Toto Photography Awards 2020: Call for Entries

TOTO PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2020

(in association with the Art & Photography Foundation)

CALL FOR ENTRIES

TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA), in association with  the Art & Photography Foundation,  invites entries for its 2020 TOTO Awards for Photography from persons between the ages of 18 and 29. Two winners, to be decided by an independent panel of jurors, will receive a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each. Entries should reach TFA by 27 August 2019 at the latest. 

Only Indian citizens resident in India are eligible to apply (Overseas Citizen of India card-holders are not eligible.)  Since the spirit of the award is to identify promising young photographers, you can apply if you were born on or after 1 January 1990. No exceptions will be made. 

The submission should comprise still images, in either colour or black-and-white, or a mix of the two. Video photography will not be accepted.

The images should be of a size between a minimum of 0.5 MB and a maximum of 1 MB each (images must be easily downloadable, so no heavy files please).

The images should form a series with a theme. You may submit one or two series of photographs, but each series must comprise a maximum of 16 images and a minimum of 8.  Please do not send a random assortment of images.

The photographs should be sent in .jpg format only.

The photographs submitted MUST NOT carry your name or watermark.

The submission should be sent by email to photography.tfa@gmail.com, with the subject line reading ‘Entry for Photography Awards 2020’. 

The submission must be accompanied by an Application Form completed and signed by the applicant. You can copy-paste the Form from totofundsthearts.blogspot.com or request it by writing to the email address mentioned above. 

Unless you have won a TOTO Photography Award earlier, you are eligible to apply again, but please submit new work for consideration.

If you have any questions, please email photography.tfa@gmail.com   No queries will be answered on the phone. 

The Fine Print

The decision of the jury will be final and cannot be contested in any forum.  We reserve the right to use your submitted photographs (if necessary) to promote the Awards either on our or the Art & Photography Foundation website or in any of our in-house/related materials. Barring this, the copyright rests with the applicants and the submissions will be put to no other use without their express permission. 

Successful applicants need to ensure that their winning photographs carry due credit/mention of ‘The TOTO Award, supported by the Art & Photography Foundation’ wherever they are exhibited or published for a period of two years post the 2020 TOTO Awards Ceremony.

The Art & Photography Foundation (est. 2011) is dedicated to furthering the awareness, education and conservation of Indian art and to preserving and promoting Indian cultural heritage by connecting the arts to the community.

TOTO FUNDS THE ARTS (TFA) is a not-for-profit public trust set up in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani, who was intensely passionate about music, literature and films. TFA encourages and supports emerging talent in the arts in India.