Archifoto – European Architectural Photography Competition

La Chambre and the European House of Architecture – Upper Rhine are launching the eighth version of Archifoto – European architectural pictures competitors.
Since 2010, Archifoto has introduced collectively documentary and inventive views on present architectural points. By favouring a free and subjective viewpoint, it rewards photographers whose imaginative and prescient helps us to know the city and pure panorama, the methods of dwelling and dwelling collectively, and the brand new methods of constructing the world and society.

With Architecture & Landscape as this yr’s theme, individuals within the Archifoto competitors are introduced with an enormous discipline of exploration. However, it’s difficult to deal with this theme via pictures while avoiding clichés. This is exactly as a result of the idea of panorama is not self-evident. Having develop into a catch-all time period, it encompasses not solely the aesthetic dimension, but in addition political, social, environmental and cultural realities. In the face of climatic, demographic and ecological modifications, the idea of panorama has emerged as a strategic framework for interested by cities and territories. So, how can we seize the connection between structure and panorama, reveal their similarities and variations, and reveal their means to affect folks and locations?

Prize cash: 500€ for every of the 5 nominees
The nominees can be exhibited at La Chambre in autumn 2026, and the exhibition will then be hosted in a number of companion venues within the Upper Rhine area.