Vajont Photo Days: 1963 – 2023 – Rules Open Call for Entries

Open Call

The dotART and Exhibit Around APS associations (promoters of the Trieste Photo Days 2023 festival) are launching an open call addressed to all photographers for the Vajont Photo Days project.

Registration is completely free, as is participation in the project in case of selection.

Deadline

The open call runs from 8th May 2023 to 18th June 2023 on my.dotlogic.net

To submit photos:

• subscribe to my.dotlogic.net, the new Exhibit Around user area
• select the open call Vajont Photo Days
• follow the procedure for single photos and /or project & portfolios

Photographic book

The best photos will be part of the Vajont Photo Days volume of about 200-300 pages.

The volume will be presented at the Tenth Edition of Trieste Photo Days 2023 (27-29 October) and as part of the Photo Days Tour, the review of events and exhibitions in the Region.

A selection of photos and/or projects will become part of the Trieste Photo Days 2023 festival catalogue.

Exhibitions

A selection of the best photos will form part of an international collective exhibition, accompanied by archive images provided by CRAF, which will be organized as part of the Trieste Photo Days (27-29 October) and the Photo Days Tour, the series of events and exhibitions which take place in the Region starting from September 2023.

Audio-visual document

A selection of the best photos will be part of the audio-visual document that will be created involving Partners and Institutions.

The multidisciplinary disclosure document can be used on several levels, both in schools and universities, also as inspiration for case studies, and by institutions and communities to disseminate knowledge and the impact of macro interventions, up to protection bodies.

Selection and fees

No contributions nor fees are required to become part of the project.

Participation in the Call is free, as is the presence in the book in case of selection and participation in the exhibition.

Only selected authors will be contacted by Exhibit Around staff by September 2023.

The authors published in the book will be entitled to a special discount valid for the purchase of 1 copy of the volume (free copies are not provided, unless otherwise specified).

All authors will receive a digital copy of the book in pdf format which will be published on the Exhibit Around website and a preview also on Issuu: dotART / Exhibit Around APS

Prizes

The dotART and Exhibit Around APS association team will award the Best Author of the project and the Honorable Mentions with:

Best author:

• € 500,00 Amazon gift card
• customized trophy
• 1 copy of the photo book
• guest of honor at the dinner of the authors on Friday 27 October at Trieste Photo Days, with the super-guests of the festival
• a selection of free copies of Exhibit Around photo books

Honorable mentions:

• customized medal
• a selection of free copies of Exhibit Around photo books

Themes and style

The Call is aimed at photographers who wish to submit single photos and/or projects/portfolios according to their own style and most congenial type of photography.

We are therefore looking for Photos and/or Projects that are able to narrate the past, present and future of the areas affected by the Vajont disaster – Erto, Casso, Longarone, the Vajont Dam but also the Vajont village – in an original and artistic way, to capture the essence of the place and its inhabitants, offering a vision that is both sensitive and original, capable of restoring the beauty of these lands but also their complexity and their history.

In particular, we are looking for works that can represent:

• the daily life of the people who live in these areas
• the beauty of the local landscapes, as well as their evolution over time
• the memory of the inhabitants, exploring their personal stories, their links with the territory and the way in which the tragedy has affected their lives
• the transformations of the territory, documenting the traces of the disaster that are still visible in the landscape, and how these influence the life of local communities

Photographic genres: street photography, portrait, social reportage, documentary photography, nature photography, architectural photography and industrial archeology, fine-art.

Photos and projects guideline

• We accept both color and black and white photos
• Projects and portfolios can be accompanied by a brief description that Exhibit Around reserves the right to modify, edit and/or not publish. The author’s name will always be present
• We will select a photo that will become the cover image and the official visual of the project. We invite authors who wish to entitle one of the candidate photos with the words “Book cover”. The ideal image for the cover is evocative, well represents the spirit of the project and contains “empty space” for inserting the title
• Photos must not contain signatures, watermarks, watermarks or frames
• Please DO NOT upload identical photos in the Portfolio section and in the Single Photos section (for example: a Portfolio of 20 photos + the same 20 photos as 20 Single Photos)

Technical characteristics of the images

• jpg format
• RGB color mode
• Individual files must be less than 10MB each
• Minimum dimensions of the smaller side: 2000 px / maximum dimensions of the longer side: 6000 px
• The file name (filename.jpg) must not contain special characters (accents, apostrophes, symbols, etc.)

Upload

Each photographer can upload up to 20 individual works and up to 3 projects/portfolios consisting of a minimum of 3 photos and a maximum of 20 photos.

In the Portfolio section, to be sure that the order of the photos is correct, add the numbers in the desired sequence to the file name (e.g. “filename03.jpg”, “08filename.jpg”, …).

Copyright

Each photographer retains the moral and intellectual property rights on their works submitted for the call. Each author grants the dotART and Exhibit Around APS associations the non-exclusive right to use the winning/selected images to promote/advertise the association’s non-profit activities, subject to official communication to the author (whose name will always be attributed to the work ).