The aim of the Contest is to develop and implement creative potential of students-photo designers that by the means of photography are trying to show the beauty of nature and people, object, flora and fauna worlds, to express their attitude to contemporary social problems, to demonstrate their own vision of the surrounding area, to highlight the bright moments of life, to show the diversity of human relationships and feelings, to share their experiences and observations, to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, creativity.
The Contest is open to students, masters and postgraduates of educational institutions of Ukraine, other countries of Europe and the world at the age of 16-35 years old.
Nominations of the Contest:
“World around you” (A): landscape, portrait, architecture, street photo, photo of animals, birds, plant life, human relationships, national and cultural customs, reportage photo.
“Fashion-photo” (В): photo works that show designer solutions in clothing and accessories, reflect the skill of models, fashion and life style trends.
“Creative activity” (С): transformation of a photographic image into a graphic artistic image, creative photos with the use of means of photomontage, computer graphics and modern artistic methods of image processing (photo graphics), as well as the receiving of images with the help of creative programs of shooting, moving sources of lighting, the use of optical elements for changing the drawing (texture) of the image, long exposure, color balance change of the image, etc.
Each contest participant has the right to take part in several nominations and to send an unlimited number of photos.
Requirements for contest photo works:
- To participate in the contest viewing photos are taken electronically:
– image format: JPEG;
– image size: not less than 2500 px (pixels) on the lower side;
– photos should not have any copyright dies, copyright signs, promotional messages, added frames and others.
- All contest photos must be accompanied by the following information:
– an application form*;
– the author’s title of photo/series of photos;
– each photo must be signed as follows:
01 (02, 03…)_A (B, C)_title of photo/series of photos_surname_name_city_country,
where 01 (02, 03…) – the number of photos in the order;
A (B, C) – respective nominations of the Contest.
* The application form is filled separately for each photo work/series of photos.
Contest photo works are evaluated by the following criteria:
– technical excellence;
– compositional perfection;
– conceptuality (content, ideological expressiveness);
– technological skills (using special techniques and effects when shooting and processing).
Contest materials and the terms of their submission to the Organizing Committee:
Application for participation (registration of participants) and acceptance of photos – before April 2, 2018.
Application form and photo works are sent electronically to the e-mail:
kd@knutd.edu.ua, garyachakryga@ukr.net, irynaanyri89@gmail.com
Participation in the Contest for foreign participants is free of charge.
Terms of the work of the contest jury:
- Evaluation of contest photo works by jury members – before April 10, 2018.
- Determination of winners of the Contest and summing up the work of the jury – before April 13, 2018.
In each nomination of the Contest the first three places are awarded, the winners of which are awarded with diplomas and prizes (it is possible to award several prize places in each nomination). Photo works, that have been pre-selected, participate in the photo exhibition and are posted online (web-site of KNUTD). The authors of these photo works receive diplomas of participants.
The Program of the Contest:
- The opening ceremony of the exhibition of the best contest photo works and the awarding of winners with diplomas and prizes will be taken place on April 20, 2018 at Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design.
- Within the exhibition will be held master classes, seminars and workshops on photo art and photo activity, as well as meetings with well-known photographers.
Venue and time will be announced additionally.
Organizing Committee of the Contest: Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, the Department of Design.
Address: Nemirovich-Danchenko Street, 2, educational building № 1, room 1-0383, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01011.
Tel.: (+38044) 256 84 79, (+38044) 256 84 77.
Web-site: http://www.en.knutd.edu.ua/
E-mail: kd@knutd.edu.ua, garyachakryga@ukr.net, irynaanyri89@gmail.com
Administrators of the Contest:
Iryna Zhylenko – (+38) 067 389 63 73, irynaanyri89@gmail.com;
Stanislav Potanin – (+38) 067 509 43 93, poglyads@gmail.com
