The largest photography festival in Southeast Europe, which has been held every year in Rovinj since 2008. The year-long project is closely connected with the Ministry of Culture, numerous cultural institutions and institutions, and with several selected key sponsors. The project is of special cultural social responsibility. Until March 31, 2900 photos by authors from 16 countries of the world were submitted to this year’s Rovinj Photodays competition. The number of applications was led by photographers from the region, but applications also came from Iraq, Ireland, Korea, the USA, Spain… This year’s finalists included six authors from Croatia, five authors from Serbia, two authors from Slovenia and one author each. from Iraq, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovakia. Due to the epidemiological situation in the country and the world, this year’s Rovinj Photodays festival did not take place as planned. However, despite the change in plans, the exhibition of the finalists is available to everyone on the festival’s website , and this year’s Grand Prix has also been announced! ” In this pandemic year of 2021, a significant number of photographers applied for the Photodays contest, and among them the younger generation stands out this time as well. The quality of the applications varies especially among them, but the jury had more than enough works in front of them that jumped out, so sometimes it was not easy to make a decision. With many applications, it can be noticed that the authors in one way or another thematize the current time, and not only in the category of documentary photography, which the jury considered with special attention Likewise, special attention is paid to quality photographic series from the region that deal with topics specific to that climate. At the same time, in the category of landscapes, there is a special emphasis on the city landscape, i.e. “cityscape”, among which we have selected two excellent series. In the categories of nudes and portraits, where time and space are more difficult to come to the fore, we were primarily looking for originality and contemporary approaches. There were a lot of works in the shortlist that met that criterion, and among them a series that exceeded those criteria to such an extent that we decided to award it the highest award.” – said the president of the jury, Dejan Sluga.
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ROVINJ PHOTODAYS 2023 competition is open
Dear friends of photography, the big annual Rovinj Photodays competition is open to the entire international photography scene, from December 15, 2022 to February 28, 2023. year under the name:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY – 16TH ROVINJ PHOTODAYS
Photographers can submit their works in one or more official categories, according to the precisely indicated rules and application protocol at www.photodays-rovinj.com.
PRIZES:
1. Presentation of all finalists’ works with corresponding author’s statements on the official website 2. Presentation of selected finalists’ works at a joint exhibition for the duration of the festival in Rovinj 3. All nominated works from the finalist’s final exhibition in digital form remain in the museum’s permanent fund 4. Written diplomas / awards are given to all winners and finalists of the final exhibition 5. All finalists receive the official catalog of the final exhibition in digital form 6. All category winners receive free accommodation at on the basis of half-board in the hotel complex Amarin**** for two people in Rovinj at the end of the festival in May 2023. 7. According to the selection of the main selector, one winning work will be exhibited in the Photon Gallery in Vienna
GRAND PRIX
1. Cash amount of 2,000 Euros 2. Independent exhibition with associated catalog at the end of the festival in May 2023 in Rovinj 3. Free accommodation on a half-board basis in the Amarin hotel complex during your stay in Rovinj in 2023. 4. Independent exhibition with associated catalog in to the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka during the fall of 2023 5. Special positioning in the museum fund where the work remains in the custody of the curator in digital or printed form (at the author’s choice) 6. Acknowledgment/plaque: Grand Prix Photodays 2023
APPLICATION RULES:
1. Photos or series of photos created in the last two years are submitted. 2. One application can be one photo or series of photos with the same theme. The work is accompanied by a short biography (up to the text card) and a statement about the work – up to the text card in the native language and in English. 3. To participate, a registration fee of 15 EUR / 17 USD / 110 HRK is paid (as of January 1, payment in kuna is no longer possible!) 4. One registration fee covers a total of 3 applications. Participants are eligible to submit photos in six categories: Architecture, Documentary, Fashion, Landscape, Nude/Body and Portrait. All applications are received by the organizer and forwarded to the jury. This year’s jury consists of: 1. Dejan Sluga, program director of the Center for Contemporary Photography Photon – president of the jury (SLO) 2. Una Popović, curator of the Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade (RS) 3. Dino Rekanović, director of the analog photo festival Rotlicht and manager of the Photon gallery in Vienna ( AT) 4. Steffania Rössl, photographer and director of SIFEST 5. Sabina Salamon, senior curator of the Photo Collection MMSU Rijeka (HR) 6. Hrvoje Slovenian, photographer (NY) 7. Massimo Sordi, photographer and director of SIFEST 8. Ján Viazanička, photographer, teacher, curator and editor-in-chief of the photography magazine dokumentmagazin.sk. (SK) The competition will be open until February 28, 2023. Finalists and winners in all categories will be announced in March 2023. The Grand Prix will be announced in May 2023, at the grand finale evening in Rovinj, when the president of the jury, Dejan Sluga, will present the winner with a prize and a check for 2,000 Euros! [nggallery id=”15″]
