VI Arteche Photo Contest

Close on November 15, 2020

Territory: Worldwide

Theme: Several categories

Eligibility: Open to all

Entry Fees: Free

Prize: Equipment

We present you the VI edition of Artphoto contest.
After the great success of the previous edition in which we received around 550 photographs from 35 different countries, we would like to announce the 6th edition of the artPhoto photography competition.

Categories
As in previous editions, this is a free competition open to everyone. Similarly, as in the last edition, the competition consists of 4 different categories:
- Life and Power: these should be reflective of the impact of electric power in the daily life of people and society, its influence in daily occurrences of each one of us in any possible view: how electricity offer us light, warmth, how it moves us or how it part of our entertainment.
- Infrastructure and electric equipment: the impact of power in our life would be impossible without the needed infrastructure and equipments generation, transmission and power distribution which permits us to use it in our advantage and which mold our landscapes.
- Arteche Products: compositions including any ARTECHE product.
- Electric framework: this category should represent how deep is the fit regarding professionals of electric sector and their companies.

Prizes: 4 Samsung Galaxy Active 2

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