THE THEME: UpSiDe DoWn

  • Endless interpretation of the Theme
  • What you say is as important as how you say it: don’t be shy
  • There is no bad pictures, there is only unsucessfulattempts
  • Go Out, Shoot, Be Creative

KEY DATES

  • Contest Opening: 18 April 19
  • Contest Closing: 30 June 19
  • Public Vote Opening: 15 June 19
  • Public Vote Closing: 10 July 19
  • Jury decision: end of July 19

CONTEST PRINCIPLES & NEWS

Principles

  • One competition per quarter
  • Open to all photographers based in Switzerland
    • Free for Piczmembers
    • 5CHF for non-member
  • 3 pictures / per participants

The juries

  • 3 professional photographers
    • 1 x jury prize
    • Jury composition -> check below
  • You!!!! [New]
    • 1 x public prize
    • Electronic votes opens from 15/06 until 10/07
  • 2 prizes every quarter

Rules

MEET THE JURY

Claudia Willmitzer

  • International photographer born in Germany
  • Graduated from the School for Artistic Photography Friedl
    Kubelkain Vienna
  • Published in different outlets including GUP, Yet Magazine,
    Mashallah News, plsMagazine…
  • Awarded with the Vivian Meyer Prize in 2016
  • Selected as participant in NOOR-Nikon Masterclass in 2017
  • https://www.claudiawillmitzer.com– https://www.instagram.com/claudiawillmitzer/

Antoine Agoudjian

  • French photo journalist based in Paris
  • Started his career as assistant for Robert Doisneau then as official photographer of “Les Restos du Coeur”
  • Published several books on the exile including”Le feu sous la glace” (Edition Parenthèses), “Rêves Fragiles” (Actes Sud),
    « Istanbul peut-être” (Edition parenthese), “Les yeux brûlants” (edition Photopoche), « Le Cri du Silence » (Flammarion edition),
  • Collaboration with news papers including La Tribune de Genève, The Guardian, Le Monde, Le Figaro Magazine, L’Obs…
  • Awarded with the Bayeux Prize in 2017 (article in french)
  • http://www.agoudjian.com

Aurélie Amiot