The Very First Sports Photography Festival Returns to Occitania
The International Sports Photography Festival Returns to Occitan Land
Twelve years after the birth of the very first international festival entirely dedicated to sports photography (Sportfolio Narbonne, 2012 to 2016) and five years after its Parisian edition (Paris SportPhoto, 2019), as well as numerous exhibitions (Carcassonne, 2018; Paris Photo Fair, 2019; Nice National Sports Museum, 2020; Dubai World Expo, 2021; Photo Fair, 2022; Saint-Cyprien, 2022; Photo Fair, 2023; and Chalon sur Saône, 2023), its creators are launching the new edition on the Mediterranean coast in Gruissan, starting June 2024.
The purpose of the “event is to celebrate masterpieces” of sports photography, which are little known to the general public, notably by organizing the international sports photography competition, by category (grand prize, action, unusual, extreme sports, reportage…), open only to professionals, as well as multiple exhibitions in formats ranging from standard to XXL, meetings, screenings, conferences, master classes for the 2025 edition…