8th International Photojournalism Festival “City of Gijón”

The 8th International Photojournalism Festival “Ciudad de Gijón” will take place July 9-18, 2004 in the XVII multicultural festival “Semana Negra”.

Activities include:

Photography Exhibitions. The official opening will be Friday July 9 at 19:00. They will be open to the public July 9-18 from 5pm to 2am.

Prestigious International Photojournalists, Journalists, and Editors will participate in the festival. They will head workshops, conferences, discussions, and also serve as judges.
(consult the list of invited guests)

Audio-visual evenings on a giant screen with the projection of international reports. July 15,16 and 17 at 22:30.

Photojournalism Workshop. The objective is to contribute to the formation of the new generation journalist. Theory and method training, which is an integrated part of the Journalism workshop directed by Javier Bauluz at the University of Oviedo, will be lead by masters in the photojournalism field.

Round-table Discussions Will take place at the “Carpa del Encuentro”.

Conferences, which will be given by guest journalists during the workshops.

8th International Photojournalism Prize “Ciudad de Gijon”. The project that is selected as being the best of all those presented, will receive 6.000 €. The winner will be announced at the closing ceremony July 17.