We extend our deepest appreciation to more than 3000 photographers hailing from various corners of the world who have embraced the challenge of our contest. We wholeheartedly wish each of them the best of luck on their creative journey and in the next phases of the competition.

The response to our fourteenth edition of the contest has surpassed our expectations leaving us immensely gratified. The sheer excellence and quantity of submissions have been amazing, with a staggering 12.000 photos entered into the competition (including 265 for the Matrix4Design special prize), along with over 400 Projects and Portfolios and over 120 Photo Books. Our new format contest Young Photo Arena, dedicated to under 35 young, talents received 85 photo entries.

Our jury is already at work: the Selected Photographers will be published shortly and the Semifinalists will be published by mid-July. At the end of July it will be the turn of the Finalists and in mid-September the Shortlist will finally be announced. As usual, each ranking will be in alphabetical order: we will reveal the final podium on Saturday 28 October 2023 at Trieste Photo Days festival, in north-eastern Italy. On that occasion, Alec Soth, Jérôme Sessini and Kadir van Lohuizen, will personally award the winners of the contest.

In addition to the winners exhibition,Trieste Photo Days will host various exhibits and previews with the best photos of URBAN 2023 (as part of Trieste Photo Fringe and Photo Days Tour). The contest catalog, Urban unveils the City and its Secrets – Vol. #09, will also be presented.

URBAN Photo Awards 2023is promoted by dotART and Exhibit Around APS associations with the precious support of partners, institutions and friends whom we thank below:

– We thank theMunicipality of Trieste for the special exhibition-prize “Premio Musei Civici” at the Sartorio Museum

Alec Soth, Jérôme Sessini, Kadir van Lohuizen, Andrea Boni, Arnaud Montagard, Atif Saeed, Benedetta Donato, Christele Harrouk, Claudia Colecchia, David Christopher Lee, Elena Uljančić, Ekaterina Belinskaya, Federica Berzioli, GMB Akash, Iliana Cepero, Johan Lolos, Joerg Nicht, Laura Zalenga, Lola Paprocka, Marioly Vazquez, Martin Stranka, Michael Kirchoff, Michael Nguyen, Michela Messina, Moritz Neumüller, Mucsi Emese, Olivier Valsecchi, Pedro Anza, Philippe Litzler, Rathika Ramasamy, Richard Koci Hernandez, Sam Horine, Sandrine Hermand-Grisel, Simone Bramante, Tatsuo Suzuki, Walter Guadagnini.