entries can be submitted to Stenincontact.com.
The contest’s anniversary edition comes with updates. A new category, “View From Above”, has been added to the existing four — “Top News”, “Sports”, “My Planet”, and “Portrait. A Hero of Our Time”. It will encourage contestants to explore a new visual perspective with a focus on unconventional subjects and settings. The top prize is 700,000 rubles ($7,588). The first, second and third places in the contest will fetch 125,000 rubles, 100,000 rubles and 75,000 rubles, respectively.
Rossiya Segodnya Segodnya organized the Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest under the patronage of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. It aims to support young photographers and draw public attention to the challenges of photojournalism today. — GNLM
