{"id":39432,"date":"2025-09-07T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T08:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=39432"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T10:00:08","slug":"urban-photo-arena-2025-the-semifinalists-are-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/urban-photo-arena-2025-the-semifinalists-are-in\/","title":{"rendered":"URBAN Photo Arena 2025. The Semifinalists Are In!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vote for the knockout phase of URBAN Photo Arena is concluded. Congratulations to<\/span> <b>Caterina Nora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Daniel Brusilo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Debarun Biswas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><b> Jason Au <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the achievement so far! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the challenge moves to Trieste Photo Days (24-26 October), where the final two stages of the competition will take place live in front of the festival audience. In this final phase, the winners will be decided by the jurors of the URBAN Photo Awards 2025: <\/span><b>Matt Black<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Paolo Verzone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Denis Curti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Semifinals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Friday, October 24 &#8211; Sala Xenia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Final<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Sunday, October 26<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; During URBAN Photo Awards Ceremony<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Best on Display<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 4 semifinalists\u2019 competing photos will be displayed in the URBAN<\/span><b> Photo Arena group exhibition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will host the \u201c<\/span><b>BEST 15\u201d, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the best ranked photos resulting after the first exciting voting period of the contest \u2013 and a selection of local authors&#8217; photographs. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/urban-photo-arena\/bracket-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Here<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can find the <\/span><b>complete bracket<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with all contest\u2019s participants. The exhibition will be held at the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arturo Fittke<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hall during <\/span><b>Trieste Photo Days festival (24-26 October 2025)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in collaboration with the Department of Education and Family Policies through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pag.comune.trieste.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>PAG \u2013 Youth Area Project<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Municipality of Trieste<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Best Voter of URBAN Photo Arena 2025<\/h2>\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\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-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\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-1.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4610951008646\" data-height=\"694\" data-width=\"1014\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">\u00a9 Caterina Nora<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-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\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-2.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4610951008646\" data-height=\"694\" data-width=\"1014\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">\u00a9 Daniel Brusilo<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-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\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-3.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4610951008646\" data-height=\"694\" data-width=\"1014\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">\u00a9 Debarun Biswas<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-4.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\/URBAN-Photo-Arena-Top-4-Semifinalists-4.jpg\" data-ratio=\"1.4610951008646\" data-height=\"694\" data-width=\"1014\" aria-label=\"\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\">\n                <span class=\"rgg-caption-container\"><span class=\"rgg-caption\"><span class=\"rgg-inner-caption\">\u00a9 Jason Au<\/span><\/span><\/span>            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>The Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contest can be won in two ways: in addition to the traditional <\/span><b>podium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the<\/span><b> best photos voted by the jury<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (composed of both participants and the URBAN Top Jury), <\/span><b>perseverance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in voting and <\/span><b>photographic intuition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in knowing how to choose the winning photo are also rewarded. The \u201cBest Voter\u201d Award is conquered by the participant with the most points accumulated within the Semifinals round.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The score system<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a photo voted in a match <\/span><b>advances to the next round<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the voter<\/span><b> accumulates a score<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The number of points up for grabs <\/span><b>gradually increases,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making the challenge compelling and unpredictable until the very last minute! The \u201cBest Voter\u201d Award is therefore obtainable by all participants alike, even by photographers who have been eliminated from the main competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Best Voter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to <strong>Caterina Nora<\/strong><\/span><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0won the <\/span>second<b> \u201cBest Voter Award\u201d <\/b>for<b> URBAN Photo Arena<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conquered the ranking thanks to his perseverance in voting and a talented eye for the best photographs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Caterina Nora<\/strong> will receive a <\/span><b>\u20ac150 Amazon voucher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>Stroppa camera strap worth \u20ac60<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as prizes and will be awarded during the festival Award Ceremony.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vote for the knockout phase of URBAN Photo Arena is concluded. Congratulations to Caterina Nora, Daniel Brusilo, Debarun Biswas, and Jason Au for the achievement so far! Now the challenge moves to Trieste Photo Days (24-26 October), where the final two stages of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[530,6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39432"}],"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=39432"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39517,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39432\/revisions\/39517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}