Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2023

Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2023 now is over!

Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2023: Presented by the Benrido Collotype Atelier, Hariban Award International Collotype Competition that combines a 160-year-old analogue technique with the new vision of digital-age photography, has been recently opened for entries for 2023, inviting all professionals and amateurs alike to participate submiting they best black and white photographs.

Short description

Presented by the Benrido Collotype Atelier, the Hariban Award International Collotype Competition, now is opened for entries for 2023. Professionals and amateurs alike are invited to submit black and white photographs for a chance to win this remarkable award.

The Hariban Award combines a 170-year-old analogue technique with the new vision of digital-age photography.

About Collotype
Established in 1887, Benrido has specialised in the unique printing technique known as Collotype and today remains as one of only a few studios left in the world capable of making fine colour collotype prints. Glass plates have been used as the base for collotype printing plates which still continues today. The award is called “Hariban” as “Hari” means glass plate, and “ban” means printing plate in Japanese.

Collotype is an alternative printing process that was invented in 1855 by the French engineer Alphonse Poitevin as a method for photographic fine art printing. Photographic prints of the 19th century had poor image preservability, and over time gradually faded and discoloured. To compensate for this, various printing methods using pigments were devised, one of the established techniques among them was collotype.

Who may enter?

Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2023 is open to professional and amateur photographers & artist worldwide.

Prize:

The 2023 Grand Prize Winner’s two-week residency in Kyoto will take place from October 2023. Flights and accommodation expenses will be paid by Benrido. The 2023 Grand Prize Winner’s collotype prints will be exhibited in a solo exhibition held in the spring of the following year after their residency is complete.

All finalists will receive a catalogue for the award printed in collotype and hand-bound by traditional binders in Kyoto, Japan. The catalogue will be published in 2024.

Entry fees:

A payment of US $50 is required to apply.