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Photo of the Year 2021<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

Announcement: Photo of the Year 2021<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n

Photo Of The Year is an international photo competition for architecture students in celebration of the significance of architectural photography for the development of architecture. This marks the third instalment of the annual competition, which is supported by Dinesen and the Dreyer Foundation. Deadline for submissions is 18 OCT.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div>

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In 2019, Aarhus School of Architecture launched an international architectural photo competition for architecture students. The competition, Photo Of The Year, is a parallel to Drawing Of The Year, the school\u2019s other big international competition, which annually receives hundreds of entries from architecture students all over the world.<\/p>\n

Like architectural drawing, architectural photography is a specialized discipline closely associated with the development of architecture. The best architectural photographs approach photography from an architectural point of view and bring out the potential of photography \u2013 also as an artistic discipline \u2013 to challenge how we see and work with architecture. In a world that is constantly being flooded with images, it is more important than ever to address the medium from a critical perspective.<\/p>\n

Architectural Landscapes<\/h5>\n

The theme of this year\u2019s competition, Architectural Landscapes<\/em>, is focused on the interaction of architecture and landscape \u2013 or the lack of it. In a time when landscape and nature are undergoing dramatic transformation, we wish to address how architectural and landscape photography can help spark debate and engage in the conversation about how we plan and build in interaction with nature. Jury member, architect and photographer Christina Capetillo, who specializes in contemporary landscapes, observes:<\/p>\n

\u2018We need different representations and new narratives about the earth that can make us change our behaviour. Nature goes from land to landscape through imagery, and highlighting one aspect over another draws nature close and turns the landscape into an image we can relate to. Photography has the potential to reshape the way we perceive and relate to nature. Photography is co-creative and influences our approach to the future.\u2019<\/p>\n

We also wish to challenge architecture students all over the world on the little device most of us have either in our hand or close to hand round the clock: the smartphone, which is now widely used to document everything, from professional to personal highs and lows. What are the implications of its transition from simple telephony to visual communication?<\/p>\n

And what are the implications of the challenge to our sensory apparatus that has arisen because we now see with our fingers, as technology has become an extension of our bodies, as described by the Danish writer and artist Amalie Smith in her video installation Eyes Touching, Fingers Seeing<\/em> (2015).<\/p>\n

More than ever, we are living in a world of images. Images shape our very image of the world, and the pace of the constant flow of images \u2013 especially on social media \u2013 is making us immune to their visual impact. That is why this year\u2019s competition focuses on the smartphone and its possibilities and limitations. What are the implications of having a camera as a constant extension of our bodies, and might we enhance the quality of fleeting photographs?<\/p>\n

The Jury<\/h5>\n

Once again, the jury of this year\u2019s POTY represents some of the best and most highly acclaimed photographers, architects and researchers in the field:<\/p>\n