Asian Architects Association Photography Competition 2021

in collaboration with the Cobra Foundation

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Joy in Architecture

#spreadthejoy21

The Asian Architects Association is delighted to launch this exciting photography competition to celebrate Joy in Architecture through photography.

The pandemic has highlighted the importance of how we live, work and interact with one another; with the use of photography enabling us to relive memories and feel connected but most importantly capturing those special moments.

As we continue to adapt to the new normal, let us celebrate the joy that architecture brings to our daily lives.

We are interested to see what joy in Architecture means to you. It could be about buildings, people or capturing moments of the everyday; we are open to all interpretations of the theme.

Key dates:

Competition opens: Sunday 7th November 2021, 9:00am

Closing date: Friday 28th January 2022, 23:59pm

Announcement: Friday 18th February 2022

Prize:

1st Prize - A case of Cobra beer, donated by the Cobra Foundation or a non-alcoholic equivalent.

2nd Prize - A signed copy of Sand Stories, by Kiran Pereira

3rd Prize - A copy of Don't Get a Job, Make a Job: How to Make it as a Creative Graduate by Gem Barton

Submission:

A maximum of 3X photos (JPEG less than 3Mb) per email address
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Send us the screenshot of your follow, your name, mobile phone number, together with your 3 photos to our email address - aaaphotocomp@gmail.com
Post your photos on Instagram with the hashtag #spreadthejoy21

Good luck and we look forward to seeing your entries.

Competition Guidelines

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Judges

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Morley Von Sternberg FRIBA

Architectural & Portrait Photographer

Morley trained, qualified and began his career as an architect before establishing his name as one of Britain's most respected Architectural Photographers. He is currently working with Crossrail recording the new central London stations.

Nupur Barua

Mumbai based photographer and media professional

Nupur has been working in the Indian Television and Film Industry for over 18 years. Her interests include animal welfare and photography, and a special appreciation of written, audio and visual documentation of art and culture.

Armin Ganguly-Hiebert RIBA

Director, Ganguly Architects

Armin is a German-British architect registered in 1994 and studied architecture at the Hochschule Koblenz, University of Applied Sciences. At 15 years old, Armin laid his first brick and visited the Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe in the same year.

Ming Cheng RIBA MRTPI

Architect, Urbanist and Educator

Ming is a qualified Architect, Town Planner, Urbanist and educator for over 20 years. He is a co-founder of the Asian Architects Association, a Director of Urban Architecture and Place Profile. He also teaches at The Bartlett School, The LSA and is a keen photographer.

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Competition Guidelines

The competition is open to everyone in the United Kingdom, but entrants must not be professional photographers.

The competition is for photography that celebrates the joy that we see in architecture. We are open to your personal interpretation of what this means to you including abstract representations but will be looking for the following themes in the entries:

Composition

Originality

Suitability for public display

Subject matter

The AAA is aware that digital photography does allow for some image enhancement. You can enter images that have had spots, scratches or other blemishes removed. You can have worked on the colour or enhanced the image for the sake of the composition. However, we will not accept composite images - entries that stitch two or more separate photographs together to make one image, or entries that superimpose elements photographed separately onto an image.

All photos must be original work, taken by the entrants. No third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.

Entrants under the age of 18 will need to include the name, address, contact telephone and email address of their parent or guardian, and the parent or guardian will need to give written consent for their child to take part. This can be in the form of a signed and dated letter and/or email.

All digital photos should be labelled in the following format: SURNAME_FORENAME_AAAPhotoComp2021_IMAGE NO (replace NO with 1, 2 or 3)_PHOTO LOCATION

We can only accept photos in JPEG format and only up to a maximum size of 3Mb each. Please keep copies of your original files if they are bigger than this, as we may need them later if you are successful.

Please email your JPEG digital photograph(s) in the format outlined above, your name, your mobile phone number, location and a screenshot of your follow of our Instagram page to aaaphotocomp@gmail.com with ‘AAA Photography Competition 2021’ as the email subject.

Entries must be submitted by Friday 28th January 2022, at 23:59

The data gathered will be used to contact you regarding this competition and any future AAA events. If you would like to opt out of this, please let us know.