Deadline: February 28, 2021
Entry Fee: CHF 20
Prizes: CHF 750, CHF 3,000, valuable prizes, participation in the exhibition, promotion, certificates
LuganoPhotoDays was born in early 2012 from an idea of Marco Cortesi.
LuganoPhotoDays’ objective is to organize a yearly international photography festival in Lugano that will insert itself among the ones that already exist in other European cities.
The festival LuganoPhotoDays is organized by the non-profit cultural association of the same name based in Lugano (Switzerland).
The contest is open for all professional and non-professional photographers, who have reached the age of 18 on the closing date of the contest.
The participants have to submit a serie (or more) composed from 6 to 12 photos.
Themes
- Reportage and documentary
- Wildlife and nature
- COVID-19
Prizes
Overall winner LuganoAward 2020
The overall winner (chosen among the category winners) will receive a prize of CHF 3,000.- in cash and the “LuganoAward 2020” plaque, and will also receive:
- certificate
- two-night stay in a hotel for the award ceremony (autumn 2021*)
- exhibition of the project (autumn 2021*)
- presence in the catalog (autumn 2021*)
- media publication
- publication on LuganoPhotoDays channels (website, gallery, social, …)
Category winners
The category winners will receive a prize of CHF 750.- in cash each, they will also receive:
- certificate
- two-night stay in a hotel for the award ceremony (autumn 2021*)
- exhibition of the project (autumn 2021*)
- presence in the catalog (autumn 2021*)
- media publication
- publication on LuganoPhotoDays channels (website, gallery, social, …)
Overnight stays in Lugano
The overnight stays will take place at the Hotel Pestalozzi in Lugano on the night of the LuganoPhotoDays opening day (Friday) and the following night (Saturday).
Entry Fee
- 1 project – 25 CHF
- 2 and subsequent – 20 CHF
