Pa-ta-ta Festival’s initiative, the Photography With Social Impact Award, recognises those projects committed to social change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The aim of this award, open to photographers from anywhere around the world, is to give visibility to proposals that use photography as a tool for reflection, highlight under-represented realities and contribute to the construction of a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable society.

Aside from the works’ artistic quality, the award will specially value those projects that incorporate participative  processes, encourage dialogue with the involved people and communities or generate any kind of positive impact in their surroundings. We accept projects related to social, environmental, cultural or territory issues, as long as they show a clear intention of transformation, mediation or commitment towards the realities they address.

Each year, Pa-ta-ta Festival opens a call for submissions aimed at photography projects committed to social change and the Sustainable Development Goals. Among all proposals, the organisation chooses a selection of projects that will then become part of the official programme and the exhibition interventions developed within the festival.

During the festival, the selected projects will be shown in an exhibition installation in Granada’s public space and will be eligible for the Photography With Social Impact Award, which will be jointly decided by the public and a jury made up by professionals of the artistic, social and cultural worlds.

If you do have a project that uses photography as a means to generate reflection, participation and social impact, we want to see it.