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Prizes 2022

TOTAL PRIZE VALUE

€ 23,000

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SECTION #1 » SINGLE PICTURES

URBAN 2022 Winner Overall – Single Pictures

The Winner Overall of the Single Pictures section will be selected by the president of the jury among the best four contestants of each section (Street / People / Spaces / Creative) during the prize-giving ceremony, Saturday, October 29, 2022, at Trieste Photo Days. The prizes will include:

First ranked in each section

The final ranking will be based on the average of the grades given by the members of the jury. The prizes include:

  • An invitation as guest of honour to Trieste Photo Days 2022, including a two-night stay for two, in order to attend the award ceremony (€ 180 value*)
  • An invitation to URBAN 2022 gala dinner at Trieste Photo Days
  • Collective exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 displaying the works of all the winners
  • Publication, both online and in a photographic book
  • 1 Self Portrait Course offered by PhotographyCourse.net (€ 200 value)
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Prizes offered by our technical partners (TBA)
  • Medal

Honorable Mentions

Honourable mentions are assigned by the jury to the most representative photos for each section and thematic area. The prizes include:

  • An invitation as guest of honour to Trieste Photo Days 2022, including a two-night stay for two, in order to attend the award ceremony (€ 180 value*)
  • An invitation to URBAN 2022 gala dinner at Trieste Photo Days
  • Collective exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 displaying the works of all the winners
  • Publication, both online and in a photographic book
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Prizes offered by our technical partners (TBA)
  • Medal

Remarkable Rewards

Remarkable Rewards are requested by the jury. The prizes include:

  • Collective exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 displaying the works of all the winners
  • Publication, both online and in a photographic book
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Medal

New Buildings 2022 – Matrix4Design special Prize

Chosen by Andrea Boni among the photos marked with the category New Building in the Spaces section. The prizes include:

  • Amazon Gift Card: 300 €
  • An invitation as guest of honour to Trieste Photo Days 2022, including a two-night stay for two, in order to attend the award ceremony (€ 180 value*)
  • An invitation to URBAN 2022 gala dinner at Trieste Photo Days
  • Collective exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 displaying the works of all the winners
  • Publication, both online and in a photographic book
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Medal + Trophy
SECTION #2 » PROJECTS PORTFOLIOS

URBAN 2022 Projects & Portfolios Winner

The winner of the Projects & Portfolios section will be selected and awarded during the prize-giving ceremony, Saturday, October 29, during Trieste Photo Days. The prizes include:

  • Amazon Gift Card: 2.000 €
  • An invitation as guest of honour to Trieste Photo Days 2022, including a two-night stay for two, in order to attend the award ceremony (€ 180 value*)
  • An invitation to URBAN 2022 gala dinner at Trieste Photo Days
  • Collective exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 displaying the works of all the winners
  • Personal exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 (€ 1,000 value)
  • Publication, both online and in a photographic book
  • 1 Manfrotto Befree Advanced GT tripod (€ 422.92 value)
  • 1 Slim Street Manfrotto backpack (€ 101.66 value)
  • 1 365 Days of Photography course offered by PhotographyCourse.net (€ 365 value)
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Trophy

Honorable Mentions

Honourable mentions are requested by the jury. The prizes include:

  • An invitation as guest of honour to Trieste Photo Days 2022, including a two-night stay for two, in order to attend the award ceremony (€ 180 value*)
  • An invitation to URBAN 2022 gala dinner at Trieste Photo Days
  • Collective exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 displaying the works of all the winners
  • Publication, both online and in a photographic book
  • Prizes offered by our technical partners (TBA)
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Medal
SECTION #3 » URBAN BOOK AWARD

URBAN Book Award Winner

The final ranking will be based on the average of the grades given by the members of the jury. The prizes include:

  • Amazon Gift Card: 500 €
  • Production and publication of the book (€ 2,000 value)
  • An invitation as guest of honour to Trieste Photo Days 2022, including a two-nights stay for two, in order to attend the award ceremony (€ 180 value*)
  • An invitation to URBAN 2022gala dinner at Trieste Photo Days
  • Personal exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 (€ 1,000 value)
  • 1 GorillaPod® Mobile Vlogging Kit JOBY (€ 199.99 value)
  • 1 365 Days of Photography course offered by PhotographyCourse.net (€ 365 value)
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Trophy
URBAN 2022 BEST AUTHOR

Best Author

The photographer who will rank among the best in several sections, thematic areas and/or categories, giving proof of its clear, definite style, will be declared URBAN 2022 Best Author. The prizes include:

  • Amazon Gift Card: 500 €
  • An invitation as guest of honour to Trieste Photo Days 2022, including a two-night stay for two, in order to attend the award ceremony (€ 180 value*)
  • An invitation to URBAN 2022 gala dinner at Trieste Photo Days
  • Collective exhibition at Trieste Photo Day 2022 displaying the works of all the winners
  • Publication, both online and in a photographic book
  • 1 GorillaPod® Mobile Vlogging Kit JOBY (€ 199.99 value)
  • 1 Stroppa strap (€ 40 value)
  • Trophy

* the invitation is valid only on October 28 and 29, 2022, for those who attend the prize-giving ceremony during the festival. Prize cannot be combined or redeemed otherwiseis.

WINNERS EXHIBITION AND AWARD CEREMONY

The highest placing works with be published on the competition’s website and will be displayed in a collective exhibit on October 2022, in Trieste during Trieste Photo Days 2022 festival. The printing of the photos will be the responsibility of dotART. Some of the entered photos may in addition be selected for exhibits in Italy and abroad.

PRIZES OFFERED BY OUR PARTNERS

» Exhibition at the “Sartorio” museum during Trieste Photo Days

(€ 2,000 value)

Details
For the fifth year in a row, the Civic Museums of the Municipality of Trieste are giving away an exhibition-prize at the Civico Museo Sartorio for four projects selected by Claudia Colecchia (Chief Archivist, head of the Photo Library and Library of the Civic Museums of Trieste), Lorenza Resciniti (Conservator of the Civic Museums, responsible for the Civico Museo Sartorio) and Michela Messina (Conservator of the Civic Museums, responsible for the Museum of Oriental Art). The exhibition will be held as usual at the end of October during Trieste Photo Days 2022 festival.

Selected authors will also receive 1 Business Photography Course each, offered by PhotographyCourse.net (€ 199 value each)

» Exhibition in Polveriera Napoleonica, Palmanova

(€ 2,000 value)

Details
New exhibition-prize offered by the Municipality of Palmanova, the famous north-eastern Italian star-shaped city, in the province of Udine, a UNESCO’s World Heritage Site. A group exhibition-prize will be dedicated to a selection of creative, experimental, abstract and conceptual photographs, competing in the Creative category of the Single Photos section and in the Projects & Portfolios section.

The exhibition will be held from 1 October to 15 November in the Polveriera Napoleonica, and will be part of the calendar of two important exhibitions:

  • Palmanova Creativa, in which Palmanova celebrates 5 years as a UNESCO City with an international tribute to creativity in Photography
  • Photo Days Tour 2022, the setting for events taking place outside the Trieste during Trieste Photo Days festival

Polveriera Napoleonica – Palmanova

» Exhibition in Poreč Museum, Croatia

(€ 1,000 value)

Details
1 ranked project from the “Projects & Portfolios” section – selected directly by the curators of the museum – will be displayed in Zavičajni muzej Poreštine, in Porec, Istria (Croatia), at the end of July 2022 (tourist peak averaging 120,000 people in the summer time). Moreover, the Museum will release an official certificate of exhibition.

Selected author will also receive 1 Business Photography Course offered by PhotographyCourse.net (€ 199 value)

URBAN Muzej Porec HR

» Tripods and backbpacks by Manfrotto and JOBY

(€ 1,400 value)

Details

» Fujifilm X-E4 camera

(€ 1,119.99 value)

Details
Our technical partner Fujifilm Italia will offer 1 Fujifilm X-E4 KIT digital camera to the Winner Overall of the Single Pictures section.

» Online courses offered by PhotographyCourse.net

(€ 2,800 value)

Details
Our technical partner PhotographyCourse.net is giving away 3 365 Days of Photography courses, 4 Self-Portrait Photography courses, and 5 Photography Business courses, for a total value of over € 2,800.

» Stroppa leather straps

(total value € 1.000)

Details
Our technical partner Stroppa will offer its handmade camera straps, one for each photographer in the Winners’ Shortlist.

+ more prizes TBA

PUBLICATION

» URBAN website

A large selection of the ranked pictures will be published on the gallery page of this website.

» “URBAN unveils the City and its secrets – Vol. 08” photo book

The highest placing works will be admitted to the selection to realize the 8th edition of Urban unveils the City and its secrets. The photo book, edited in September, will be presented during Trieste Photo Days festival the last weekend of October, and distributed by Urban/dotART cultural association.

» Publication on media partner’s websites and magazines

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