THE THIRD GD4PHOTOART INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INVITED COMPETITION
Competition Objectives
G.D, a worldwide leader in the packaging machinery sector, promotes GD4PhotoArt, a biennial selection of young European photographers that aims to document and support image research activities related to industry, the transformations it can effect on society and on the environment, and the role of human labour in economic and productive development.
GD4PhotoArt contributes to the growth of a systematic project on photography and industry that collects data and works through regular contact with artists, critics, galleries and sector operators. This in turn will lead to the constitution of a permanent observatory on the theme of “Photography and Industry" and the creation of a photographic archive on the subject. The observatory and the permanent collection will be housed in the G.D Museum, currently under construction.
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Participation in the competition is by invitation only and is open to photographers no more than 40 years of age.
Participants will be selected within August 15th, 2011 by 22 international selectors, each of whom will propose two under 40 photographers resident in Europe, making a total of 44 competitors.
In the third edition, it was decided to broaden the competition to a worldwide level in order to have a global observatory on photography.
These candidates will then be invited to take part in the competition, to present a project and to send the material listed in article 5 of the competition rules by October 15th, 2011.
The above mentioned material must be sent to the Competition's organization through the reserved area of the official website:
http://www.gd4photoart.com
Starting from September 19th each candidate will receive by email the web address to access the reserved area, with a personalized username and password.
Phone: +39 051-6474406
Fax: +39 051-6474277
E-mail: info@gd4photoart.com
During the month of November 2011, a jury made up of photographers, photography professors and representatives of the communication industry will award the four finalists with scholarships amounting to € 8,000 each.
The finalists will then have 6 months - from December 1st, 2011 to May 30th, 2012 - to carry out their research project. The project consists in producing a minimum of ten to a maximum of fifteen original works which must be given in to the GDPhotoArt contest organizing secretary's office within May 30th, 2012.
A tutor will follow the project and provide a reference point for the artists.
In June 2012 the jury will meet to select the winner of the third edition, based on the projects presented by the four finalists. The winner will receive an additional prize of € 8,000.
The organization will reserve the right to change, upon notice, the date of the contest due to organizing requirements.
The candidates invited to participate in the competition are requested to read the Rules, follow the registration procedure and send the relevant material to the official website www.gd4photoart.com
> download the competition rules for the 3rd edition |
