The photographs submitted must tell a story related to one of the following themes: health, natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, human rights violations, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugees and/ or migrant populations.

Each entrant is permitted to submit one entry only to the competition. Entry forms can be filled out in Spanish or English. Entries must be submitted exclusively in digital format via the Picter website, following the on-screen instructions carefully: app.picter.com/contests Each entrant must submit the following documentation: 

• Personal and contact details. 
• Biography 
• A photographic series of between 5 (minimum) and 10 (maximum) images, in colour or black and white. 
• Project description presented. 
• Captions of the images. Each caption must contain information concerning the image it accompanies. Under no circumstances may all the captions for a given series be the same. 

Important: The author's name must not appear in the description of the project, in the captions or in the file names.

Submission requirements 

• Participant(s) must be the author(s) of the pictures submitted in their name. 
• At least 50% of the photographs must have been taken between 2024 and 2025. Projects that have been submitted to previous editions of the Luis Valtuea Competition are not eligible. 
• All entries must be uploaded to the platform in the display order intended by their author. Pictures must be named with the series title and the corresponding order number (e.g., title_01), and must not contain the name or logo of the photographer. 
• The images must be saved in digital JPEG format (*.jpg) with a minimum of 3,000 pixels on its longest edge. The sRGB or grayscale Gamma 2.2 colour model are recommended. EXIF data / full metadata should be left on all images. 
• All entries should be no larger than 3 MB in file size. 
• Only single frame images will be accepted. 
• Photomontages and multiple exposures will be excluded from the competition. Image manipulation of digital files that alters the content is not permitted. 
• Under no circumstances will AI-generated images be accepted. A photograph captures light on a sensor or film, it is a record of a physical moment. 

In case of any uncertainty regarding possible digital manipulation of the image beyond the terms and conditions of this competition, the organization reserves the right to request from the entrants the original, unedited (RAW) file of the photograph as recorded by the camera, or a scanned, unedited copy, print original negative, or slide copy.

Prize: 6.000,00 €. In addition, the winner and the finalists will also have their work published in the catalog and displayed in the collective and itinerant exhibition that Médicos del Mundo Spain shall produce.The organization will cover the travel and lodging for two consecutive nights of the chosen entrants to attend the award ceremony and inauguration of the exhibition. Médicos del Mundo is committed to widely promoting the chosen images and their authors for at least one year through press releases, meetings with the media, and ad-hoc dissemination materials, among other forms.