VERZASCA FOTO FESTIVAL AWARDS 2023; NERA DI VERZASCA PRIZE announced!
- Deadline: 14 MAY 2023
- Verzasca Foto Festival is a non-profit organization that curates a photographic exhibition that takes place in a valley made up of small villages of stone houses and surrounded by dense, lush nature. An intimate and informal meeting place where participants have the opportunity to share ideas and points of view. Verzasca Foto aims to promote emerging international photographers and to support visual arts in rural and peripheral areas, by giving free space through connection and dialogues with nature, offering access to different forms of expression and ways of visual storytelling. Over the years, the exhibitions have focused on different themes, but all sharing a profound interest in the human being and his surroundings.
Terms and Conditions
- An international jury judges the main competition. The goal is to promote a project that stands out to showcase it among the main events of the festival through a solo exhibition.
Eligibility
- The contest is open to all people regardless of nationality or residence. Members of the Verzasca Foto Association, sponsors, jury members, and their relatives are excluded from the competition.
- Participants can choose their theme. They can submit a personal photo story with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 images.
The images must be submitted as a JPEG, color or monochrome.
Both old and new photos can be included.
Both analogical (scanned from negative or slide) and digitally altered images are allowed. Participants must own the original files.
File names that include references to the identity of the participant (first name, last name, nickname) won’t be accepted. In order to confirm your registration, you must enter a title and a short description of your project.
Copyright
- The participant declares to be the sole and exclusive owner of the uploaded photographs.
Use of images
- The winning photographs remain exclusive property of the author who authorises the promoter to use it for non-commercial purpose, to reproduce and publish them by any means, free of charge and without time limit; in particular, but not as a limiting factor, on websites, social networks, printed materials (e.g. flyers, posters, catalogues, etc.) related to the promotion of the Verzasca Foto Festival.
Responsibility
- The sole responsible of the uploaded contents is the author. The promoter declines any responsibility for the images uploaded by the user and possible infringements of copyright. In all circumstances, the participating photographers undertake to release and to free the promoter from any claim, request, responsibility and from any property right or claim by third parties linked to the contents
Entry Fee
- ۲۵ euros
PRIZES
- 1st place
- ۲’۰۰۰ SWISS FRANCS
+ solo exhibition at Verzasca Foto 2023
+ projection of work at Verzasca Foto 2023
+ board and lodging for 4 days (30 Aug-3 Sept) during the Festival - All finalists (2nd – 10th place)
- Projection of your work at Verzasca Foto 2023
+ board and lodging for 4 days (30 Aug-3 Sept) during the Festival
