{"id":18717,"date":"2021-03-18T09:53:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T08:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=18717"},"modified":"2021-03-22T10:46:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T09:46:24","slug":"rules-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/rules-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">01. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">CONTEST<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The cultural association <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dotart.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>dotART<\/strong><\/a>, based in Trieste, Italy, is organising the 12<sup>th<\/sup> edition of <strong>URBAN Photo Awards<\/strong> contest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">02. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">THEMES AND SECTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The contest is open to everybody and organised into <strong>four sections<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Single Photos<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Projects &amp; Portfolios<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>URBAN Book Award<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bruce Gilden Special Prize<\/strong> (new!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contestants can participate in more than one section at the same time. The <strong>general theme<\/strong> of the contest is <em>Urban Life: Urban Photography<\/em>. The theme delves into modernity through all kinds of photography set in the fabric of the city. At the heart of the contest is the <strong>City<\/strong>, the urban environment and the humanity living there: the everyday life of big cities and small towns, the contrasts and the contradictions between the city and the countryside, the aesthetic views, the architectural geometries, fragments of colour breaking up the greyness of the city. Real, immediate images, able to recount the City and its stories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #285f75; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00bb SECTION #1 \u00bb <strong>SINGLE PHOTOS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This section is dedicated to single photos, which have to fall within one of the following <strong>thematic areas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>STREETS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The infinite aspects of the city and of the lives of its dwellers<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>street photography<\/li>\n<li>transport<\/li>\n<li>urban life<\/li>\n<li>sport<\/li>\n<li>nightlife<\/li>\n<li>events<\/li>\n<li>urban jungle<\/li>\n<li>contrasts<\/li>\n<li>urban animals<\/li>\n<li>unposed subjects<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: not allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>PEOPLE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The human body, to be portrayed in a pose or to fleetingly capture on the street. Portraits, fashion, glam and kitsch, faces and glances, conventional and unusual beauty.<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>portraits<\/li>\n<li>fashion<\/li>\n<li>kitsch<\/li>\n<li>studio photography<\/li>\n<li>wedding<\/li>\n<li>boudoir<\/li>\n<li>lifestyle<\/li>\n<li>self-portraits<\/li>\n<li>social<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>SPACES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Urban spaces, among buildings and streets, shapes and geometries, monuments and churches, industrial archaeology and abandoned places.<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">NEW BUILDINGS<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(Matrix4Design Prize)<\/span> <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>architecture<\/li>\n<li>buildings &amp; structures<\/li>\n<li>urban geometries<\/li>\n<li>urban design<\/li>\n<li>city landscapes<\/li>\n<li>urban art<\/li>\n<li>industrial<\/li>\n<li>industrial archaeology<\/li>\n<li>green life<\/li>\n<li>drone \/ aerial<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: not allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>CREATIVE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Artistic, experimental, conceptual, visionary and abstract photos, which do not belong to any of the previous categories, but still refer to Urban Life theme.<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>SCIENCE+FICTION (&#8220;Trieste Science+Fiction Festival&#8221; Prize)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>fine art<\/li>\n<li>digital art<\/li>\n<li>artwork<\/li>\n<li>advertising<\/li>\n<li>macro<\/li>\n<li>minimalist<\/li>\n<li>conceptual<\/li>\n<li>abstract<\/li>\n<li>visions<\/li>\n<li>experimental<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for Single Photos:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contestants can submit <strong>as many photos as they please<\/strong>, with no number limits per thematic area and\/or category.<\/li>\n<li>While uploading the photos, contestants will have to <strong>assign each photo to one of the four thematic areas <\/strong>, in order to classify their work more clearly.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants can compete in more than one thematic area and\/or category with the same photo (see Article 3 for submission fees).<\/li>\n<li>Both colour and black-and-white photos are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Post-production and slight photo-editing are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy post-production and photo-editing are only allowed when explicitly specified.<\/li>\n<li>Photos with signatures, filigrees, frames or visible marks will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Photos deemed offensive according to the sensibility and the unappealable decision of the jury will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>The winner will be selected and awarded by the President of the jury <strong>Bruce Gilden<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for Single Photos<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00bb New Buildings \u2013 Matrix4Design Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Prize offered by our partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Matrix4Design.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Matrix4Design<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\nPhotos representing some of the symbols of architecture that have helped change the look of the city over the past ten years. If you wish to enter, you will only have to add the category <strong>New Buildings<\/strong> <strong>(Matrix4Design prize)<\/strong> to the <strong>Single Photos<\/strong> running in the category <strong>SPACES<\/strong>. Pictures will be judged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Matrix4Design.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matrix4Design<\/a> editor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/it\/andrea-boni\/\"><strong>Andrea Boni<\/strong><\/a> , who will select a shortlist of the best photos and the Winner. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please add in the title the building&#8217;s name, the architect (if you know him\/her) and the city<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb &#8220;Trieste Science+Fiction Festival&#8221; Prize<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Prize offered by our partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Science + Fiction Festival<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\nArtistic photographs freely inspired by <strong>science fiction in our daily life<\/strong>. Space for creativity, post-production, photo editing, mixed media: alien planets, visions from the future, technological cities, spaceships, robots, parallel universes, time travel, everything related to science fiction imagery and the science fiction that our reality offers. If you wish to enter, you will only have to add the category <strong>Science+Fiction<\/strong> <strong>(Trieste Science+Fiction Festival Prize)<\/strong> to the <strong>Single Photos<\/strong> competing in the <strong>CREATIVE<\/strong> category. Pictures will be judged by Daniele Trani, Lorenzo del Porto and Daniele Braida, who will select the shortlist and the winning photo.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #285f75; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00bb SECTION #2 \u00bb <strong>PROJECTS &amp; PORTFOLIOS<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Contestants can submit sets of photos, linked to each other by a common trait. The sets can be in the form of photographic projects, thematic portfolios, series, reportages and storyboards (sequences of images telling a story).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for Projects &amp; Portfolios:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Projects will have to contain from a <strong>minimum of 3 to a maximum of 12 photos<\/strong>. Post-production and photo-editing are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Authors will have to write a brief description of their projects in English (Google Translate can be used as a support), to be uploaded with the photos.<\/li>\n<li>Each contestant can submit <strong>as many portfolios as they please<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Both colour and black-and-white photos are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Post-production and photo-editing are allowed at the discretion of the author.<\/li>\n<li>Photos with signatures, filigrees, frames or visible marks will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Photos deemed offensive according to the sensibility and the unappealable decision of the jury will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for Projects &amp; Portfolios<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #285f75; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00bb SECTION #3 \u00bb <strong>URBAN BOOK AWARD<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>URBAN Book Award is a new section, dedicated to extended projects, inspired by the theme <em>Urban Life: Urban Photography<\/em>. Authors can here compete with <strong>drafts of their own photographic books, in pdf format<\/strong>. The goal is to give the winning photographer the possibility to produce and promote their own authorial project internationally. It will be <strong>published as a paper book by dotART \/ URBAN<\/strong> and officially presented during the festival <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe new section <strong>URBAN Book Award <\/strong>is designed for photographers that feel the limit of 12 photos set for the <strong>Projects &amp; Portfolio <\/strong>section as a restraint, and would like to submit extended projects (or larger versions of the same projects already competing in the <strong>Projects &amp; Portfolio <\/strong>section).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for URBAN Book Award:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contestants will have to upload a &#8220;dummy&#8221;, a draft of the book in pdf format, with a clear structure, even if not well-finished or ready to be printed yet.<\/li>\n<li>If a pdf format cannot be provided, single photos can be submitted, as far as they are renamed in sequence and gathered in a single zip folder.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum of 128 pages.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants can submit up to 3 books each.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum size of the pdf or zip folder: 100 MB.<\/li>\n<li>The suggested paper sizes are: A4 (21 x 29.7 cm, vertical or horizontal) or square (22 x 22 cm). If the winning book is of a different size, dotART reserves the right to adapt it to the ones mentioned before.<\/li>\n<li>Authors are free to create the layout of the book as they please, to employ text and to choose the photographic style they prefer.<\/li>\n<li>The winner will receive a publishing offer, with a regular publishing contract.<\/li>\n<li>The staff of the contest will ask the selected author to provide high-resolution versions of the photos composing the book.<\/li>\n<li>The book will be realized and published by the end of September 2021, in limited deluxe edition. It will also be promoted through dotART networks (Urban Photo Awards and Trieste Photo Days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for URBAN Book Award<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #285f75;\">\u00bb SECTION # 4 \u00bb <strong>BRUCE GILDEN SPECIAL PRIZE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Special section in honor of the president of the jury <strong>Bruce Gilden<\/strong> and his characteristic <strong>street photography<\/strong>. The section is open to<strong> street photography Projects \/ Portfolios \/ Series<\/strong> destined to be part of a <strong>prestigious photographic volume<\/strong> edited by Bruce Gilden himself. The volume will contain 7-8 portfolios selected by him, along with one of his unpublished projects, and will be presented in preview at <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>. The selected projects will also be exhibited in a group exhibition, also as part of the festival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for Bruce Gilden Special Prize:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Projects \/ Portfolios \/ Series freely inspired by Bruce Gilden&#8217;s street photography. Over more than 50 years Bruce Gilden has honed his immediately recognizable street photography style: up-close, emotionally engaging, and real photographs, of real people. From his trademark, flash-lit black and white street scenes to his now equally identifiable &#8216;faces&#8217; series, Gilden&#8217;s work distills the variety, character, and motion of the street.<\/li>\n<li>Projects will have to contain from a <strong>minimum of 3 to a maximum of 20 photos<\/strong>. Post-production and photo-editing are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Authors will have to write a brief description of their projects in English (Google Translate can be used as a support), to be uploaded with the photos.<\/li>\n<li>Each contestant can submit <strong>as many portfolios as they please<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Both colour and black-and-white photos are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Post-production and photo-editing are allowed at the discretion of the author.<\/li>\n<li>Photos with signatures, filigrees, frames or visible marks will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Photos deemed offensive according to the sensibility and the unappealable decision of the jury will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>The book will be realized and published by the end of September 2021, in limited deluxe edition. It will also be promoted through dotART networks (Urban Photo Awards and Trieste Photo Days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for Bruce Gilden Special Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">03. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">ENTERING<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contest will start on <strong>March 1, 2021<\/strong>, and will end at midnight on <strong>May 31, 2021 <\/strong>CET.<br \/>\nTo enter the contest, you will just have to fill in the online form in the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.urbanphotoawards.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>User Area<\/strong><\/a>, to upload files and pay the submission fee. Users already registered in the past years can log in with the same data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Single<br \/>\nPhotos<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First submitted photo:<strong> 10 \u20ac<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n+ <strong>5 \u20ac<\/strong> for each additional photo submitted<del><br \/>\n<\/del><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First submitted photo: <strong>12 \u20ac<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n+<strong> 8 \u20ac<\/strong> for each additional photo submitted<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Projects<br \/>\n&amp; Portfolios<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>35 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>40 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>URBAN<br \/>\nBook Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>15 \u20ac<\/strong> for each book submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the book<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>20 \u20ac<\/strong> for each book submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the book<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Bruce Gilden<br \/>\nSpecial Prize<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>45 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>50 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the User Area you can upload, check, add or delete your Photos and\/or Projects &amp; Portfolios \/ Books, modify the titles and descriptions and manage the payment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">04. <strong>JURY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Entries will be selected by dotART and presented anonymously to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/it\/category\/jury\/jury-2021\/\"><strong>prestigious jury<\/strong><\/a>, chaired by Bruce Gilden. The other members of the jury will be soon defined.<br \/>\nThe jury and dotART have the right to award more than one photo realised by the same author and to assign it to a different section if necessary. The decisions made by the jury are final.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">05. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">TIMELINE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>1 March \u2013 31 May 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>Registration open for Single Photos, Projects &amp; Portfolios, Books<\/p>\n<p><em>By the end of June 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Selected Photographers<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked). The photographers will have the chance to participate in summer exhibitions and previews as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>By the middle of July 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Semi-finalist Photographers<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): around 100 single photos, 50 projects &amp; portfolios and 20 Book Award volumes will be selected.<\/p>\n<p><em>By the end of July 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Finalist Photographers<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): around 40 single photos, 20 projects &amp; portfolios and 5 Book Award volumes will be selected.<\/p>\n<p><em>By the middle of September 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Winner Photographs<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): around 12 single photos, 3 projects &amp; portfolios and 1 <em>Book Award<\/em> volume (in this case, the winner).<\/p>\n<p><em>Saturday 24 October 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The<strong> final ranking<\/strong> will be announced during <a href=\"http:\/\/triestephotodays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Photo Days<\/strong><\/a> festival. The final ranking will then be published on URBAN website and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UrbanPhotoContest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">06. <strong>PRIZES AND RANKING<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The total prize value is <strong>\u20ac 23,000<\/strong>. Prizes are divided as follows: <div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\">\u00bb SECTION #1 \u00bb <strong>SINGLE PHOTOS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>URBAN 2021 <\/strong><strong>Single Photos Winner<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The winner of the Single Photos section will be selected by the president of the jury <strong>Bruce Gilden<\/strong> among the best four contestants of each section (Street \/ People \/ Spaces \/ Creative) during the prize-giving ceremony, Saturday, October 30, 2021, on the occasion of Trieste Photo Days. The prizes will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>1,500<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>URBAN 2021 <strong>Trophy<\/strong> &#8211; Bruce Gilden<\/li>\n<li>+ First Ranked prizes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>First ranked in each section<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The final ranking will be based on the average of the grades given by the members of the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>New Buildings &#8211; Matrix4Design special Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Chosen by <strong>Andrea Boni<\/strong> among the photos marked with the category <em>New Building<\/em> in the <strong>Spaces<\/strong> section. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>500<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>&#8220;Trieste Science+Fiction&#8221; Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Chosen by Daniele Trani, Daniele Braida and Lorenzo del Porto among the photos marked with the category <em>Science+Fiction<\/em> in the <strong>Creative<\/strong> section. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>five-night stay for two<\/strong> in Trieste in order to attend both the award ceremony at <strong>Trieste Photo Days<\/strong> and the <strong>Trieste Science+Fiction Festival<\/strong> (\u20ac 450 value *)<\/li>\n<li>1 free pass for <strong>Trieste Science+Fiction Festival <\/strong>+<strong> 1 kit <\/strong>(bag and catalogue)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>Honourable Mentions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Honourable mentions are assigned by the jury to the most representative photos for each section and thematic area. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>Remarkable Rewards <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Remarkable Rewards are requested by the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb SECTION #2 \u00bb <strong>PROJECTS &amp; PORTFOLIOS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>URBAN 2021 <\/strong><strong>Projects &amp; Portfolios Winner<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The winner of the Projects &amp; Portfolios section will be selected and awarded by Rebecca Norris Webb during the prize-giving ceremony, Saturday, October 24, during Trieste Photo Days. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>1,000<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li>Personal exhibition at <strong>&#8220;Stelio Crise&#8221; Library<\/strong> \/ Trieste Photo Day 2021 (\u20ac 1,000 value)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>Honourable Mentions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Honourable mentions are requested by the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb SECTION #3 \u00bb <strong>URB<span style=\"color: #285f75;\">AN B<\/span>ook Award<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>URBAN Book Award Winner<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The final ranking will be based on the average of the grades given by the members of the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production and publication of the book (\u20ac 2,000 value)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-nights stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li>Personal exhibition at <strong>&#8220;Stelio Crise&#8221; Library<\/strong> \/ Trieste Photo Day 2021 (\u20ac 1,000 value)<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb SECTION # 4 \u00bb <strong>BRUCE GILDEN SPECIAL AWARD<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>7-8 projects<\/strong> personally selected by Bruce Gilden.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production and publication of the Book (total value \u20ac 2,000)<\/li>\n<li>1 free copy of the Book for each author (to be picked-up at Trieste Photo Days)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group exhibition<\/strong> with Bruce Gilden (venue TBD)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb URBAN 2021 <strong>BEST AUTHOR<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p>The photographer who will rank among the best in <strong>several sections, thematic areas and\/or categories<\/strong>, giving proof of its clear, definite style, will be declared URBAN 2021 Best Author. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>500<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>* the invitation is valid only on October 29 and 30, 2021, for those who attend the prize-giving ceremony during the festival. Prize cannot be combined or redeemed otherwiseis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">07. <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">PRIZES OFFERED BY OUR PARTNERS<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00bb Exhibition in Pore\u010d Museum, Croatia<\/strong> (\u20ac 1,000 value)<br \/>\n<strong>1 ranked project<\/strong> from the \u201cProjects &amp; Portfolios\u201d section \u2013 selected directly by the curators of the museum \u2013 will be displayed in <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.muzejporec.hr\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zavi\u010dajni muzej Pore\u0161tine<\/a><\/b>, in Porec, Istria (Croatia), at the end of July 2021 (tourist peak averaging <b>120,000 people<\/b> in the summer time). Moreover, the Museum will release an <b>official certificate of exhibition<\/b>. The selected author will also be awarded with a<strong> free 2 nights stay in Trieste<\/strong> to attend URBAN\u2019s Award Ceremony at <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong> festival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb Exhibition in &#8220;Sartorio&#8221; Museum, Trieste, Italy<\/strong> (\u20ac 2,000 value)<br \/>\n<strong>4 Semifinalists projects<\/strong> will be selected by a special jury and exhibited in October 2021 at the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/museosartoriotrieste.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Civic Museum \u201cSartorio\u201d<\/strong><\/a> of Trieste, during <a href=\"http:\/\/triestephotodays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Photo Days<\/strong><\/a> festival. All selected authors will also be awarded with a<strong> free 2 nights stay in Trieste<\/strong> to attend URBAN\u2019s Award Ceremony at <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong> festival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">08. <strong>PRIZES:<\/strong> <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">WINNERS EXHIBIT AND AWARD CEREMONY<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The highest placing works with be published on the competition\u2019s website and will be displayed in a collective exhibit on October 2021, in Trieste during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.triestephotodays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong><\/a> festival. The printing of the photos will be the responsibility of dotART. Some of the entered photos may in addition be selected for exhibits in Italy and abroad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">09. <strong>PRIZES: PUBLICATION<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00bb URBAN website<\/strong><br \/>\nA large selection of the ranked pictures will be published on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/winners-2020\/winners-2020-single-pictures\/\"><strong> gallery page of this website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb \u201cURBAN unveils the City and its secrets \u2013 Vol. 07\u201d photo book<\/strong><br \/>\nThe highest placing works will be admitted to the selection to realize the seventh edition of <em><strong>Urban unveils the City and its secrets<\/strong><\/em>. The photo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/category\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>book<\/strong><\/a>, edited in September, will be presented during Trieste Photo Days festival the last weekend of October, and distributed by Urban\/dotART cultural association.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00bb Publication onmedia partner&#8217;s websites and magazines<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/b>TBA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10. <strong>EXHIBIT \/ PREVIEWS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The best ranked pictures (usually, 30% of the <strong>Selected<\/strong> photos \u2013 see Art. 5) could be chosen for &#8220;travelling&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/it\/category\/exhibitions\/2019-exhibitions\/\"><strong>exhibitions around the world<\/strong><\/a> in the context of dotART&#8217;s events (Trieste Photo Fringe \/ Photo Days Tour).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">11. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">PAYMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can pay in the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.urbanphotoawards.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>User Area<\/strong><\/a>. We accept these payment methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PayPal to <a href=\"mailto:paypal@dotart.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>paypal@dotart.it<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paypal.me\/dotart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>www.paypal.me\/dotart<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Bank transfer to dotART &#8211; IBAN IT43F0306909606100000010209 \/ BIC\/SWIFT Code: BCITITMM (please add text: \u201cUrban 2021\u201d. IMPORTANT: include the email used in the upload form)<\/li>\n<li>Payment by hand at dotART, Via S. Francesco 6 &#8211; 2nd floor, Trieste, Italy &#8211; by appointment (info@dotart.it or Tel. +39 040 3720617)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you wish to pay by bank transfer you can make a single payment specifying &#8220;Contribution to Urban Photo Contest 2021 + section1 + Name + Email&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">12. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">COPYRIGHT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each photographer maintains moral and intellectual property rights on their submitted works. Each author grants the dotART association the non-exclusive right to use the winning\/selected images to promote\/advertise the association&#8217;s non-profit activities, subject to official communication to the author (whose name will always be attributed to the work).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">13. <strong>ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES \/ MODEL RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By entering the competition, the Author accepts the present rules and declares that he\/she is the owner of the intellectual property rights and of the rights of use of the submitted image and of any necessary release notes. Documentation of rights ownership must be presented to dotART upon request.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">14. <strong>RIGHT TO CANCEL OR TO SUSPEND THE COMPETITION<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If for any reason the Competition cannot be run as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause that corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Competition, dotART reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) seen to have tampered with the entry process and\/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition. If dotART elects to cancel or terminate the Competition, it will not retain any rights to the submitted photographs and it will return all entry fees.<br \/>\ndotART is not responsible for the cancellation or modification of the prizes offered by the partners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div><div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">01. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">CONTEST<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The cultural association <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dotart.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>dotART<\/strong><\/a>, based in Trieste, Italy, is organising the 12<sup>th<\/sup> edition of <strong>URBAN Photo Awards<\/strong> contest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">02. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">THEMES AND SECTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The contest is open to everybody and organised into <strong>four sections<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Single Photos<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Projects &amp; Portfolios<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>URBAN Book Award<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bruce Gilden Special Prize<\/strong> (new!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contestants can participate in more than one section at the same time. The <strong>general theme<\/strong> of the contest is <em>Urban Life: Urban Photography<\/em>. The theme delves into modernity through all kinds of photography set in the fabric of the city. At the heart of the contest is the <strong>City<\/strong>, the urban environment and the humanity living there: the everyday life of big cities and small towns, the contrasts and the contradictions between the city and the countryside, the aesthetic views, the architectural geometries, fragments of colour breaking up the greyness of the city. Real, immediate images, able to recount the City and its stories.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #285f75; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00bb SECTION #1 \u00bb <strong>SINGLE PHOTOS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This section is dedicated to single photos, which have to fall within one of the following <strong>thematic areas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>STREETS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The infinite aspects of the city and of the lives of its dwellers<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>street photography<\/li>\n<li>transport<\/li>\n<li>urban life<\/li>\n<li>sport<\/li>\n<li>nightlife<\/li>\n<li>events<\/li>\n<li>urban jungle<\/li>\n<li>contrasts<\/li>\n<li>urban animals<\/li>\n<li>unposed subjects<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: not allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>PEOPLE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The human body, to be portrayed in a pose or to fleetingly capture on the street. Portraits, fashion, glam and kitsch, faces and glances, conventional and unusual beauty.<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>portraits<\/li>\n<li>fashion<\/li>\n<li>kitsch<\/li>\n<li>studio photography<\/li>\n<li>wedding<\/li>\n<li>boudoir<\/li>\n<li>lifestyle<\/li>\n<li>self-portraits<\/li>\n<li>social<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>SPACES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Urban spaces, among buildings and streets, shapes and geometries, monuments and churches, industrial archaeology and abandoned places.<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">NEW BUILDINGS<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(Matrix4Design Prize)<\/span> <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>architecture<\/li>\n<li>buildings &amp; structures<\/li>\n<li>urban geometries<\/li>\n<li>urban design<\/li>\n<li>city landscapes<\/li>\n<li>urban art<\/li>\n<li>industrial<\/li>\n<li>industrial archaeology<\/li>\n<li>green life<\/li>\n<li>drone \/ aerial<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: not allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>CREATIVE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Artistic, experimental, conceptual, visionary and abstract photos, which do not belong to any of the previous categories, but still refer to Urban Life theme.<\/p>\n<p><em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><strong>SCIENCE+FICTION (&#8220;Trieste Science+Fiction Festival&#8221; Prize)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>fine art<\/li>\n<li>digital art<\/li>\n<li>artwork<\/li>\n<li>advertising<\/li>\n<li>macro<\/li>\n<li>minimalist<\/li>\n<li>conceptual<\/li>\n<li>abstract<\/li>\n<li>visions<\/li>\n<li>experimental<\/li>\n<li>other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Post-production: allowed.<br \/>\nPhoto editing: allowed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for Single Photos:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contestants can submit <strong>as many photos as they please<\/strong>, with no number limits per thematic area and\/or category.<\/li>\n<li>While uploading the photos, contestants will have to <strong>assign each photo to one of the four thematic areas <\/strong>, in order to classify their work more clearly.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants can compete in more than one thematic area and\/or category with the same photo (see Article 3 for submission fees).<\/li>\n<li>Both colour and black-and-white photos are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Post-production and slight photo-editing are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy post-production and photo-editing are only allowed when explicitly specified.<\/li>\n<li>Photos with signatures, filigrees, frames or visible marks will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Photos deemed offensive according to the sensibility and the unappealable decision of the jury will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>The winner will be selected and awarded by the President of the jury <strong>Bruce Gilden<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for Single Photos<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00bb New Buildings \u2013 Matrix4Design Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Prize offered by our partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Matrix4Design.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Matrix4Design<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\nPhotos representing some of the symbols of architecture that have helped change the look of the city over the past ten years. If you wish to enter, you will only have to add the category <strong>New Buildings<\/strong> <strong>(Matrix4Design prize)<\/strong> to the <strong>Single Photos<\/strong> running in the category <strong>SPACES<\/strong>. Pictures will be judged by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Matrix4Design.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matrix4Design<\/a> editor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/it\/andrea-boni\/\"><strong>Andrea Boni<\/strong><\/a> , who will select a shortlist of the best photos and the Winner. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please add in the title the building&#8217;s name, the architect (if you know him\/her) and the city<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb &#8220;Trieste Science+Fiction Festival&#8221; Prize<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Prize offered by our partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Science + Fiction Festival<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\nArtistic photographs freely inspired by <strong>science fiction in our daily life<\/strong>. Space for creativity, post-production, photo editing, mixed media: alien planets, visions from the future, technological cities, spaceships, robots, parallel universes, time travel, everything related to science fiction imagery and the science fiction that our reality offers. If you wish to enter, you will only have to add the category <strong>Science+Fiction<\/strong> <strong>(Trieste Science+Fiction Festival Prize)<\/strong> to the <strong>Single Photos<\/strong> competing in the <strong>CREATIVE<\/strong> category. Pictures will be judged by Daniele Trani, Lorenzo del Porto and Daniele Braida, who will select the shortlist and the winning photo.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #285f75; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00bb SECTION #2 \u00bb <strong>PROJECTS &amp; PORTFOLIOS<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Contestants can submit sets of photos, linked to each other by a common trait. The sets can be in the form of photographic projects, thematic portfolios, series, reportages and storyboards (sequences of images telling a story).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for Projects &amp; Portfolios:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Projects will have to contain from a <strong>minimum of 3 to a maximum of 12 photos<\/strong>. Post-production and photo-editing are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Authors will have to write a brief description of their projects in English (Google Translate can be used as a support), to be uploaded with the photos.<\/li>\n<li>Each contestant can submit <strong>as many portfolios as they please<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Both colour and black-and-white photos are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Post-production and photo-editing are allowed at the discretion of the author.<\/li>\n<li>Photos with signatures, filigrees, frames or visible marks will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Photos deemed offensive according to the sensibility and the unappealable decision of the jury will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for Projects &amp; Portfolios<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #285f75; text-decoration: underline;\">\u00bb SECTION #3 \u00bb <strong>URBAN BOOK AWARD<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>URBAN Book Award is a new section, dedicated to extended projects, inspired by the theme <em>Urban Life: Urban Photography<\/em>. Authors can here compete with <strong>drafts of their own photographic books, in pdf format<\/strong>. The goal is to give the winning photographer the possibility to produce and promote their own authorial project internationally. It will be <strong>published as a paper book by dotART \/ URBAN<\/strong> and officially presented during the festival <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe new section <strong>URBAN Book Award <\/strong>is designed for photographers that feel the limit of 12 photos set for the <strong>Projects &amp; Portfolio <\/strong>section as a restraint, and would like to submit extended projects (or larger versions of the same projects already competing in the <strong>Projects &amp; Portfolio <\/strong>section).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for URBAN Book Award:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contestants will have to upload a &#8220;dummy&#8221;, a draft of the book in pdf format, with a clear structure, even if not well-finished or ready to be printed yet.<\/li>\n<li>If a pdf format cannot be provided, single photos can be submitted, as far as they are renamed in sequence and gathered in a single zip folder.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum of 128 pages.<\/li>\n<li>Contestants can submit up to 3 books each.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum size of the pdf or zip folder: 100 MB.<\/li>\n<li>The suggested paper sizes are: A4 (21 x 29.7 cm, vertical or horizontal) or square (22 x 22 cm). If the winning book is of a different size, dotART reserves the right to adapt it to the ones mentioned before.<\/li>\n<li>Authors are free to create the layout of the book as they please, to employ text and to choose the photographic style they prefer.<\/li>\n<li>The winner will receive a publishing offer, with a regular publishing contract.<\/li>\n<li>The staff of the contest will ask the selected author to provide high-resolution versions of the photos composing the book.<\/li>\n<li>The book will be realized and published by the end of September 2021, in limited deluxe edition. It will also be promoted through dotART networks (Urban Photo Awards and Trieste Photo Days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for URBAN Book Award<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #285f75;\">\u00bb SECTION # 4 \u00bb <strong>BRUCE GILDEN SPECIAL PRIZE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Special section in honor of the president of the jury <strong>Bruce Gilden<\/strong> and his characteristic <strong>street photography<\/strong>. The section is open to<strong> street photography Projects \/ Portfolios \/ Series<\/strong> destined to be part of a <strong>prestigious photographic volume<\/strong> edited by Bruce Gilden himself. The volume will contain 7-8 portfolios selected by him, along with one of his unpublished projects, and will be presented in preview at <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>. The selected projects will also be exhibited in a group exhibition, also as part of the festival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-expand su-expand-collapsed su-expand-link-style-dotted\" data-height=\"0\"><div class=\"su-expand-content su-u-trim\" style=\"color:#333333;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden\">\n<p><em>Guidelines for Bruce Gilden Special Prize:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Projects \/ Portfolios \/ Series freely inspired by Bruce Gilden&#8217;s street photography. Over more than 50 years Bruce Gilden has honed his immediately recognizable street photography style: up-close, emotionally engaging, and real photographs, of real people. From his trademark, flash-lit black and white street scenes to his now equally identifiable &#8216;faces&#8217; series, Gilden&#8217;s work distills the variety, character, and motion of the street.<\/li>\n<li>Projects will have to contain from a <strong>minimum of 3 to a maximum of 20 photos<\/strong>. Post-production and photo-editing are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Authors will have to write a brief description of their projects in English (Google Translate can be used as a support), to be uploaded with the photos.<\/li>\n<li>Each contestant can submit <strong>as many portfolios as they please<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Both colour and black-and-white photos are allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Post-production and photo-editing are allowed at the discretion of the author.<\/li>\n<li>Photos with signatures, filigrees, frames or visible marks will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>Photos deemed offensive according to the sensibility and the unappealable decision of the jury will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>The book will be realized and published by the end of September 2021, in limited deluxe edition. It will also be promoted through dotART networks (Urban Photo Awards and Trieste Photo Days).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-more\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-right\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\"><strong>Important! Guidelines for Bruce Gilden Special Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-expand-link su-expand-link-less\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" style=\"color:#ff6600;border-color:#ff6600\"><i class=\"sui sui-arrow-up\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"\"><\/i><span style=\"border-color:#ff6600\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">03. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">ENTERING<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contest will start on <strong>March 1, 2021<\/strong>, and will end at midnight on <strong>May 31, 2021 <\/strong>CET.<br \/>\nTo enter the contest, you will just have to fill in the online form in the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.urbanphotoawards.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>User Area<\/strong><\/a>, to upload files and pay the submission fee. Users already registered in the past years can log in with the same data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Single<br \/>\nPhotos<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First submitted photo:<strong> 10 \u20ac<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n+ <strong>5 \u20ac<\/strong> for each additional photo submitted<del><br \/>\n<\/del><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First submitted photo: <strong>12 \u20ac<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n+<strong> 8 \u20ac<\/strong> for each additional photo submitted<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Projects<br \/>\n&amp; Portfolios<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>35 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>40 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>URBAN<br \/>\nBook Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>15 \u20ac<\/strong> for each book submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the book<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>20 \u20ac<\/strong> for each book submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the book<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Bruce Gilden<br \/>\nSpecial Prize<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Birds (until 31\/3\/2021)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>45 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>From 01\/04\/2021<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>50 \u20ac<\/strong> for each portfolio submitted, regardless of the number of photos composing the portfolio<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the User Area you can upload, check, add or delete your Photos and\/or Projects &amp; Portfolios \/ Books, modify the titles and descriptions and manage the payment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">04. <strong>JURY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Entries will be selected by dotART and presented anonymously to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/it\/category\/jury\/jury-2021\/\"><strong>prestigious jury<\/strong><\/a>, chaired by Bruce Gilden. The other members of the jury will be soon defined.<br \/>\nThe jury and dotART have the right to award more than one photo realised by the same author and to assign it to a different section if necessary. The decisions made by the jury are final.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">05. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">TIMELINE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>1 March \u2013 31 May 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>Registration open for Single Photos, Projects &amp; Portfolios, Books<\/p>\n<p><em>By the end of June 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Selected Photographers<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked). The photographers will have the chance to participate in summer exhibitions and previews as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>By the middle of July 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Semi-finalist Photographers<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): around 100 single photos, 50 projects &amp; portfolios and 20 Book Award volumes will be selected.<\/p>\n<p><em>By the end of July 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Finalist Photographers<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): around 40 single photos, 20 projects &amp; portfolios and 5 Book Award volumes will be selected.<\/p>\n<p><em>By the middle of September 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The names of the <strong>Winner Photographs<\/strong> will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): around 12 single photos, 3 projects &amp; portfolios and 1 <em>Book Award<\/em> volume (in this case, the winner).<\/p>\n<p><em>Saturday 24 October 2021<br \/>\n<\/em>The<strong> final ranking<\/strong> will be announced during <a href=\"http:\/\/triestephotodays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Photo Days<\/strong><\/a> festival. The final ranking will then be published on URBAN website and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UrbanPhotoContest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Facebook page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">06. <strong>PRIZES AND RANKING<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The total prize value is <strong>\u20ac 23,000<\/strong>. Prizes are divided as follows: <div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\">\u00bb SECTION #1 \u00bb <strong>SINGLE PHOTOS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>URBAN 2021 <\/strong><strong>Single Photos Winner<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The winner of the Single Photos section will be selected by the president of the jury <strong>Bruce Gilden<\/strong> among the best four contestants of each section (Street \/ People \/ Spaces \/ Creative) during the prize-giving ceremony, Saturday, October 30, 2021, on the occasion of Trieste Photo Days. The prizes will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>1,500<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>URBAN 2021 <strong>Trophy<\/strong> &#8211; Bruce Gilden<\/li>\n<li>+ First Ranked prizes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>First ranked in each section<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The final ranking will be based on the average of the grades given by the members of the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>New Buildings &#8211; Matrix4Design special Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Chosen by <strong>Andrea Boni<\/strong> among the photos marked with the category <em>New Building<\/em> in the <strong>Spaces<\/strong> section. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>500<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>&#8220;Trieste Science+Fiction&#8221; Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Chosen by Daniele Trani, Daniele Braida and Lorenzo del Porto among the photos marked with the category <em>Science+Fiction<\/em> in the <strong>Creative<\/strong> section. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>five-night stay for two<\/strong> in Trieste in order to attend both the award ceremony at <strong>Trieste Photo Days<\/strong> and the <strong>Trieste Science+Fiction Festival<\/strong> (\u20ac 450 value *)<\/li>\n<li>1 free pass for <strong>Trieste Science+Fiction Festival <\/strong>+<strong> 1 kit <\/strong>(bag and catalogue)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>Honourable Mentions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Honourable mentions are assigned by the jury to the most representative photos for each section and thematic area. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>Remarkable Rewards <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Remarkable Rewards are requested by the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb SECTION #2 \u00bb <strong>PROJECTS &amp; PORTFOLIOS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>URBAN 2021 <\/strong><strong>Projects &amp; Portfolios Winner<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The winner of the Projects &amp; Portfolios section will be selected and awarded by Rebecca Norris Webb during the prize-giving ceremony, Saturday, October 24, during Trieste Photo Days. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>1,000<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li>Personal exhibition at <strong>&#8220;Stelio Crise&#8221; Library<\/strong> \/ Trieste Photo Day 2021 (\u20ac 1,000 value)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>Honourable Mentions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Honourable mentions are requested by the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb SECTION #3 \u00bb <strong>URB<span style=\"color: #285f75;\">AN B<\/span>ook Award<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<h4><strong>URBAN Book Award Winner<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The final ranking will be based on the average of the grades given by the members of the jury. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production and publication of the book (\u20ac 2,000 value)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-nights stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li>Personal exhibition at <strong>&#8220;Stelio Crise&#8221; Library<\/strong> \/ Trieste Photo Day 2021 (\u20ac 1,000 value)<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal + Trophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb SECTION # 4 \u00bb <strong>BRUCE GILDEN SPECIAL AWARD<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p><strong>7-8 projects<\/strong> personally selected by Bruce Gilden.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production and publication of the Book (total value \u20ac 2,000)<\/li>\n<li>1 free copy of the Book for each author (to be picked-up at Trieste Photo Days)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group exhibition<\/strong> with Bruce Gilden (venue TBD)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #285f75;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\u00bb URBAN 2021 <strong>BEST AUTHOR<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dde2e2;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f7fcfc;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n<p>The photographer who will rank among the best in <strong>several sections, thematic areas and\/or categories<\/strong>, giving proof of its clear, definite style, will be declared URBAN 2021 Best Author. The prizes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon Gift Card: <strong>\u20ac<\/strong> <strong>500<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An invitation as <strong>guest of honour<\/strong> to <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong>, including a <strong>two-night stay for two<\/strong>, in order to attend the award ceremony (\u20ac 180 value *)<\/li>\n<li>An invitation to <strong>URBAN 2021 gala dinner <\/strong>at Trieste Photo Days<\/li>\n<li><strong>Collective exhibition<\/strong> at Trieste Photo Day 2021 displaying the works of all the winners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publication<\/strong>, both online and in a photographic book<\/li>\n<li>Prizes offered by our tech partners (TBA)<\/li>\n<li>Medal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>* the invitation is valid only on October 29 and 30, 2021, for those who attend the prize-giving ceremony during the festival. Prize cannot be combined or redeemed otherwiseis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">07. <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">PRIZES OFFERED BY OUR PARTNERS<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00bb Exhibition in Pore\u010d Museum, Croatia<\/strong> (\u20ac 1,000 value)<br \/>\n<strong>1 ranked project<\/strong> from the \u201cProjects &amp; Portfolios\u201d section \u2013 selected directly by the curators of the museum \u2013 will be displayed in <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.muzejporec.hr\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zavi\u010dajni muzej Pore\u0161tine<\/a><\/b>, in Porec, Istria (Croatia), at the end of July 2021 (tourist peak averaging <b>120,000 people<\/b> in the summer time). Moreover, the Museum will release an <b>official certificate of exhibition<\/b>. The selected author will also be awarded with a<strong> free 2 nights stay in Trieste<\/strong> to attend URBAN\u2019s Award Ceremony at <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong> festival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb Exhibition in &#8220;Sartorio&#8221; Museum, Trieste, Italy<\/strong> (\u20ac 2,000 value)<br \/>\n<strong>4 Semifinalists projects<\/strong> will be selected by a special jury and exhibited in October 2021 at the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/museosartoriotrieste.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Civic Museum \u201cSartorio\u201d<\/strong><\/a> of Trieste, during <a href=\"http:\/\/triestephotodays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Photo Days<\/strong><\/a> festival. All selected authors will also be awarded with a<strong> free 2 nights stay in Trieste<\/strong> to attend URBAN\u2019s Award Ceremony at <strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong> festival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">08. <strong>PRIZES:<\/strong> <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">WINNERS EXHIBIT AND AWARD CEREMONY<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The highest placing works with be published on the competition\u2019s website and will be displayed in a collective exhibit on October 2021, in Trieste during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.triestephotodays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Photo Days 2021<\/strong><\/a> festival. The printing of the photos will be the responsibility of dotART. Some of the entered photos may in addition be selected for exhibits in Italy and abroad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">09. <strong>PRIZES: PUBLICATION<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00bb URBAN website<\/strong><br \/>\nA large selection of the ranked pictures will be published on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/winners-2020\/winners-2020-single-pictures\/\"><strong> gallery page of this website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bb \u201cURBAN unveils the City and its secrets \u2013 Vol. 07\u201d photo book<\/strong><br \/>\nThe highest placing works will be admitted to the selection to realize the seventh edition of <em><strong>Urban unveils the City and its secrets<\/strong><\/em>. The photo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/category\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>book<\/strong><\/a>, edited in September, will be presented during Trieste Photo Days festival the last weekend of October, and distributed by Urban\/dotART cultural association.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00bb Publication onmedia partner&#8217;s websites and magazines<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/b>TBA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10. <strong>EXHIBIT \/ PREVIEWS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The best ranked pictures (usually, 30% of the <strong>Selected<\/strong> photos \u2013 see Art. 5) could be chosen for &#8220;travelling&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/it\/category\/exhibitions\/2019-exhibitions\/\"><strong>exhibitions around the world<\/strong><\/a> in the context of dotART&#8217;s events (Trieste Photo Fringe \/ Photo Days Tour).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">11. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">PAYMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can pay in the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.urbanphotoawards.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>User Area<\/strong><\/a>. We accept these payment methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PayPal to <a href=\"mailto:paypal@dotart.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>paypal@dotart.it<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paypal.me\/dotart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>www.paypal.me\/dotart<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Bank transfer to dotART &#8211; IBAN IT43F0306909606100000010209 \/ BIC\/SWIFT Code: BCITITMM (please add text: \u201cUrban 2021\u201d. IMPORTANT: include the email used in the upload form)<\/li>\n<li>Payment by hand at dotART, Via S. Francesco 6 &#8211; 2nd floor, Trieste, Italy &#8211; by appointment (info@dotart.it or Tel. +39 040 3720617)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you wish to pay by bank transfer you can make a single payment specifying &#8220;Contribution to Urban Photo Contest 2021 + section1 + Name + Email&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">12. <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">COPYRIGHT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each photographer maintains moral and intellectual property rights on their submitted works. Each author grants the dotART association the non-exclusive right to use the winning\/selected images to promote\/advertise the association&#8217;s non-profit activities, subject to official communication to the author (whose name will always be attributed to the work).<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">13. <strong>ACCEPTANCE OF THE RULES \/ MODEL RELEASE<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By entering the competition, the Author accepts the present rules and declares that he\/she is the owner of the intellectual property rights and of the rights of use of the submitted image and of any necessary release notes. Documentation of rights ownership must be presented to dotART upon request.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">14. <strong>RIGHT TO CANCEL OR TO SUSPEND THE COMPETITION<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If for any reason the Competition cannot be run as planned, due to infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, trojan horses, denial of service attacks, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause that corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Competition, dotART reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual(s) seen to have tampered with the entry process and\/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition. If dotART elects to cancel or terminate the Competition, it will not retain any rights to the submitted photographs and it will return all entry fees.<br \/>\ndotART is not responsible for the cancellation or modification of the prizes offered by the partners.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:60px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#000000\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 01. CONTEST The cultural association dotART, based in Trieste, Italy, is organising the 12th edition of URBAN Photo Awards contest. 02. 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