ECONOMIC TRANSPARENCY
WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO?
If the Experimental Photo Festival 2026 is a success in terms of participation, each of the 14 area managers will receive 300 euros (+ 50 for food and 50 for festival products) for having worked 4 hours a week for 10 months. According to the minimum wage in Spain, they should be paid 1,640 euros. The directors, the person in charge of production and communication will receive 14,000 euros for having worked 35 hours a week for 12 months, for which they should be paid 18,580 euros each. This means that, on average, the fourteen workers will receive less than the minimum interprofessional wage. If the minimum number of participants to cover the costs (150) is not registered for the festival or the aid from public administrations is not received as requested, the directors will be left with the debt. At our festival 92 people receive compensation (35 artists doing workshops and 15 exhibitions, 14 staff and 28 volunteers) for 150 people who pay to register; for this reason, we can only make a minimum payment to all of them.
Of each registration fee of 200 or 250 euros: 12% is allocated to the fifty invited artists to cover their expenses; 5% is paid to the venues for rent; 35 % to management, production, communication and graphic design; 5% is spent on the items that the participants receive (bag, program, etc.); 5% on the materials used for the workshops; 8 % on bank, platform and management fees; 6 % on the staff responsible for areas; 5 % on the exhibitions; 3 % on streaming for the virtual festival; 3 % on the thirty volunteers (who are not paid but are given festival products, food and free workshops) and; 16 % on various aspects (advertising, website, insurance, technology, travel, transport, unforeseen events, meals).
Do you think the price of 200 euros for registration is expensive? We've calculated that if we paid all the workers for the hours they dedicate to the festival, the real cost would be 360 euros.
In this table, which is updated automatically, you can see all the festival's income and expenses.
GENDER PARITY
We are joining the No Without Photographers protocol , committing to have at least 40% women in our activities.
Genderqueer
3.3%
Women
61.7%
Men
35%
Genderqueer
2%
Men
24.5%
Women
73.5%
WHERE DO THE PARTICIPANTS COME FROM?
In Barcelona we are:
We are virtually:
+ 35 artists for workshops and conferences
+ 15 artists exhibiting
+ 8 artists in residence
+ 14 organizers
+ 28 volunteers
= 100 workers
*Data is updated automatically