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Aboveground International Photography Contest

FinishedThe objective is to increase photography in architecture, searching for new talents and awareness towards photography and architecture both in Portugal and abroad, and moreover to raise a wider appreciation of our architectural, cultural and intellectual inheritance. 

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Theme: Aboveground – City

Awards:

  • The project selected by the jury will be published in scopio® magazine
  • All the awarded participants will receive a certificate.
  • The author of the winning project will be entitled to 3 examples of the Publication.

Photographic projects should be sent by e-mail to [email protected] Zip file must not exceed 20 MB. The images must not bear any kind of digital signatures or water marks.  All the images in the set should be in JPEG ou TIFF format, and each image must not exceed 2 MB. Each project submitted to contest should contain a minimum of  three and maximum of  ten photographs. The photographs presented in contest must have a minimum quality for print. This shall mean that the winning participant will be asked to send in to files for printing and color proofs.

Official website: http://www.scopiomagazine.com/#contests

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