Verzasca Foto Festival is accepting entries for its Nera di Verzasca 2023 photography competition and invites all amateur and professional photographers to participate.
Verzasca Foto Festival aims to promote emerging international photographers and to support visual arts in rural and peripheral areas, by giving them freedom to express themselves through the connection and dialogue with nature. An international jury judges the main competition.
The Main prize is 2,000 Swiss Francs + Solo Exhibition + Room and board during Verzasca Foto Festival Prize for finalists (2nd to 9th place) + Participation at Night of Photography + Room and board during Verzasca Foto Festival. In addition, all finalists will also be able to exhibit their work at Verzasca Foto 2023, with board and lodging for 4 days provided by the festival organizers.
The contest is open to all people regardless of nationality or residence. Members of the Verzasca Foto Association, sponsors, jury members, and their relatives are excluded from the competition.
Participants can choose their theme. They can submit a personal photo story with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 images.
The images must be submitted as a JPEG, color or monochrome.
Both old and new photos can be included.
Both analogical (scanned from negative or slide) and digitally altered images are allowed. Participants must own the original files.
Verzasca Foto Festival is a non-profit organization that curates a photographic exhibition that takes place in a valley made up of small villages of stone houses and surrounded by dense, lush nature. An intimate and informal meeting place where participants have the opportunity to share ideas and points of view.
Nera di Verzasca Prize – Verzasca Foto Festival 2023 – Entry Fee
The registration fee is 25 Euro.
