Call for entries on the theme of "NEW Homeland"
Closing date for entries:
Friday, 23 January 2009 (date of postmark)
Prizes: Besides the first prize (4.000 Euro), two commendation (1.000 Euro each) will also be awarded. The jury reserves the right to modify this rule. The photographs submitted by the
prize-winners and the 25 runners-up will be presented in an exhibition and
documented both online and in a catalogue.
First Prize award 2007
© Jürgen Chill
Award
The European Architectural Photography Prize, has been awarded
on a two-yearly basis since 1995. Since 2003, the prize has been awarded by
architekturbild e.v., a non-profit organization, and since 2008 in cooperation
with the German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt.
Theme
The theme is »New Homeland«. Globalization, feared just a few years ago, is now
shaping life and changing the world. Wars are forcing to people to flee, as they
always have done, but where do they go? They all search for
a »New Homeland« and many find one where they were least expecting it.
Demolitions, conversions and new development now take place in ever shorter
cycles – this is another way that new homelands are created. The theme should be
explored in coherent series of pictures.
Requirements
Submissions should consist of a series of four photographs on this theme (as
prints, maximum format: 40 x 40 cm; the longest picture edge must be at least 30
cm long, and no longer than 50 cm for panorama pictures). Entries with more than
four photographs will not be accepted. Only one entry per photographer. The
photographs themselves should not be more than three years old. The photographs
will be judged as a series. High technical quality in the submitted material is
a prerequisite.
Entry Fee
The entry fee is 50 Euros. Along with the filled-out form, entrants from Germany
and other EU countries should send
- 50 Euros in cash or - attach a receipt for the transfer of the entry fee to
the account of architekturbild e.v., Account Number 2524010, BW Bank, BLZ 600
501 01, BIC/ S.W.I.F.T.-Code SOLADEST, IBAN DE 10 6005 0101 0002524010.
Conditions of participation
The competition procedure is anonymous. The competitor confirms with his / her
signature that he or she is the rightful owner of the photographs submitted.
Third party rights must not be affected.
All photographs submitted must have a
filled out label attached to the back (with a code number chosen by the entrant
and details of location, date etc.). Entrants can download these labels and the
entry form as a PDF document from www.architekturbild-ev.de >award call for
entries 2009. The code number chosen by the entrant must also be entered on the
entry form. The name of the photographer should not be written on the
photographs or their reverse. The entry form must be filled out completely and
submitted to the organizers with the photographs and proof of payment of the
entry fee to the address given below (see »Address for submissions»).
By submitting an entry, competitors in the European Architectural Photography
Prize acknowledge the published conditions of participation. Contributions which
do not conform to these rules may be rejected at a preliminary inspection. The
organizers will not be liable for damage to or loss of photographs submitted.
Photographs submitted will not be returned. For entrants wishing their
photographs to be returned, an increased entry fee of 80 Euro is payable.
Jury
Prof. Dr. Rolf Sachsse, University of Fine Arts Saar, Saarbrücken, and secretary
of architekturbild e.v. Hans-Michael Koetzle, publicist, editor-in-chief of
Leica World, Munich Andreas Gursky, photographer, Düsseldorf, to be confirmed
Peter Cachola Schmal, director of German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt Louisa
Hutton, sauerbruch hutton architects, Berlin
The jury reserves the right to modify this rule. The photographs submitted by the
prize-winners and the 25 runners-up will be presented in an exhibition and
documented both online and in a catalogue.
Awards ceremony
The winners and runners-up will be informed immediately following the jury’s
decision. The awards ceremony will be held on 24 April 2009 at the German
Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt.
Publication rights
The organizer reserves the right to exhibit the prize-winning and shortlisted
photographs, to publish them in a catalogue, to present them online, and to
provide them free of charge to media partners (only for usage directly related
to the prize). The photographs will be integrated into the collection of the
German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt. The photographer shall grant
simple usage rights to the DAM, for example in the museum’s own exhibitions,
publications and electronic media. When using the works, the DAM undertakes to
correctly name the photographer and to mention the architectural photography
prize.
Further information:
eMail: contact@architekturbild-ev.de
web:www.architekturbild-ev.de
Address for submissions:
HFT Stuttgart, Fakultät Architektur und Gestaltung,
»Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis«
z.Hd. Yvonne Kapfer
Schellingstraße 24 • D-70174 Stuttgart
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