Until May 1, any photo friend or enthusiast who has reached the age of 18 can submit their work to the Danish Architecture Center’s popular “Capture Your City” photography competition, with the theme “New Beauty”. The authors of the most artistically valuable works will receive both valuable prizes and international recognition, as the photos will be included in the annual photography exhibition of the Danish Architecture Center. The Riga Municipality will also award its sympathy prizes – a gift card for a visit to the Riga Zoo and a snapshot camera, by choosing three pictures that show the capital city.
The main rule of the competition – the photo must be taken in Riga, Milan, Turin, Amsterdam, Ljubljana or one of the Danish cities, and it must highlight the unique characteristics and challenges of these cities, or depict the author’s individual interpretation of the “new beauty” of the urban environment.
By May 1 (including), the photo must be published on the Instagram platform with the hashtag CaptureYourCity2024 and the Instagram account of the Danish Architecture Center @danisharchitecturecenter must be tagged. Also, photos can be submitted by uploading them to the competition’s official website https://dac.dk/en/exhibitions/capture-your-city-new-beauty/. There is no limit to the number of photos you can submit, and participation in the contest is free.
The winners of the first three places will receive valuable prizes, and the photos will be included in this year’s international photography exhibition of the Danish Architecture Center, which will be on view in Copenhagen from June 6 to October 1 and will also visit other European cities during the summer months. Photographs that do not receive the highest rating may end up among the works that the jury will select for the exhibition. The best works can be viewed on the competition website dac.dk throughout the summer. The laureates will be announced and honored at the opening of the photo exhibition on June 6, and the live broadcast of the event will be available remotely.
Prizes for 1st place
- The winner of the first place will receive an “Interrail Pass for Europe” – a free travel card on European Union trains for 10 days, which can be used for 2 months;
- an entrance ticket to visit the Danish Architecture Center for a year, located in Copenhagen, or in the selected locations of the regional cooperation partners in Milan, Riga, Turin, Amsterdam or Ljubljana. In Riga, it will be an entrance ticket for visiting the Latvian National Art Museum for a year;
- award-winning photographs in printed format.
Prizes for 2nd and 3rd place
- The second and the third place winner will receive a gift box from the Danish company “Tagtomat” with “Bybi” honey from Copenhagen and a selection of mushrooms;
- sparkling wine from “Andersen” winery, made from apples of the “Discovery” variety;
- award-winning photographs in printed format.
The municipality of Riga will also award its sympathy prizes, evaluating the photos that depict Riga and which the jury commission of the competition will choose for the exhibition. In order to submit your work for this assessment, you must additionally add the hashtag NewBeautyRIGA on the Instagram platform, while if the image is uploaded to the competition’s official website, you must indicate that it was taken in Riga. The municipality will award a gift card for a visit to the Riga Zoo and a snapshot camera to the authors of the three most recognized images of Riga. Riga prizes will be awarded after the announcement of the competition winners in Copenhagen.
The rules and conditions of the competition are available Denmark On the website of the Center for Architecture dac.dk. Please see here: https://ac.dk/en/exhibitions/capture-your-city-new-beauty/
The photo contest is supported by the philanthropic association “Realdania” and financed by the “DESIRE” project of the “New European Bauhaus” program of the European Union, which aims to encourage and involve the residents of the local community in the creation of the urban environment. This year, the competition has become an additional activity of the “DESIRE” project, and not only Danish cities, but also Riga, Milan, Turin, Amsterdam and Ljubljana participate in it.
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