However equipped we are with the genious technical achievements of the 21st century and the illusions of high-tech, we are still puzzled by the invention of photography which goes back to a past of two centuries. How can a moment of bygone times be preserved and stay with us? How is it possible that so many personal emotions and thoughts are provoked by a single sheet of paper, or an image frozen on the screen of a computer? This is the magic we are now trying to evoke when publishing our new international photo contest titled Here We Are. This is a time when we can have a closer look at the tiniest details and open our hearts to the world of our own imagination.
András Krizsán DLA Chairman of the Association of Hungarian Architects
The year 2012 saw the moment when 50 % of the entire population of Planet Earth became a town- or citydweller. Since then the significance of our built environment has risen to an unprecedented new scale and level which makes a world of difference compared to earlier periods of human history.
This change of proportions is clearly reflected in the spread and evolution of architectural photography which we experience all round the world nowadays. Our image of man-made environments as well as our co-existence with urban phenomena produce new aspects from time to time. This contest is targeted to raise awareness of all these tendencies: to view the buildings and humans, the urban sphere and the lives of cities and towns, the relations between natural and urban landscapes with an open-minded approach. As the publishers of this contest we would like to move architectural photography over the boundaries of its professional medium in order to bring it closer to the wider public of non-professionals. For several millennia now, the essence of visual arts has been thinking about the relationship between mankind and its environment in images. In the 21st century the humanisation of our artificial environment has evolved into a key issue. For a long time now architecture has not been exclusively a case of professionals specialized in architecture. In the wake of this tendency, architectural photography has also grown out of its former status: instead of being part of the creative activities of photographers who work in co-operation with architects, it has turned into a communicating medium using images in comprehensive dialogues to engage areas of society, psychology, aesthetics and technology concerning society as such.
An exhibition is going to be opened in Budapest in November, 2017 to present the winning as well as the shortlisted finalist photos of the contest. From here the exhibition is to be moved on to Bratislava, Prague and Cracow at the beginning of the year 2018. All the photos exhibited are also to be published in a special issue of the Hungarian Architecture magazine exclusively devoted to this topic. We are hereby inviting photographs in two categories: open and professional.
07. 08. 2017 - Registration starts
25. 09. 2017 - Latest date for submitting photographs
http://photoaward.meonline.hu/
Photographers working at all levels are eligible to participate—professionals, emerging talents, students and passionate amateurs. Likewise, photographers of all ages and all cultures are encouraged to take part in this worldwide celebration of talented image-makers.
Our distinguished international jury will select 12 Winners, 8 Jurors’ Picks and 20 Finalists. Awards will be given in six categories: Documentary, Street, Portrait, Fine Art, Photojournalism and Open.
Magnum and LensCulture have worked hard to make this year’s edition an unparalleled opportunity for exposure and recognition. Our official media partner BBC Culture will be sharing top submissions throughout the competition to their global audience of 3.5 million and then will publish a series of features on selected winners. In addition, all the Winners, Finalists and Jurors' Picks will be digitally exhibited at the Photographers’ Gallery in London.
The winning photographers will also receive exclusive access to Magnum photographers’ workshops around the world and have their work shown to industry insiders online and at festivals all over the globe. These Awards aim to offer an unprecedented level of international exposure from two of the largest organizations in the photographic community. So, don’t delay, enter now!
Recent events have shown that nothing, not even our most fundamental rights, can be taken for granted. What are our fundamental rights? Is it worth fighting for them? Do we have to give up certain rights in order to keep others? Are some rights only for a selected niche and not for everyone? Then stand up for your rights, take your camera and start shooting!
The European photo competition "My Europe, my rights" invites both amateur and professional photographers to capture in a photo their interpretation of this very topical issue. In order to offer participants some ideas that can be used for inspiration, you will find an "inspiration cloud" on the competition website.
The prize was founded in 1998 by the management of the Association.
Earlier prized photographers:
Ács, Irén 1999
Alapfy, Attila 2005
Albertini, Béla 2012
Almási, László 2002
Bajtai, Lajos 2004
Balla, Demeter 2001
Benkő, Imre 2013
Bojár, Sándor 1999
Chochol, Károly 2010
Csapó, István 2012
Farkas, Tamás 2010
Fejér, Zoltán 2011
Féner, Tamás 1998
Friedmann, Endre 2004
Gadányi, György 2010
Gera Mihály 2006
Gink, Károly 2002
Görbe, Ferenc 2008
Gróh, Gyula 2006
Hefelle, József 2003
Hemző, Károly 1998
Kálmán, Béla 1999
Keleti, Éva 1999
Kerekes, Gábor 2013
Kocsis, Iván 2015
Korniss, Péter 2010
Kunkovács, László 2009
Markovics, Ferenc 2006
Mezey, Béla 2005
Módos, Gábor 2015
Molnár, Edit 2004
Nádor, Ilona 2002
Nagy, Lajos 2011
Németh, József 1999
Schwanner, Endre 2002
Szalay, Zoltán 2005
Szász, János 2000
Tabák, Lajos 1999
Tillai, Ernő 2007
Tóth, István 1998
Tóth, József (Füles) 2001
Tóth, Károly 2009
Urbán, Tamás 2007
Vencsellei, István 2003