Open registration for the competition ' Prix Photo Web French Alliance 2015

Open registration for the competition ' Prix Photo Web French Alliance 2015

The first place takes $ 7 thousand, the second will win round-trip ticket
the Paris. The third place, chosen by popular vote, earn $ 1.500

The from Tuesday, day 1 September, will be open registration for the contest Prix Photo Web 2015. The cultural contest is sponsored by the General Delegation of the Alliance Française of Brazil sponsored by Embassy of France and the FEBRAF (Federation of French Alliances of Brazil). The jury will evaluate and choose the material that will be the first place with $ 7 thousand, the second will win a round-trip ticket to Paris. The third place, chosen by popular vote, earn $ 1.500.

Celebrating its 130 years in Brazil, the Alliance Française has chosen one of the most striking features of urbanization in Brazil as contest theme: the presence of nature in cities. This year, with the theme ' Urbanization and nature in Brazil or France ' the Brazilian and French candidates living in Brazil-may sign up on the site www.prixphotoaliancafrancesa.com.br and send 10 pictures on the theme of this year. Entries will be made exclusively by the site until 6 November.

The Prix Photo Web aims to stimulate artistic expression through photography, recording, through images, critical and contemporary look of the Franco-Brazilian culture, and promote cultural exchange between Brazil and France. Among the personalities that make up the jury of this issue is the General Director of Alliance Française in Brazil Jean-Paul Lefèvre; the Director-curator of the Marsiaj Time Gallery (Rio de Janeiro) and conservative photography Marcia Mello; the current President of the network of cultural producers of photography in Brazil, Eugenio Savio, Photographer published in various publishers, and who made important international coverage as four World Cups and China's Olympics; Walter company name, photographer and journalist, Esso prize of journalism with the reportage "100 days in the Amazon" in 1963, and nine awards Nikon. From 1986 to 1991, He was Director of the National Institute of photography of the National Art Foundation (Funarte); and Juliet Roitman that since 2013 is Coordinator of the FotoRio Exhibitions – International photography meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

The contest

The PRIX PHOTO WEB FRENCH ALLIANCE is a photography contest sponsored by the Alliance Française of Brazil and Air France. Your goal is to encourage artistic expression through photography, recording, through images, critical and contemporary look of the Franco-Brazilian culture, and promote cultural exchange between Brazil and France. Urbanization and nature in Brazil or in France is the subject of the Sixth Edition, that favors look at the essence of these two countries in addition to postcards.

About the Alliance Française

The French Alliance celebrates 130 years of activities in Brazil 2015. Besides being a reference in the language, she is, no doubt, the most respected institution and known the world, when it comes to the spread of the French language and Francophone cultures. She has, currently, more than 850 units 135 countries, where they study about 500.000 students. In France, it has schools and cultural centers for foreign students. The Brazil has the world's largest network of French Alliances with 40 associations and 67 units and from August more than 40 thousand students of the Brazilian network will use the new teaching method, d Alter Ego + (French Alliance Brazil version), which fit the criteria of quality of the common European framework of reference for languages defined by the Council of Europe, There is also a unique notebook developed by a team of pedagogues of the Alliance Française network Brazil working in partnership with the Publisher to address specifically the intercultural issues between France and Brazil in language learning.

It is the only institution in Brazil authorized by the Embassy of France, to apply the tests that give access to international diplomas DELF and DALF, recognized by the French Ministry of National Education. The Alliance Française is also official examination centre for international testing validity of two years TCF (The French Knowledge Test) and TEF (French Assessment Test) and the national test valid for one year Capes (recognized by agencies CAPES and CNPq MEC). The French Alliance in Brazil develops partnerships with numerous French and Brazilian companies as well as being an essential actor Franco-Brazilian cultural dialogue.