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Magnum Photographer Jérôme Sessini builds a passion for photography, discovering documentary photography through books shown by a friend, a photographer. He initiates his own practice, shooting people, landscapes and the daily lives of those around

Manfred Baumann was born in Vienna in 1968. The Leica photographer has since presented his works worldwide in the form of exhibitions, books, and calendars. His photographs are displayed in museums as well as in

Graziano Perotti was born in Pavia in 1954 where he still resides. As a photojournalist, she has published over 200 reports (of travel, culture and social) on the most important magazines, obtaining 20 covers and

Bengali photographer Md Enamul Kabir is the Winner Overall of URBAN Photo Awards tenth edition: his photo Coexhistence was chosen by the President of the Jury Martin Parr who awarded the author, albeit virtually, during

As you know, this year we made some changes to the final ranking of URBAN Photo Awards, introducing a new award, the Best Author: an acknowledgment reserved for the competitor who reach the highest parts

The award ceremony for the tenth edition of URBAN Photo Awards will be held on Saturday 26 October 2019 at 8 pm in Trieste, Italy, at the Sala Xenia (Riva 3 Novembre on the corner

The traveling exhibitions of the best photos from URBAN 2019 Photo Awards, which began this summer with a series of exhibitions in Croatia, Poland and Slovakia, continue in Trieste, Italy, during Trieste Photo Days 2019

The 5th volume of the "URBAN Unveils the City and its Secrets" series that includes the work of 173 photographers ranked in URBAN Photo Awards 2019. The series provides the reader with an overview of

After the usual tour of international exhibitions around Europe (still ongoing), we are pleased to finally unveil the URBAN 2019 Photo Awards winners

Four projects from URBAN 2019 Photo Awards won the prestigious “Trieste's Museums” Award and the related exhibition at the “Sartorio” Museum of Trieste, Italy, which will be held from 25 October 2019 to 6 January

Starting from July 18, the best ranked pictures from URBAN 2019 Photo Awards will be displayed around Europe, for the usual series of “travelling exhibit previews”. This year we reached a new record: 700+ photos

Portfolios: "Berlin Wall" - Andrea Falcon, "Symbiosis"Antonio Salaverry, "Bus Stop 522" - Gabriele Calamelli , "Emergence" - Gigi Chung, "Urban Vision", Giovanni Paolini, "Nottetempo" - Mariateresa Crisigiovanni, "Of A Different Stripe" - Max Sturgeon, "Quantum World Industrial" - Nik Brezginov , "Geneva

Portfolios: "Curves"  - Anna Domaneschi , "Malta" - Hubert Michel – , "Minimal Poetics" - Jose Roberto BassulPhotos: Alena Kakhanovich, Andrea Rosti, Antonella Pellegrino, Barbara Lei, Carla Cosenza Mormile, Carlos Sauvageot, Colin Page, Consuelo Sala, Cristobal Cassinello, Daniele

Portfolios:  "Carrying Identities" - Ventura Formicone, "Urban Sprawl" -  Emmanuel Monzon , "Lampedusa, Black Water" - Nanni Schiffl-Deiler Photos: Allan Syphers, Andrea Scirè, Barbara Ebner, Carlos Jose Freitas Mesquita, Carolina Chacon Cortes, Claudia Nicolini, Cristina Guernieri, Elisabetta Merlo, Emmanuel Monzon, Enzo

Portfolio:  "Shadows And Reflections" - Mattia PasiniPhotos: Aldo Trozzi, Andrea Misurova, Andrew Szatmari, Antonella Platania, Beatrice Giannitelli, Birgit Lu Mazen, Coralie Maneri, Davide Canali, Davy Liger, Dominika Koszowska, Federico Dessardo, Filippo Ferraro, Georg Worecki, Giuseppe Ulizio, Hansa

Photos: Adam Riley, Adria Paez Forteza, Adriano Nicoletti, Alessandro Secondin, Ambra Mariani, Andrea Comino, Andrea Scirè, Anil Purohit, Anna Martynenko, Annu Esko, Antonino Orlando, Barbara Francoli, Barry Gilbert-Miguet, Bartek Busz, Beppe Castellani, Birgit Lu Mazen, Carla

Portfolios : "Goyang Love"- Matthias Ley , "Pripijat" - Daniele Gussago  , "Urban Isolation in Tokyo" -  Shunsuke Matsunaga  e "Walks" - Suzette BrossPhotos: Andrea Misurova, Antonio Peronem Antonio Presta, Berbara Ebner, Birgit Lu Mazen, Bohdan Lesiv, Carolina

Portfolio:  "Between Me And You (And Them)" - Marcin Piekalkiewicz Photos: Alessandro Pellican, Allan Syphers, Andrea Misurova, Anna Reeves, Antonello Vito, Antonio Presta, Antonio Salaverry, Antonio Trogu, Arnab Sarkar, Barbara Ebner, Cesare Augello, Clive Eariss, Cristina Capellino, Cristina

Photos: Roberto Martinez Duarte,Roberto Malagoli, Yhanthan Brioschi, Tiberio Sorvillo, Soemyint Winn,Martina Libralato, Leonardo Depari, Emanuele Bissoli, Arnab Sarkar, Anil Purohit, Laurens Bon.

Photos: Javier Aranburu, Colin Page, Silvia Pugliesi, Lorenzo Giaccone, Sylwia Ciszewska – Peciak, Anil Purohit, Antonio Trogu, Rouben Alaverdian, Tiberio Sorvillo, Marijon Walter, Michel Guillet, Roberto Pestarino, Richard Shears, Andrea Misurova, Francesco Baroni, Paolo Bullo, Radek

Photos: Tommaso Fossati, Tomasz Zaj, Silvia Pugliesi, Sergio Perez, Roberto Pestarino, Roberto Malagoli, Riccardo Sacotelli, Neva Martelanc, Mariano Iorio, Lorendana Armao, John Culbertson, Giacomo Festa, Fulvio Frioli, Anna Reeves, Emanuele Bissoli, Diletta Cordesch, Diego StellinoDaniel Heilig,

Photos: Viraj Bunnag, Tullia Diena, Shinya Itahana, Samantha Degrassi, Alberto David Fernàndez, Riccardo Saccottelli, Raluca Butnaru, Radek Kozak, Pierre Neret, Sara de Canta, Marisa Paoli, Marco Immediata, Lorenzo Mini, John Culbertson, Ingrid Gielen, Giacomo Festa,

Photos: Antonello Vito, Antonio Tartaglia, Don Kline, Jessica Richardson, Joseph Smith, Kristina Koroleva, Mimma Livini, Simona Nobili, Viraj Bunnag, Daria Orlianska, Lu Furne, Mario Bianchini, Marketa Cermak, Karl Dedolph, Patrizia Pezzino, Riccardo Crevatin, Stefano Agnello, Lukasz

Photos: Viraj Bunnag, Tiberio Sorvillo, Nadia Vicentini, Nathanael Fournier, Sergey Tesker, Riccardo Crevatin, Raluca Butnaru, Radek Kozak, Patrizia Pezzino, Michel Guillet, Yamil Vidal, Mauro Marass, Maurizio Ugolini, Mattia Pasini, Marketa Cermak, Marina Franci, Marcellus Ruben

Photos: Andrea Pozzoni, Magrieta Jelterna, Monica Dentoni, Jeannette Muller, Lorenzo Aimo, Stefano Agnello, Clive Eariss, Tomasz Zajac, Tommaso Fossati, Waldemar Ostrowski

Photos: Rouben Alaverdian,Alessandro Lucia, Carla Cosenza Mormile, Corrado Enea Crevatin, Daniele Dal Pozzolo,Gloria Galovic, Kristina Koroleva, Massimo Faralli, Michael Kofteros, Radek Kozak, Riccardo Moretti.

Photos: Umberto Cenedese, Roberto Furlan, Robert Ebner, Raluca Butnaru, Noor Dawod, Margherita Di Ciolo, Marco Bianchini, Marcello Terruli, Lucilla Floreancig, Luca Lorenzi, Jens Kruse, Davy Liger, Cristian Ribichini, Andrea Sabbadin, Amadeusz Jackiewicz.

Portfolios: “Downtown” – Douglas Ljungkvist, “Belleville Murals”- Giuliana Mariniello & “Territoires” – Philippe Sarfati

Portfolio: “Urban Myopias” – Martine Michaud Photos: Ugo Garzia, Merethe Wessel-Berg, Tonino Corso, Shunsuke Matsunaga, Massimo Tabasso, Massimo Russo, Maicol Baiana, Jens Kruse, Ignasi Raventos, Gabriele Altin, Franco Luigi Beretta, Daniele Pollice, Carolina Chacon Cortes, Antonello Vito,

Portfolios: “Structura” – Luca Vegetti, “Perspective” – Antonio Salaverry & “The Glamour of an Artwork” – Rosella TapellaPhotos: Paolo Davide Manina, Maria Francesca Bertoli, Marco Della Pasqua, Marco Bianchini, Lucilla Floreancig, Jeannette Müller, Cristina Guernieri.

Portfolio: “Nature City” – Antonio CunicoPhotos: Barbara Ebner, Eugenio Novarjra, Francesco Gaia, Francesco Licandro, Gabby Griggs, Marina Franci, Ramòn Cabello.

Portfolio: "Milano. In Dettaglio. Ti dico." - Elisabetta GattiPhotos: Wei Jian Chan, Volodymyr Demkiv, Rouben Alaverdian, Robert Ebner, Riccardo Crevatin, Merethe Wessel-Berg, Mattia Pasini, Gerhard Wagner, Frederic Ducos, Floren Perroud, Elisabetta Merlo, Coralie Maneri, Clive Eariss,

Portfolio: “Isolated” – Javier AraNburuPhotos: Stefano Claudi, Mattia Pasini, Marco Della Pasqua, Jose Gaston Barriga, Jens Kruse, Ester Pertegato, Amadeusz Jackiewicz.

Portfolio: “Devouring Shadows” – Luca ValentaPhotos: Renzo Donati, Raluca Butnaru, Niccolò Corvini, Mario Fazio, Marco Brendolini, Enrica Ridolfi, Davide Gatti, Dario Zambello, Daria Orlianska, Carolina Cantore.

Portfolio: “Abandoned Art in Decay” – Roman RobroekPhotos: Barbara Lei, Emanuela Bristot, Fabien Jakob, Michel Guillet, Min Jun Kim, Monica Dentoni, Rebeka Legovic, Robert Ebner, Roberto Furlan, Tommaso Fossati.

Portfolios : ““Selfalonia” – Roberto Giovetti & “Urban Pathos” – Giorgio Negro

Portfolios by: “Finibus Terrae” – Adriano Nicoletti & “New York Landscapes” – Julia Cody

Portfolios by: “Curved Concrete” – Antonio Salaverry & “Emergence” – Gigi Chung

Portfolios by: “Something Yellow” – Antonio Ros, “Noi ci saremo” – Mariateresa CrisigiovanniPhotos by: Mario Fazio, John Culbertson

Portfolio: “Mimicry” – Robin YongPhotos by: Adriano Nicoletti, Alberto David Fernàndez, Christina Kruml, Cristian Ribichini, Giulio Bulfoni, Maria Francesca Bertoli, Patricia Richards, Tom Stahl

Portfolios by: “Dunnycan” – Daniela Patri & Romina Calini , “Six in Seven, Hong Kong labour at street level” – Scott R. McmasterPhotos by: Antonello Vito, Barbara Ebner, Enrico Mika Crevatin, Marina Labagnara

Portfolios by: “Dunnycan” – Daniela Patri & Romina Calini , “Six in Seven, Hong Kong labour at street level” – Scott R. McmasterPhotos by: Antonello Vito, Barbara Ebner, Enrico Mika Crevatin, Marina Labagnara

Portfolios by: “Dunnycan” – Daniela Patri & Romina Calini , “Six in Seven, Hong Kong labour at street level” – Scott R. McmasterPhotos by: Antonello Vito, Barbara Ebner, Enrico Mika Crevatin, Marina Labagnara

Portfolios by: “Dunnycan” – Daniela Patri & Romina Calini , “Six in Seven, Hong Kong labour at street level” – Scott R. McmasterPhotos by: Antonello Vito, Barbara Ebner, Enrico Mika Crevatin, Marina Labagnara

Photos by: Alberto David Fernández, Andrea Barbuto, Andrea Carroll, Andrea Misurova, Andrea Pozzoni, Andrew Szatmari, Anil Purohit, Anna Pizzoccaro, Antonino Arcangelo, Antonio Trogu, Arnab Sarkar, Avarino Caracò, Barbara Ebner, Barbara Lei, Bohdan Lesiv, Carla Cosenza

Projects & Porfolio:Giovanni Paolini - "Urban Vision" Mariagrazia Beruffi - "La Boda" Roberto Di Patrizi - "Railway Station"

Thursday, July 18 2019 at 19.30 will open the collective exhibit at the Porec Museum (Croatia) with 3 selected portfolios from URBAN 2019 Photo Awards. Projects has been selected by Museum’s director and URBAN Juror

After the announcement of the Semifinalist Photographers we arrived at the third “leg” of the path that will take us to the winners. Check out the list of URBAN 2019 FINALIST PHOTOGRAPHERS! Congratulations to all! This year

dotART cultural association, together with Trieste Photo Days 2019 festival, launches through its platform Exhibit Around a new free call for entries for the project “The Ideal City of Leonardo”.We are looking for photographers interested

Good news! After the announcement of the Selected Photographers we arrived at the second “leg” of the path that will take us to the winners. Check out the list of URBAN 2019 SEMIFINALIST PHOTOGRAPHERS! Congratulations to all!

Here we are at the first step of the route that in October will take us to the Winners of URBAN 2019 Photo Awards. We are revealing the list of Selected Photographers. Congratulations to all!By

Submissions to URBAN 2019 Photo Awards are officially closed.We'd like to thank the many participants and wish everyone a sincere good luck.This amazing tenth edition, which began last March 1st, confirmed the growing trend of

Dino Kužnik is a New York based Photographer and Graphic Designer, originally from Slovenia, Europe. He uses photography as a medium to immortalize scenes that are aesthetically unique, with an emphasis on color and composition. Solitude is

We are checking the numerous submissions received during the weekend. We remind that in order to formalize the submissions it's necessary to pay the registration fee no later than midnight on Wednesday 12 June 2019.In

[Italy] Simone Bramante is an Italian creative director and photographer.[gallery size="medium" maxrowheight="150" link="file" ids="27713,27711,27712,27714"]His work focuses on capturing emotions, style and colors through his stories, developing personal and commercial projects focused on a unique and

Submissions to URBAN Photo Awards tenth edition will officially close next Sunday, June 9th 2019 at 23.59 CET.[tminus t="6/10/2019" days="days" style="hoth" omitweeks="true"/] [su_spacer]Last days therefore to submit photos and projects and test your talent competing

Marietta Varga was born in 1992, in Hungary. She completed her studies, BA in Photography at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design between 2013-2016. Currently living and working between Budapest and Siófok. Her visual world is

[Germany] Laura Zalenga is a 1990 born (self-)portrait-artist from southern Germany who always searches for interesting people, magical places and peculiar way of showing both combined. It’s her clear visual language, surprising concepts and the

[Poland / Ireland] Agata is an architect turned photographer and entrepreneur. Originally from Poland Agata moved to Dublin in 2003. In 2008 opened D-Light Studios, the multimedia space in Dublin, which promotes art, culture and

[Czech Republic] Martin Stranka, a native of the Czech Republic who lives in Prague, is a self-taught professional photographer, born on April 13 1984. Martin was a bored student plodding through courses in business school

Richard Koci Hernandez is an internationally recognized, award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia. Koci Hernandez recently published “The Principles of Multimedia Journalism: Packaging Digital News” Routledge, 2015. Koci Hernandez is a national Emmy award winning

[USA] Travis Jensen is a San Francisco/Los Angeles based photographer, producer and editor. While his personal work focuses on candid street scenes, street portraits and urban landscapes, he makes a living as a commercial, lifestyle,

A new, important exhibition is added to the rich prize pool of URBAN 2019, thanks to the partnership with the Civic Museums of History and Art of the Municipality of Trieste. Two Semifinalists projects will be

Due to high demand we have scheduled a new deadline for URBAN 2019 Photo Awards, international contest organized by Italian cultural association dotART. Photos and projects can be submitted until Sunday, June 9th, 2019 at

Photographer and director Camila Falquez’s creative point of view is shaped by her background in ballet and contemporary dance. She is inspired by the human body and sees its movement through space as a kind

[USA/China] Cocu Liu is a mobile photographer and designer based in San Francisco bay area. He was born and raised in Beijing, China and spend five years in Chicago, IL prior to reside in San

[USA] Douglass’ artistic journey began in his teenage years with observing and documenting the skateboard culture. Learning how to shoot, edit and produce short films during his youth inspired Douglass to pursue a film degree

This year as well our main partner Zavičajni muzej Poreštine (Poreč Museum in Istria, Croatia) has confirmed a 1.000 € value prize for 3 ranked projects from the “Projects & Portfolios” section. The projects will

Urban Photo Awards is constantly evolving. We’ve extended the deadline competition’s until 9th June. Now, we’ve others good news for you! The Urban Photo Awards Jury is complete! This year a great parade of international

A new important prize is added to this tenth edition of URBAN Photo Awards, thanks to the partnership with the Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design, Poland (Krakowskie Szkoły Artystyczne).The School will award the

We are honored to have for the third time in a row the American company Think Tank Photo among our technical partners for URBAN. In their factory based in Santa Rosa (California), they produce bags,

Don't miss the opportunity to challenge your photography skills in URBAN 2019 Photo Awards. Enter now and enjoy Early Bird Promotion until March 31st![su_table]Single Photos Projects, Portfolios & SeriesEarly Bird (till 31/3/2019) First Submitted Photo: 10 € + 5

On Friday, March 1st, 2019 submissions will be open for URBAN Photo Awards tenth edition, international contest organized by Italian cultural association dotART together with media partner Photographers.it.More than € 7,000 in prize value: €

Graduated in History at the Ca 'Foscari University of Venice, graduated in Archival, Paleography and Diplomacy at the State Archive of Venice, she studied archival, photographic and library studies, worked at the Ca' Foscari University

[Mexico / UK] Marioly Vazquez (or Maria) is the creative mind behind Maria Marie, she is a photographer and stylist from Mexico currently living in London. Her main interest is photographing and styling interiors, still

After Martin Parr, we are pleased to announce another prominent name for the jury of the 10th edition of URBAN: Nick Turpin, British photographer and founder of the international street photographers collective iN-PUBLiC. Phil Coomes,

A jury of excellence take shape for the tenth edition of URBAN, which will start next March 1st: after the announcements of Martin Parr and Nick Turpin, we are pleased to welcome on board to

[Czech Republic] Czech photographer Miloš Nejezchleb has only been focusing on conceptual photographic work for 3 years; however, he has already won several awards. He is the winner of Czech Press Photo contest, double absolute

Art historian, since 2017 Director of the Museums and Libraries Service of the Municipality of Trieste, with expertise in the entire museum system and civic librarian. From 2015 to 2016 Director of the Bologna Museums Institution

Spanish magazine number 1 in photography, Super Foto, offers you all the news and news from the world of photography. In addition, analysis and evaluation of digital and analog products, nature photography, photographic trips, practical