Fotografia Calabria Festival Award 2024
Families portrait
Welcome to the photo contest dedicated to "Fotografia di famiglie" (Families portrait), a chance to celebrate and appreciate how photography has the power of storytelling our day to day lives. Families are the beating heart of society and, through the lenses of our photographic devices, we can catch precious moments, real emotions and unique stories. Photography is more than simply a shot; it is a means through which we can preserve memories, freeze unrepeatable moments and tell stories that otherwise could be forgotten in the vertigo of everyday life. Every family photo is a precious, a cut of personal history that transcends time and age.
This competition aims to identify those photographic works capable to catch the inner essence of families, revealing their uniqueness, their vitality and their intimacy. It’s not just about perfect portraits or flawless arrangements, but images that can convey authenticity and emotion. We invite all participants to explore and narrate family stories, showing the beauty in ordinary moments, the strength in emotional ties, the commitment that requires living often within difficult situations. Whether it’s a simple gesture, a spontaneous laugh, an intimate or painful moment, each photo has the power to reveal the richness and the contradictions of family relationships.
Within this context, photography becomes a tool of conservation and communication of precious memories, a bridge connecting the past to the present and the present to the future. Your images are not only photographs, but authentic testimonies of life able to inspire, move and leave an imprint in those who observe them.
Submitted works can encompass both traditional and experimental approaches to photography. Therefore, we invite you to share your family photographs with us.
Good luck to all participants.
DEADLINE: WORKS CAN BE SUBMITTED UNTIL 1:00 PM ON MAY 19, 2024.
The Jury
Anna Catalano freelance photographer, she collaborates with companies, NGOs, Universities, Institutions, newsrooms. With the project "Senza Colpe", which has become an itinerant exhibition, is helping to inform and move public opinion on the issue of children detained with their mothers in the Icam and the Italian nursery sections. She founded and she directs Fotografia Calabria Festival.
Gabriella Macchiarulo manager for organizing and programming exhibitions, enriching library at Archivio Luce Cinecittà. She has been an employee of the Istituto Luce since 1986 and has been involved in film production, distribution and rights management. Since 2014 he has been responsible for the organization of the Exhibition Activities of the Light Archive (“La Dolce Vitti”, “Troisi poeta massimo”, “War is over”, “Anni interessanti”, “Il sorpasso”, “I mondi di Gina” and “Architetture inabitabili”) and from 2016 to 2020 managed the programming of exhibitions on behalf of the Istituto Luce Cinecittà at the Teatro dei Dioscuri al Quirinale.
Antonio Mirabelli art advisor and art market analyst. He teaches at the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, writes for Il Giornale dell'Arte e Artribune and works with private individuals and institutions.
Maysa Moroni is an italian photo editor, born in Milan but living in Rome since 2003. She works for the independent weekly magazine Internazionale. Internazionale publishes the world quality press translated into italian. Before Internazionale she attended Riccardo Bauer photography school in Milan, travelled across the world as an assistant photographer, worked for Franca Speranza photo agency, Contrasto photojournalism agency and she was a freelance photoeditor for L’Espresso publishing group and for Left Avvenimenti weekly magazine. She often gives lectures about her job and about the making of Internazionale cover.
Diego Orlando since 2019 Artistic Director of InsideSouht, project of permanent residence of photography on the Mediterranean and Southern Europe area. Until 2022 he was senior photo editor and special projects at Burn magazine. In 2016 he was freelance photo editor of Benetton’s magazine catalogue, Clothes For Humans. His activity includes the curation of numerous editorials and photographic books.
3.000 euros in cash
Production and staging of the exhibition
Publication in the catalog of FotografiaCalabria Festival 2024
Visibility through the Festival’s communication actions
Publication in a permanent section of the Festival website.
Prize for the winner
How to apply
Participation fee: 30 euro for a single project, 45 euro for two projects.
Stripe payement. There is no refund of the participation fee.
Participation in the photo contest is by sending the project via WeTransfer to award@fotografiacalabriafestival.it containing:
Cartella con
• Numbered jpg images (min 10/max 30 photos, 2000 px long side)
• Pdf file with short bio (not Curriculum Vitae or portfolio), synopsis and numbered captions corresponding to the images (if the project includes captions)
• Instagram profile link and website link (if available)
• Author's portrait photo
• Receipt of payment
