The PHotoFUNIBER International Photography Competition, organised by the Ibero-American University Foundation (FUNIBER), the European University of the Atlantic (UNEATLANTICO), the International University of Cuanza (UNIC), the International Ibero-American University (UNINI Mexico), the International University Foundation of Colombia (UNINCOL), the University of La Romana (UNIROMANA) and the International Ibero-American University (UNIB), has come to an end.
The selected photographs can be viewed on the competition website: PHotoFUNIBER’24.
The competition was organised within the framework of the Cultural Work of FUNIBER and UNEATLANTICO, which seeks to promote, disseminate and enhance art and creativity.
Congratulations to the winners!
Since the public vote, we received the votes of 3,680 people. The most voted photo was See you someday, Dad, by Rui Miguel Pereira Santos, from Portugal, with 629 votes.
In addition to the public vote, we also had the Jury of Honour, made up of renowned photographers, who defined the winner of the jury’s prize as the photograph Ojima and the rain, by Antonio Jesús Pérez Gil, from Spain.
“In the photograph, Ojima’s posture conveys emotion, as she seems to jump for joy in the rain, which leads us to imagine a freedom and pleasure in playing. It is also a photograph that avoids stereotypes, with a close and affectionate look at the subject. We also see a story behind it, when children can be seen looking at the scene from a doorway”, the jury argued about the decision.
The jury also chose the six special prizes (two for FUNIBER scholarship holders, two for undergraduate students from the Universidad Europea del Atlántico and two for students from the Universidade Internacional do Cuanza).
In addition, two honourable mentions were awarded to the photographs Rocotuyoc, by Juan Ulloa Osorio and A Puxada de Rede, by Genildo Ronchi.
Special prizes
In the special prizes, the winners were:
FUNIBER Special Prize:
A light in the sky and then came the water, Veronica Elizabeth Benitez Campagna
Águas Patagônicas Contemplativas, Izilene Conceição Amaro Ewald
UNEATLANTICO Special Prize:
Urban Oasis, Barzilai Espinosa Torales
Water Cleanliness, Teresa Bear Sierra
UNIC Special Prize:
Fonte de água (Cajombó), Teodardo Candimba
Se água é vida, cuidar da água é preservar a vida, Miguel Kangeno
The organisation of PHOTOFUNIBER’24 would like to thank all the participants of this edition: the Jury of Honour, the authors of the participating photographs and the people who voted for their favourite image.