“Mythography 5” – Photography Open Call full regulation

Open Call

The dotART and Exhibit Around APS associations, organizers of the Trieste Photo Days international photography festival, are launching an open call for the fifth volume of the Mythography editorial project. The call is open to everyone, and registration is free.

Deadline

The call is open from 15th November, 2024, to 2nd, February, 2025.

To submit your work you must:

• Register or log in to the online upload portal at my.dotlogic.net
• Select the call Mythography vol.5
• Read the project description, rules and regulations
• Follow the uploading procedure for Single Photos and/or Projects/Portfolios.
• in the upload phase, indicate which divinity you want to represent by choosing one of the 3 tags available
• Wait for the confirmation email from dotLogic to ensure the upload was successfully completed.

Mythography Book Series

The Mythography editorial project is a series of collective photographic volumes inspired by Greek and Roman mythology, published annually. Each volume focuses on a group of deities that guide its themes. The upcoming Mythography V volume, set for release in 2025, will spotlight the figures of Juno, Venus, and Vesta. The book will be edited by Enrico Medda, Professor of Greek Literature at the University of Pisa, who has served as the historical consultant for all previous volumes in the series.

Photographic Volume

Only Selected Authors will be included in a prestigious printed volume to be presented during the 12th edition of the Trieste Photo Days international photography festival at the end of October 2025. Additionally, a curated selection of photos and/or projects will feature in the Trieste Photo Days 2025 festival catalogue.

Exhibitions

A selection of the best photos may be showcased in a major international group exhibition at the end of October 2025 as part of Trieste Photo Days 2025.

Selections and fees

Participation in the call is free, including inclusion in the book if selected and participation in the exhibition at Trieste Photo Days. Only selected authors will be notified by Exhibit Around staff by September 2025.

There are no fees for project involvement.

Authors published in the book will receive a special discount on purchasing one copy (free copies are not provided unless specified). All authors will receive a digital copy of the book in PDF format.

“Editor’s Picks” selection

The photos and projects/portfolios submitted during the Call may be selected as “Editor’s Picks” and published during the Call phase for inspirational or promotional purposes, with credit given to the author and the photo or project/portfolio.

Please note: being selected as an “Editor’s Pick” does not guarantee inclusion in the photo book, the exhibition or video, as the choice of the Selected Authors will only be made after the conclusion of the Call.

Prizes

Following a thorough curatorship process, the Best Author  of the project and the Honorable Mentions will be selected . The awards ceremony will take place during the Trieste Photo Days 2025 at the end of October.

Exhibit Around will select:

• Best Author – “A unique STELE by artist Giorgio Celiberti” and a featured exhibition at Trieste Photo Days 2025, and 15,000 PhotoPoints.
  • A featured interview in text and/or video format highlighting the winning photo or project/portfolio, with related promotion through social media and blog post
• Honourable Mentions – “A unique silver SIGILLO by artist Giorgio Celiberti” and a featured exhibition at Trieste Photo Days 2025, and 8,000 PhotoPoints.
• Remarkable Rewards – “A unique bronze SIGILLO by artist Giorgio Celiberti” and 4,000 PhotoPoints.

A curated exhibition featuring the works of the Best Author, Honourable Mentions, and top photographers will be held at one of Trieste’s most historically significant venues, located in the heart of the city.

For more details on the prizes, please visit our prizes overview page or learn more about the artist on Giorgio Celiberti’s official website.

Themes and Styles

The call is open to photographers interested in submitting single photos and/or projects inspired by a theme of their choice from those represented by the deities Juno, Venus, and Vesta:

• Juno, the goddess of marriage, symbolizes family, loyalty, and commitment.
• Venus, goddess of love, epitomizes beauty, desire, and passion.
• Vesta, goddess of the hearth, represents home, tradition, and stability.

Photographers are encouraged to express their unique stylistic approach and to select the genre that resonates with them. Multiple theme submissions are welcome.

Upload

Each non-Member photographer can upload up to 6 single photos and 1 portfolio.

Registered Exhibit Around Members can upload an increasingly greater number of single photos and projects/portfolios based on their membership level:

• Photography Member: up to 10 single photos
• Photography Enthusiast: up to 20 single photos
• Photography Master: up to 20 single photos
• Photography LEGEND: up to 20 single photos

• Photography Member: up to 2 portfolios
• Photography Enthusiast: up to 3 portfolios
• Photography Master: up to 5 portfolios
• Photography LEGEND: up to 10 portfolios

The uploaded projects/portfolios must consist of a minimum of 3 photos and a maximum of 20 to be considered as such. For more information on how to sign up and become an Exhibit Around member, visit our dedicated page.

Guidelines

• Please check the upload guidelines above for submission details. Exhibit Around members can find more information on becoming a member by visiting our dedicated page.
• The photographer must specify the theme of each photo and portfolio by selecting the appropriate tag: Juno, Venus, or Vesta.
• We accept both colour and black and white photos.
• Projects and portfolios may be accompanied by a brief description, which Exhibit Around reserves the right to modify, edit and/or not publish. The author’s name will always be present.
• An author can also participate with single images from an already submitted project/portfolio, however, it is recommended to upload only the images that best represent the theme of the call.
• We will select a photo that will become the cover image and the official visual of the project. We therefore invite authors who wish to do so to name one of the candidate photos “Book cover”. The ideal image for the cover is evocative, represents the spirit of the project well and contains “empty space” for the insertion of the title.
• Photos should not contain signatures, watermarks, or frames.
• Please do NOT upload identical photos in the Portfolio section and in the Single Photos section (e.g. a Portfolio of 20 photos + the same 20 photos as 20 Single Photos). If necessary, you can upload a maximum of 1 or 2 representative photos of your portfolio in the Single Photo section as well.

Images Technical Specifications

• Format .jpg
• Colour method RGB
• Individual files must be less than 9 MB each
• Minimum size smallest side: 2000 px / maximum size longest side: 6000 px
• The file name (filename.jpg) must not contain any special characters (accents, apostrophes, symbols, etc.)

Copyright

Each participating author declares to own all rights to the photographs submitted for the contest and guarantees that these do not infringe in any way the copyright or other rights of third parties, exempting the Exhibit Around APS association from any liability relating to complaints or legal actions connected to the use of the photographs, including copyright infringement, unauthorized use of trademarks, infringement of privacy or publicity rights, defamation, violations of moral rights or other personal or property rights, in any jurisdiction.

Each author retains the moral and intellectual property rights on the works submitted.

Each author also grants the Exhibit Around APS the non-exclusive right to use the winning or selected images for the promotion and advertising of the association’s non-profit activities, in traditional print media (catalogues, trade magazines, etc.), subject to official communication to the author (whose name will always be attributed to the work). In the event of use of the author’s work on online graphics, social networks, newsletters and other web communication media, Exhibit Around APS undertakes with the best professional diligence to cite/tag the author. We apologize in advance in case of oversights and errors and ask you to report missing attributions to [email protected] so that we can provide timely assistance.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULATIONS

By registering for the competition, each participant accepts without reservations these Regulations and assumes full responsibility for the images sent, releasing the Exhibit Around APS from any dispute related to the photographs submitted by the author to the contest.

The author also accepts that his/her works remain published on the Exhibit Around, and URBAN websites for an indefinite period: for technical reasons it will not be possible to request the removal of a work after publication.