4th Sea Photography Competition

Barcelona, 8 May 2024 – The Museu Marítim de Barcelona, together with the Port of Barcelona Welfare Committee, is organising the 4th Sea Photography Competition through the Museum’s social media accounts: Facebook and Instagram. This initiative’s main objective is to showcase seafarers, as well as to raise awareness around the importance of sea photography to safeguard historical memory. It forms part of the celebrations for Seafarers’ Day on 25 June.

The competition’s theme focuses on giving support and exposure to the life and work of men and women professionals at sea, from an artistic point of view. Photography enthusiasts can submit images taken on board ships (merchant, crewing, fishing, recreational, etc.) that show the life and work of seafarers. Participants have until 9 June 2024 to post a maximum of three photos on Instagram using the hashtag #seafarers and mentioning the museum @museumaritim. Anyone wishing to take part through Facebook will have to post their photographs on the Easypromos platform. The people’s votes can be cast until 16 June.

The competition will have two winning photographs: one chosen by a specialised jury, and one chosen by people voting on social media. The photograph selected by the jury will be awarded a cash prize of €600 and a free annual subscription (6 issues) to the magazine
“Náutica y Yates”. The prize for the most voted photograph by the social media users will be a waterproof backpack for photographic material, valued at €150 and a free annual subscription (6 issues) of the magazine “Náutica y Yates”.
The winning photographs and the two runners-up will become part of the Museu Marítim’s photographic archive, contributing to the museum’s collection.

All the information and legal terms and conditions of the competition can be found here:
https://www.mmb.cat/en/activities/iv-sea-photography-competition/