KBr Photo Award

KBr Photo Award

3rd Call for entries open

From June 1 to September 1, 2025, the call for entries is open for the third edition (2025) of the KBr Photo Award, the international competition organized every two years by the Foundation. This award seeks to recognize and highlight photographers with an established professional career whose work demonstrates artistic values of particular interest within the tradition of documentary photography.

The prize, which is awarded to unpublished projects, seeks to acknowledge and promote the work of the winner through a cash prize, an exhibition showcasing the project in the Foundation’s two galleries (KBr and Madrid), and the publication of an accompanying catalog.

The judging panel

The judging panel for this third edition comprises:

  • Diane Dufour, co-director. LE BAL, Paris
  • Ramón Reverté, editor, editorial RM
  • Krzysztof Candrowicz, independent curator
  • Gabriela Urtiaga, chief curator of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Los Angeles
  • Carlos Gollonet, chief curator of photography at Fundación MAPFRE

Schedule

Launch of the call
June 1, 2025
Reception of applications from
June 1 to September 1, 2025
Meeting of the jury and award decision
October 2025
Project development
November 2025 to September 2026
Inauguration of the exhibition at the KBr in Barcelona and publication of the catalog
February 2027
Inauguration of the exhibition at Recoletos 23, Madrid
June 2027
Established in 2021, the first two winners of the award were Anastasia Samoylova (2021) and Felipe Romero Beltrán (2023).
Anastasia Samoylova

© Anastasia Samoylova.

Year 2021

Anastasia Samoylova, winner of the first edition of the KBr Photo Award with her project Image Cities.
Proyecto Bravo
© Felipe Romero Beltrán.

Year 2023

Felipe Romero Beltrán winner of the II Edition of KBr Photo Award with his project Bravo.