This is one of the most important photography tours that take place in our country
The yeclano art photographer Jose Angel Palao, after passing the first stage of the prestigious event, where his work was shortlisted among 5,045 photographs of 2,183 authors from 47 countries, has been appointed by the Committee finalist team to the 28th International Competition Road Photography iron (National Photography Award 1997 in the category of patrons, awarded by the Spanish Confederation of Photography).
His work entitled Rail 1. Series Railways, held at Madrid's Atocha station, and I left among the 43 works, 38 singles and 5 series, which will join the competition's catalog and traveling exhibition that follow the standard in recent years, for two years will cover the main railway stations of Spain in collaboration with Adif (railway Infrastructure Administrator) through its Open Station Programme.
The tour, one of the most important photography taking place in our country, will stop in cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Bilbao, Santander, Pontevedra, Caceres, Málaga ... In total more than twenty stations host the sample.
There are now 16,000 euros in prize game.
In late April, a jury of recognized prestige will choose among all the finalists images first prize of 6,000 euros, the second prize of 3,000, the prize Young Author 1,800, and ten second prizes of 450. The awards ceremony will be held the last days of that April at the headquarters of the Foundation of the Spanish Railways, located in the Palacio de Fernan Nunez de Madrid, located near the southern tip of the triangle formed by the Museo Nacional del Prado, the Thyssen Museum -Bornemisza, and the National Art Museum Reina Sofia.
In this place the first exhibition of this traveling at its twenty-eighth edition will open.
Source: Agencias