Almost 300 photographs participate in the contest #retrataunfaro
Palma
23/06/2016
The contest #retrataunfaro (photograph a lighthouse), set up by the Balearic Islands' Port Authority (APB) the last 24th of May, has concluded with more than 100 participants and almost 300 photographs. The images have been collected through the profile of Lighthouses of the Balearic Islands on its three social networks: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
The most photographed lighthouse by the contestants has been, by far, Favaritx lighthouse, in Minorca. The lighthouse can be observed from different perspectives through a total of 33 images. The second most photographed lighthouse has been Cap Blanc, in Majorca, with 26 images that capture sunsets or the lighthouse's lantern lighting up the sky. They are followed by two lighthouses also located in the island of Majorca: Formentor and Portocolom lighthouses, with almost 20 images each.
The jury, formed by three workers of the APB, will select the 34 images (one per lighthouse). The winners of each of those photographs will be awarded with a copy of the book "History of the lighthouses of the Balearic Islands", written by Javier Pérez de Arévalo. The APB will also design a poster with the images in order to contribute to the knowledge of the lighthouses of the Balearic Islands. The winners of the contest will be announced the next 28th of June.
