See the chosen photos on the competition’s website: PHotoFUNIBER’25.
The International Photography Competition, PHotoFUNIBER, has come to an end. The event was organized by the International Iberoamerican Foundation (FUNIBER), the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic), the Universidade Internacional do Cuanza (International University of Cuanza, UNIC), the Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana (International Iberoamerican University, UNINI Mexico), the Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia (International University Foundation of Colombia, UNINCOL), the Universidad de La Romana (University of La Romana, UNIROMANA), and the Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana (International Iberoamerican University, UNIB).
The competition was organized within the framework of FUNIBER and UNEATLANTICO’s Cultural Work, which seeks to promote, disseminate, and value art and creativity.
Education in its diversity
This year, the contestants were encouraged to participate with a photo entry centered on education. The pictures received have shown us very diverse experiences in different parts of the world, from early childhood education to continuing education and the elderly. As a whole, we are dazzled by photographs that reveal the human desire for knowledge and development from very different scenarios.
For the selection of the winner, the jury considered the composition of the image, with the use of colors and the visual balance of the elements in the photograph. Also, the fact that the picture shows several things happening simultaneously, where everyone builds and imagines their education. There is also a relationship with spaces that are not seen in the picture, causing an enlargement of the edges of the photograph. In this sense, there is a “visual work” that represents the power of knowledge construction.
Jury Award: Tribal Kids Studying Outside Their Mud and Cowdunk House by Sandeep Rasal (India).
From public voting, we collected 4780 votes. The photo with the most votes was Aconselhando o irmão sobre as pressões escolares (Advising your Sibling on School Pressures), by Lopes Sete Zaqueu Jos, an Angolan student at the Universidade Internacional do Cuanza (UNIC), with 671 votes.
In addition, eight special prizes were awarded (two for FUNIBER scholarship recipients, two for undergraduate students from the Universidad Europea del Atlántico, two for students from the Universidade Internacional do Cuanza), and two prizes from the Universidad de La Romana (UNIROMANA) for Dominicans.
An honorable mention was awarded to a photo entitled Primera Marcha Federal por la Educación (First Federal March for Education), by Lucia Prieto (Argentina).
Special awards
The winners of the special awards were:
Special FUNIBER Award:
- Verdadeira Educação (True Education), Débora Limas Barros (Brazil)
- ¡La lectura, hábito que perdura! (Reading, a Long-lasting Habit!), Nelson Eduardo Corea (Honduras)
Special UNEATLANTICO Award:
- Maribel, Ainhoa Palomo Estrada
- Vísperas del examen (Eve of the Exam), Álex Elvira Alfonso
Special UNIC Award:
- Educação do Campo (Rural Education), Teodardo Candimba
- Estudar Deveria ser uma Luta? (Should Studying be a Fight?), Edivaldo Ndala
Special UNIROMANA Award:
- La biblioteca (The Library), Ana Veronica Arias
- Haciendo los deberes (Doing Homework), Melvin Radhames Duran Hernandez
PHOTOFUNIBER’25 thanks all participants of this edition: the jury of honor, the participating photographers, and the people who voted for their favorite pictures.
We hope that talent and creativity can always find spaces for expression and encouragement. See you in the next edition!