{"id":31781,"date":"2025-04-02T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T07:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=31781"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:30:07","slug":"the-legacy-of-a-venice-biennale-artist-for-a-new-urban-special-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/the-legacy-of-a-venice-biennale-artist-for-a-new-urban-special-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"The legacy of a Venice Biennale artist for a new URBAN Special Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Giorgio Celiberti&#8217;s<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<em>&#8220;Special Prize for Artistic Sensitivity&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In Search of the Extraordinary<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>What does it take to be an artist? <\/em>At URBAN Photo Awards 2025, amidst the hundreds of talented photographers, only one exceptional voice will stand out as such. This year we welcome the <em><strong>\u201cSpecial Prize for Artistic Sensitivity\u201d<\/strong><\/em>: a one-of-a-kind award reserved for the photographer whose work captivates the sensibility of renowned <em>Venice Biennale<\/em> artist <strong>Giorgio Celiberti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Only one photo <\/strong>among the<strong> thousands<\/strong> submitted at URBAN will receive the Special Prize, and be awarded with the <strong>Celiberti Trophy<\/strong>. A valuable metal stele that carries Celiberti\u2019s legacy as well as prestige. Celiberti himself will hand craft the unique trophy statue, and <strong>personally hand it<\/strong> to the chosen photographer. An unmissable connection between two artists, happening at <strong>URBAN\u2019s Award Ceremony<\/strong> on October 25th in Trieste, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"1\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"1\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Celiberti-Giorgio-scultore-pittore-Udine-2008.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-0\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Celiberti-Giorgio-scultore-pittore-Udine-2008.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.2665726375176\" data-height=\"709\" data-width=\"898\" aria-label=\"Maurizio Frullani - \"Giorgio Celiberti scultore, pittore - Udine 2008\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Maurizio Frullani - \"Giorgio Celiberti scultore, pittore - Udine 2008\"<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:30px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Bounty of Prizes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The URBAN Celiberti Trophy, with an <strong>esteemed value of \u20ac1500<\/strong>, is just one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/prizes-2025\/\"><strong>remarkable prizes<\/strong><\/a> awaiting the winner of the <em><strong>\u201cSpecial Prize for Artistic Sensitivity.\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>In addition to this prestigious trophy, the recipient will also receive an invitation as a <strong>guest of honor<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triestephotodays.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Trieste Photo Days<\/strong><\/a> 2025, including a two-night stay for two. Other rewards include 10,000 PhotoPoints worth \u20ac100, an invitation to the <strong>gala dinner<\/strong>, and participating in a <strong>collective exhibition<\/strong>. Furthermore, the winner will have their work <strong>published <\/strong>both<strong> online <\/strong>and in a <strong>photographic book<\/strong>, ensuring their talent reaches a broader audience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bespoke Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Giorgio Celiberti will craft unique stele trophies for <strong>select URBAN winners<\/strong>, serving as tangible symbols of their achievements in urban photography.\u00a0Winners across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/prizes-2025\/\"><strong>various categories<\/strong><\/a>, including Single Pictures, Projects &amp; Portfolios, Book Award, URBAN Photo Arena, Press Award, and TPD Best Author will receive these bespoke art pieces. Special <strong>medallions<\/strong> will be awarded to other awarded in Single Pictures, Honorable Mentions, Remarkable Rewards, as well as recipients of the URBAN Zine Award and Arena finalists. Each trophy will be a unique, bespoke creation, <strong>tailored specifically to its respective category,<\/strong> ensuring that no two trophies are alike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"2\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"2\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6378_.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-1\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6378_.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.667\" data-height=\"1000\" data-width=\"667\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240510_110542_whte.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-1\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240510_110542_whte.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.667\" data-height=\"1000\" data-width=\"667\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/82728_.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-1\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/82728_.jpg\" data-ratio=\"0.66666666666667\" data-height=\"999\" data-width=\"666\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The images are illustrative of the Celiberti steles.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Stay tuned for the unveiling of the final masterpieces &#8211; the artist is creating!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"3\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"3\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6370-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-2\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6370-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"The studio of Giorgio Celiberti in Udine, Italy\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">The studio of Giorgio Celiberti in Udine, Italy\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6337-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-2\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6337-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4994232987313\" data-height=\"867\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Giorgio Celiberti during an interview\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Giorgio Celiberti during an interview\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"4\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"4\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6347-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-3\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6347-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Artifacts in Celiberti's studio\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Artifacts in Celiberti's studio<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6359-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-3\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6359-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Artifacts in Celiberti's studio\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Artifacts in Celiberti's studio\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"5\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"5\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6355-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-4\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6355-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Celiberti's atelier\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Celiberti's atelier<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6352-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-4\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6352-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Artifacts in Celiberti's studio\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Artifacts in Celiberti's studio<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"6\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"6\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6376-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-5\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6376-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Precious artifacts of a lifetime\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Precious artifacts of a lifetime<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6418-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-5\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6418-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Reviewing the past\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Reviewing the past<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200b\u200bBorn in 1929 in Udine, Giorgio Celiberti gained recognition at the age of nineteen at the 1948 <strong>Venice Biennale<\/strong>, still the <strong>youngest artist ever presented<\/strong> at the world famous art exposition. His travels in Europe and the United States deeply influenced his art, especially his time in Paris in the 1950s. In 1965, the moving experience of the Terezin concentration camp inspired him to create works focused on that event. In addition to painting, he dedicated himself to sculpture, exploring a wide range of materials and themes, exhibited in <strong>international shows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rgg-container\" data-rgg-id=\"7\">    <div class=\"rgg-imagegrid captions-overlay-hover-show captions-effect-slide_up \" data-rgg-id=\"7\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6465_BN-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-6\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-full rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5K3A6465_BN-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.5011547344111\" data-height=\"866\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"Celibertis' most \"precious\" statues\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">Celibertis' most \"precious\" statues<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giorgioceliberti.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>www.giorgioceliberti.com<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giorgio Celiberti&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Special Prize for Artistic Sensitivity&#8221; &nbsp; In Search of the Extraordinary &nbsp; What does it take to be an artist? At URBAN Photo Awards 2025, amidst the hundreds of talented photographers, only one exceptional voice will stand out as such. This year we welcome [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[530,126,6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31781"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37631,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31781\/revisions\/37631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}