The "longevity: the positive sum of life" photo contest is progressing

The International Centre on Ageing (CENIE), through its Programme for a Longevity Society, is carrying out different initiatives that enable the development of its strategic, committed and constructive decision to address longevity as one of the strengths of present and future society.

One of these initiatives is the photography competition "Longevity: the positive sum of life", launched in June 2020, in which 572 photographers from 65 countries have participated, submitting a total of 2,472 works.

The works submitted are currently being evaluated by an exceptional jury made up of Luis Malibrán, Laura San Segundo, Jorge Salgado, María Santoyo, Álvaro Ibarra and José Luis Amores.

The winners of the prizes corresponding to the different categories, as indicated in the competition rules, will be announced in June 2021.

We will shortly be presenting the 60 finalist photographs that will compete for the "People's Choice" prize.

We present the Jury:

• LUIS MALIBRÁN

He has worked in advertising and fashion for the most important national and international firms. Some of them are: Elle, Marie Claire, Woman, Glamour, Telva, El Corte Inglés, L' Oreal, Schwarzkopf, Carlsberg, Loewe, Cortefiel, Larios, Adolfo Domínguez, Roberto Verino, etc....  

He also collaborates with: "El País", "El Magazine" of El Mundo, Compañía Nacional de Danza, Continental Airlines or Sony, as well as carrying out personal research series. 

He has given numerous workshops and courses in photographic training centres all over the country. He has also given technical and aesthetic training workshops in various European cities: Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Athens...  

His work has been published in Spanish books and magazines of photographic diffusion and his portfolios have been published in magazines such as PHOTO of Italy and in several multinational books of the Taschen publishing house.  

He has exhibited his personal work in "The Spanish Vision", at the Spanish Institute in New York and at the Cervantes Institute in Moscow, as well as in various travelling exhibitions throughout Spain.  

• LAURA SAN SEGUNDO

Photographer, art director and teacher of photography and contemporary art. After graduating in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid, she received the XIII Roberto Villagraz Scholarship for the Master's Degree in Contemporary Photography at EFTI, where she was awarded the Futuro Al Betrayal end-of-course prize. 

His projects have been exhibited in institutions and galleries such as the Centro Para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura de Guimarães, the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Conde Duque, the Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial LABoral de Gijón, the Sala de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de Madrid, the Galería Cero, the Doomed Gallery (London), Matadero (Madrid) and Casa Décor (Madrid); and has participated in festivals and fairs such as PhotoEspaña, Serpentine Galleries 89+ Marathon (London), Encontros da Imagen (Braga), JustMAD, Santander Photo, Fotonoviembre, DOCfield Barcelona or the CNA Portfolio Days and Night in Dudelange (Luxembourg). In recent years she has received the Blank Paper grant from Fotolibro, a grant from the National Library Publications Service, the FormARTE grant from the Ministry of Culture for a stay at the Colegio de España in Paris and the residency abroad grant from the Comunidad de Madrid to carry out a project in Reykjavik; and she has been selected for the XXX edition of the Circuitos de Artes Plásticas (Plastic Arts Circuits).

• JORGE SALGADO

He began his photographic training in 1985 at the Centro de Estudios de la Imagen in Madrid, and later began working as an assistant to several advertising photographers and as a director and camera operator for various film productions, commercials and corporate videos for large companies and institutions. He worked in the studio of Ricardo Arias, a prestigious advertising photographer, and made his first contact with digital photography.

Founder of Tropo Studio, carrying out campaigns for well-known brands; he also works as an architectural photographer for the "Parque de las Naciones" project with the architect Sainz de Oiza. 

Since 1992 he has combined his professional activity with teaching work, as a teacher of advertising and digital photography in various important centres. 

He has been a member of the jury in numerous photographic competitions organised by official bodies and private organisations. 

He is currently Head of Studies and General Coordinator of the EFTI photography school, where he also teaches on the international master's degree in photography and project management.

• MARÍA SANTOYO

Director of the International Master's Degree in Contemporary Photography. Graduate in Art History from the UCM. Researcher, cultural manager and lecturer specialising in History of Photography and Image Analysis. Exhibition curator.  Director of international projects (Aperture Foundation, Magnum Photos, Kathy Ryan, Mónica Allende and Trisha Ziff). She teaches at the Instituto Superior de Arte, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the Universidad Europea, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, EFTI and NYU Madrid.

• ÁLVARO IBARRA

Documentary photographer, filmmaker who has worked in more than 40 countries on key assignments for TIME Magazine, New York Times, Le Monde, Libératenos, Newsweek, Sunday Times Magazine, CNN, Vanity Fair, XLSEMANAL and many others.  . 

He has published five books: Macondo, memorias del conflicto colombiano (2017), Apocalipsis (2010) Hijos del desconsuelo (2006) and exhibited his work internationally, winning numerous awards, including the Over Seas Press Club, the Alexia Foundation Special Jury Prize. World Press Photo JSMC, the Getty Grant for editorial photography and several POYs. 

In October 2017, Alvaro was appointed as one of Canon's prestigious European ambassadors and is currently a Leica Ambassador.

• JOSÉ LUIS AMORES 

Director of the International Centre of Photography and Film (EFTI), where more than 1,000 students study each year. Editor and curator of exhibitions. He has participated as a jury member in over a hundred important competitions and scholarships. He has been in charge of the direction of training in Conferences and Seminars, as well as the direction and programming of photographic activities for relevant institutions and entities. He is also a contributor to various specialist magazines in the sector.