{"id":39390,"date":"2025-09-02T17:29:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=39390"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:25:41","slug":"special-prize-for-artistic-sensitivity-by-giorgio-celiberti-an-artists-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/special-prize-for-artistic-sensitivity-by-giorgio-celiberti-an-artists-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Prize for Artistic Sensitivity by Giorgio Celiberti: An Artist\u2019s Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\u00a0<b>At URBAN Photo Awards 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, amidst thousands of striking entries, one photograph\u00a0 will be recognised above all others, not just for its technical excellence but for its <\/span><b>artistic sensitivity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Special Prize for Artistic Sensitivity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a singular recognition, awarded to the work that most deeply resonates with the sensibility of <\/span><b>Giorgio Celiberti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, acclaimed artist and long-time presence at the Venice Biennale.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The photograph selected for the prize will receive the <\/span><b>Celiberti Stele<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: a precious, handcrafted work of art designed and created by Celiberti himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artist will personally present the stele to the winning photographer during the <\/span><b>Trieste Photo Days Award Ceremony<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on <\/span><b>Saturday 25 October at 6:00 PM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is more than an award &#8211; it is a moment of deep connection between two artists, across generations and disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>The Significance of the Celiberti Stele<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he <\/span><b>Celiberti Stele<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a unique artwork, hand-sculpted by Giorgio Celiberti himself. A symbol of artistic sensitivity, the stele embodies the emotional and aesthetic legacy of a master who has devoted his life to the expressive power of art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giorgio Celiberti\u2019s influence will extend beyond the Special Prize. He will create <\/span><b>custom stele <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for top winners across multiple URBAN categories: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Pictures, Projects &amp; Portfolios, Book Award, URBAN Photo Arena, Press Award, and TPD Best Author.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Each stele will be <\/span><b>entirely unique<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, tailored to the spirit of its respective award. Honorable mentions, remarkable rewards, and Arena finalists will instead receive <\/span><b>Celiberti\u2019s sigilli &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offering each winner a meaningful and memorable symbol of their achievement.<\/span><\/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\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-3.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\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-3.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4994232987313\" data-height=\"867\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-2.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\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-2.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4994232987313\" data-height=\"867\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-1.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\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4994232987313\" data-height=\"867\" data-width=\"1300\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>About Giorgio Celiberti<\/strong><\/h3>\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\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-award-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-1\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-large rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-award-1-1024x745.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.3744966442953\" data-height=\"745\" data-width=\"1024\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-award-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-1\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-large rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-award-2-1024x745.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.3744966442953\" data-height=\"745\" data-width=\"1024\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-award-4.jpg\" data-rel=\"rgglightbox-gallery-1\" rel=\"rgg\"  class=\"rgg-disabled size-large rgg-img rl-gallery-link\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/giorgio-celiberti-artistic-sensitivity-award-4-1024x745.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.3744966442953\" data-height=\"745\" data-width=\"1024\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b\u200bBorn in 1929 in Udine, Giorgio Celiberti gained recognition at the age of nineteen at the 1948 <\/span><b>Venice Biennale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, still the <\/span><b>youngest artist ever presented<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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 <\/span><b>international shows<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giorgioceliberti.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><b>www.giorgioceliberti.com<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1125\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/winners-2024\/artistic-sensitivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1122\">Artistic Sensitivity Award 2024 Winners<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0At URBAN Photo Awards 2025, amidst thousands of striking entries, one photograph\u00a0 will be recognised above all others, not just for its technical excellence but for its artistic sensitivity.\u00a0 The Special Prize for Artistic Sensitivity is a singular recognition, awarded to the work that most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39390"}],"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=39390"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39431,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39390\/revisions\/39431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}