Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2022
Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2022 now is over!
Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2022: Presented by the Benrido Collotype Atelier, Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2022 that combines a 160-year-old analogue technique with the new vision of digital-age photography, has been recently opened for entries inviting all professionals and amateurs alike to participate submiting they best black and white photographs.
About Competition
Presented by the Benrido Collotype Atelier , the Hariban Award International Collotype Competition 2022 now is opened for entries!
The Hariban Award combines a 160-year-old analogue technique with the new vision of digital-age photography and is open to all photographers working in black and white only.
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.
About Collotype
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.
Eligibility
The competition is only open to photographers working in black and white, professionals and amateurs alike.
Prize
The Grand Prize Winner receives a two-week residency in Kyoto, Japan to collaborate with the master printer’s of Benrido. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the residency for the Hariban Award 2022 Grand Prize Winner will be held from April 2023. The 2022 Grand Prize Winner’s collotype prints will be exhibited in a solo exhibition once their residency is complete.
All finalists will receive a catalogue, printed in collotype and hand-bound by traditional binders in Kyoto, Japan. The catalogue will be published in 2023.
Entry fees
Entry fee to apply is US $50.