Nera di Verzasca Prize 2023
Nera di Verzasca Prize 2023 now is over!
Verzasca Foto Festival recently has started accepting entries for its Nera di Verzasca 2023, international competition and an annual event, inviting all amateur and professional photographers to participate.
About Competition
Verzasca Foto Festival is accepting entries for its 2023 Nera di Verzasca Prize international annual photography competition and invites all amateur and professional photographers to participate.
The Verzasca Foto Festival is an annual event that offers open air exhibitions, photo nights with live music, meetings and portfolio reviews by professional photographers.
Verzasca Foto Festival aims to promote emerging international photographers and to support visual arts in rural and peripheral areas, by giving them freedom to express themselves through the connection and dialogue with nature. An international jury judges the main competition.
The festival aims to promote emerging international photographers and to support visual arts in Southern Switzerland, by giving free space through connection and dialogues with nature, offering access to different forms of expression and ways of visual storytelling.
Participants can choose their theme. They can submit a personal photo story with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 images.
The images must be submitted as a JPEG, color or monochrome.
Both old and new photos can be included.
Both analogical (scanned from negative or slide) and digitally altered images are allowed. Participants must own the original files.
Eligibility
The Main prize is 2,000 Swiss Francs + Solo Exhibition + Room and board during Verzasca Foto Festival Prize for finalists (2nd to 9th place) + Participation at Night of Photography + Room and board during Verzasca Foto Festival. In addition, all finalists will also be able to exhibit their work at Verzasca Foto 2023, with board and lodging for 4 days provided by the festival organizers.
Prize
The contest is open to all people regardless of nationality or residence. Members of the Verzasca Foto Association, sponsors, jury members, and their relatives are excluded from the competition.
Entry fees
The registration fee is 25 Euro.