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INTERNATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
CONTEST

15th edition

Photo submitted at the URBAN Photo Awards contest

7 photographic
categories

Discover the photographic categories to which you can submit your photos. You will be able to compete in as many as you want and win in each of them, as well as competing for Photographer of the Year 2024!

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Harry Gruyaert Magnum Photographer as URBAN Photo Awards juror

Jury of international
experts and photographers

A jury of big international names, including Magnum Photographer Harry Gruyaert, Olympic photographer Adam Pretty, chief editors of major industry publications and many more!

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Photography contest with prizes

Lot of prizes
and lot of possibilities

In addition to competing for the title of Photographer of the Year 2024, you can win as first place in your category. Get noticed by the photographers on the jury and win media coverage in major magazines!

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URBAN Photo Awards: the contest that becomes the heart of
Trieste Photo Days festival

Timeline URBAN Photo Awards 2024

01.04 » 21.06.2024

Submissions open for Single Photos, Projects & Portfolios, Books, Zines and young section

By the end of June 2024

Selected Photographers will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked). 20% of selected photographers will have the chance to participate in summer exhibitions and previews as well.

By the middle of July 2024

Semifinalists will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): about 800 single photos, 100 projects & portfolios and 20 books will be selected.

By the end of July 2024

Finalist Photographers will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): about 200 single photos, 30 projects & portfolios and 5 books will be selected.

Mid-September 2024

Shortlist will be published on the website in alphabetical order (not ranked): about 40 single photos, 5 projects & portfolios and 3 books

Saturday 26 October 2024

Winner announcement and award ceremony live at Trieste Photo Days: overall winner, first classified, honorable mentions, special selected.

The Art of Victory: Trophies and Medals by Giorgio Celiberti™

Discover the new URBAN 2024 trophies and medals by Giorgio Celiberti™, the illustrious Venice Biennale Italian artist.

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The Stele of Giorgio Celiberti as URBAN Photo Awards trophy

The international photo contest dedicated to young talents!
Submit your photo to URBAN Photo Arena 2024! Other than competing for victory you will be able to experience the competition as a juror voting the competing photos.
Get your work seen by our international jurors and special guests!

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Jury 2024
Jury President
Belgian photograper, Magnum Photos member
Projects & Portfolios jury commission
Australian Pro Photographer
URBAN Book Award jury commission
British artist and photographer
The Patricia D. Richards Legacy Award prize commission
Editor and Artistic Director in Photography
Special Prize for Artistic Sensitivity commission
Italian painter and sculptor, artist of the Venice Biennale
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URBAN 2021 Real People – A tribute to Bruce Gilden @ Roma
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URBAN 2020 Awards Ceremony with Alex Webb @ Museo Revoltella / Trieste Photo Days 2020
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URBAN’s exhibits around the world

A photographic contest that becomes the heart of a Festival

URBAN Photo Awards is an international photo contest that sees every year thousand of partecipating pictures and hundreds of participants from all over the world. It is an always growing photography competition, one of the very few that goes “over the boundaries” of Internet offering to photographers real visibility through dozens of international photo exhibitions, original photo books and media coverage on some of the most important photography magazines. URBAN’s exhibitions culminate during Trieste Photo Days festival, which hosts the awards ceremony, the winners’ collective exhibition of winners and several exhibits of the best ranked photos.