Cinque Terre Photo Award: applications until 31 August
Prizes and immersive experiences in the Park's first photography competition. There is time until 31 August to send in your shots. Participation is free, open to professionals and amateurs. The categories: Genius Loci and Naturalia
(sede del Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre, 14 Aug 24) From the shadowy interstices of the carruggi to the colours of the Mediterranean gorgonian in the seabed, from the vertical houses to the sea opening up to the horizon: the Cinque Terre Photo Award launches the challenge to visual storytellers within the boundaries of the Cinque Terre National Park and Protected Marine Area.
There is time until 31 August to send in your photographs: participation is free, open to professionals and amateurs. There are two categories: Genius Loci and Naturalia.
The first photo contest, created by and for the Cinque Terre National Park and Protected Marine Area, sees the collaboration with Spazi Fotografici and is sponsored by FAI-Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano, Touring Club Italiano and I Parchi Letterari Italiani.
A selected jury will choose the best single shots and the best photo series according to criteria that are not merely aesthetic.
The jurors are experts in the field of photography and communication, in search of technical quality, thematic coherence and, last but not least, originality: Donatella Bianchi, journalist and President of the Cinque Terre National Park; Gilberto Benni, Head of Leica Classic Italy and of Leica Akademie Italy; Ottavio Di Brizzi, editorial director of the Italian Touring Club; Davide Di Gennaro, graphic designer and co-founder of the TomoTomo studio; Sara Fregoso, photographer; Davide Marcesini, photographer and director of Spazi Fotografici; Stanislao de Marsanich, president of I Parchi Letterari Italiani; Alberto Luca Recchi, photographer, writer and underwater explorer; Barbara Verduci, photoeditor of FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano.
The awards are enriched by numerous partnerships: Spazi Fotografici, Leica Akademie, Pro Loco of Riomaggiore/Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso, Cantina Cooperativa Cinque Terre and Cantina Sassarini/A Scià, Diving Cinque Terre.
The winners of the Genius Loci section will win EUR 1,500; the runners-up will receive an overnight stay for two people in Vernazza, a dinner, a wine experience offered by the Cantina Cooperativa Cinque Terre and the Cinque Terre Card; the third prize winner will receive a voucher for a Leica Akademie training course and a dinner.
In the Naturalia section, the winner will receive 500 euros, the runner-up an overnight stay for two in Corniglia, a dinner, a wine experience offered by Cantina Sassarini / A scia' and the Cinque Terre Card; for the third place winner, a voucher for a Leica Akademie training course and a dinner.
Three special mentions aim at promoting the exploration of all the different worlds of the protected area and bring to life the emotions of a strip of land and sea declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site:
- FAI-Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano" mention for the best image on the theme of water as a generative and transformative element of the Cinque Terre landscape; the winner is awarded with an overnight stay for two people in Monterosso and the Cinque Terre Card;
- mention "Sergio Fregoso" to the best author under 30 for the category "Genius Loci" as a tribute to the historic photographer from La Spezia who through his poetics was able to capture and document the evolution of the landscape of the Cinque Terre, from an agricultural world to a destination of cultural and touristic interest, inspiring the following generations of artists; the winner is awarded with a voucher for a course with Spazi Fotografici, a voucher for a course with Leica Akademie and the Cinque Terre Card;
- mention for the best underwater or marine environment image: the prize is a dive in the Protected Marine Area offered by Diving Cinque Terre and the Cinque Terre Card.
Entries can only be submitted online at the following link: https://forms.gle/mJTiSSYroipmM9tx8
The complete call for entries is on the Park's website: www.parconazionale5terre.it/pagina.php?id=475
