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AOYF HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

To unite art and political thought, to promote today’s artists and to think differently about human rights. These are the objectives of the AOYF Human Rights Photography Prize, which has been awarded by Act On Your Future since 2015. The Prize is open to students and young graduates from prestigious art schools in Europe who are invited to submit a project covering a topic related to current human rights' issues.

​The four finalists and the winner are selected by a Jury composed of local and international personalities from the world of arts, culture and human rights. At the end of the competition, a two-month exhibition will take place at the Centre de la photographie Genève (CPG). The Prize will we awarded during the exhibition's opening. 

The AOYF Human Rights Photography Prize is awarded in partnership with 6 participating art schools:
  • Lausanne Canton School of Art (ECAL)
  • Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD-Geneva)
  • National Graduate School of Photography of Arles (ENSP)
  • Royal College of Art of London (RCA)
  • Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB)
  • Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
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And 5 institutions with complementary missions:
  • Centre of Photography Geneva (CPG)
  • Christie's
  • Human Rights Watch
  • the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH)
  • MAPS ​

TO PARTICIPATE

The 2023 Prize is open to students and graduates of the Partner Schools who meet at least one of the following two conditions:

  • He or she is a student of the Partner Schools and has completed at least two semesters of successful study for Bachelor students, or one semester of successful study for Master's students, in one of the training faculties of any of the six Partner Schools by 1st March 2023, or;
  •  He or she has graduated from one of the Partner Schools in or after 2017.​

ABOUT US

ACT ON YOUR FUTURE is a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva that works to foster civic engagement among the next generation of socially active youth. Through social and cultural projects, the Foundation harnesses the power of visual arts to transform the way the youth learn about human rights and engage in social causes.

Cover images:
© Rodrigo Alcocer de Garay |
 © Yue Cheng | © Thaddé Comar | © Luisa Tormenta | © Yingying Zhang​
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