Photo Competition
16-26 years
COMPETITION FOR: amateur photographers
DURATION: 2 months
REGISTRATION: individual
ACTIVE: since 2017
Each of us has a different perspective on the world around us. The most mundane everyday element can represent a source of inspiration and can have a special symbolism. How does this world look through your own subjective lens and what does it tell you? Since 2017 we have been looking for stories of architecture and the built environment, told through photography. What does your universe look like? What kind of details does it consist of?
On International Photography Day, August 19, De-a Arhitectura invites you to send us a moment captured in time, a memory of joy, an image that tells a story that can inspire entire communities, from the smallest to the largest , fleeting moments captured to celebrate and bring closer people from everywhere and to make us stop from the crazy rush of everyday.
We invite you to take part in the De a arhitectura competition on Photography Day and tell us your story.
Editions
In our daily rush, we rarely look up in the street to see what is happening above us – falling plaster, water dripping from a balcony, a threatening icicle detaching, a pigeon flying by. But it’s worth raising our heads and looking up, not just to avoid dangers, what might harm us, but also to change our point of view/observation.
How many times have you looked up and been surprised by a gargoyle diligently guarding its roof, a stork’s nest heralding spring, or perhaps a corner of a building or a balcony seen from a different perspective?
Look up and offer us a different point of view! On International Photography Day, August 19, 2023, we return to the De-a arhitectura photo contest and invite you to creatively document what you see when you look up.
We can’t wait to see what up looks like for you!
Contest period: August 19 – October 19, 2023 (October 19, 2023, 23:59 Romanian time, deadline for submitting photos)
Judging: October 20-29, 2023
Winner announcement: October 30, 2023
Jury: Lucian Călugărescu (architect and photographer, IG: @pixelateria), Vlad Eftenie (architect, lecturer UAUIM, www.vladeftenie.ro, IG: @veftenie), Cornel Lazia (university assistant and doctoral candidate specializing in Photography at the Faculty of Film, UNATC, www.500px.com/cornellazia, IG: @kornel27), Andrei Mărgulescu, Veronica Sava (graphic designer, architect, De-a Arhitectura Association and Astil, IG: @vero_sava, @feedthemidnightmonster)
Organization: arch. Monica Popescu
First Prize, valued at 2000 lei, offered by De-a Arhitectura with the support of the Order of Architects of Romania through the “Architecture Stamp”, went to Georgiana Precub, 25 years old from Borca, Neamț County, with the photo “Les Espaces D´Abraxas, Noisy-le-Grand, France”.
Second Prize, consisting of 2 one-hour photo sessions at Pixelateria, went to Anamaria Lazăr, 26 years old from Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, with one of the three photos submitted to the contest.
Third Prize, consisting of the book “The Code of Photography” by Vlad Eftenie, went to Laura-Lilongó Fülöp, 20 years old from Odorheiu Secuiesc, Harghita County.
As it received the same score in the judging,awarded a second Third Prize, consisting of the book “FAR. 12 Photographers of Architecture from Romania” from igloobooks, to Ștefan Pricop, 26 years old from Iași, Iași County.
As it received the same score in the judging, we awarded a third Third Prize, consisting of architecture magazines from Igloo media, to Anamaria Lazăr, 26 years old from Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County.
You can see the winning photographs here.
De-a Arhitectura launched on August 19, 2020 the third edition of the International Photography Day contest for the most expressive and representative photo for De-a Arhitectura and the education of architecture and the built environment that shows the joy and curiosity of children in interaction with the built space, in the city or at home – why not, inspired by the courses, workshops, challenges #DeaArhitecturaAcasa.
Contest period: August 19 – September 30, 2020 (September 30, 2020, 11:59 p.m., photo submission deadline)
Judging: October 1-8, 2020
Winner announcement: October 15, 2020
Jury: Ovidiu Micșa (architect and photographer, ADMO Studio, IG: @admostudio), Veronica Sava (graphic designer, A STIL, collaborator Asociaţia De-a Architectura), Richard Schmittner (photographer Germany/Mexico, Light Factory Photography, IG: @ lightfactoryphotography), Eliza Yokina (architect, founding partner SYAA, CUMULUS Architecture, founding member Asociaţia De-a Architectura, on the jury of countless architectural contests, IG: @elizayokina), Miruna Grigorescu (architect, founding member Asociaţia De-a Architectura, jury president)
Organization: architect Monica Popescu
Prize: 1 voucher worth 500 lei for the purchase of photo products. The award is offered by the Architecture Association from the 2% budget of the 2019 fiscal year.
Winner: Marloes Brouwer with an image from 2020 from the “Joyful Space” project – “De-a architecture in the “Teleki Domokos” School Gornești”. The jury deliberated taking into account 25 photos received from 10 photographers from all over the country.
On August 19, 2019, De-a Arhitectura launched the second edition of the International Photography Day contest for the most beautiful, expressive and representative photograph that illustrates creativity in the activities of the association, in the educational process or in the results of the courses implemented in the classroom .
Contest period: August 19 – September 30, 2019 (September 30, 2019, 11:00 p.m., photo submission deadline)
Judging: October 1-4, 2019
Winner announcement: October 7, 2019
Jury: Miruna Grigorescu (architect, founding member Asociaţia De-a Arhitectura, jury president), Claudia Pamfil (architect specialized in urban planning, founding member Asociaţia De-a Arhitectura), Veronica Sava (graphic designer, A STIL, collaborator Asociaţia De-a Architecture), Richard Schmittner (photographer Germany/Mexico, Light Factory Photography), Marius Velicu (architect, photographer, Dublu V Studio)
Organization: architect Monica Popescu
Prize: 1 voucher worth 500 lei for the purchase of photo products. The award was offered by the Architectural Association from the 2% budget of the 2018 fiscal year.
Winner: Iulia Cosovanu with a photo from 2019 from the program “De a arhitectura en scoala mea” from the Bucşoaia Secondary School, Frasin, Suceava county. The jury deliberated taking into account 49 photos received from 17 participants from all corners of the country, all newer or older acquaintances of our project.
On August 19, 2017, De-a Arhitectura launched the first edition of the International Photography Day contest for the most beautiful, expressive and representative photo for De-a Arhitectura, to present the activities of the association and to show the joy and curiosity of the children participating in our courses.
Contest period: August 19 – September 3, 2017
Judging: September 4-10, 2017
Winner announcement: September 11, 2017
Jury: Veronica Sava (architect and graphic designer, A STIL, collaborator of the Architecture Association), Andrei Mărgulescu (architect, photographer, assistant University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” – UAUIM, Bucharest), Richard Schmittner (photographer Germany/ Mexico, Light Factory Photography), Miruna Grigorescu (architect, founding member of the Architecture Association)
Organization: architect Monica Popescu
Prize: 1 voucher worth 500 lei for the purchase of photo products from F64. The award was offered by the Architectural Association from the 2% budget of the 2016 fiscal year.
Winner: Ana Ionescu with a photo from 2015 from the conferences “De-a arhitectura povesita” in Timisoara. The jury deliberated taking into account 22 photos received from 8 photographers from all corners of the country, all newer or older acquaintances of our project.