The international architectural photography award published by the Association of Hungarian Architects and the periodical Magyar \u00c9p\u00edt\u0151m\u0171v\u00e9szet (Hungarian Architecture) in June, 2017 attracted a total of 1,273 photos submitted by 137 authors from 34 countries of 5 continents. Entries were accepted in electronic format via an online platform created especially for this purpose. Entries were divided into two categories (professional and open) and had to be uploaded as either a pack of 5 individual photos or 5 series (each including maximum 6 images).<\/p>\n
We invited representatives of Hungarian architecture as well as international professionals and famous photographers to act as jurors, namely Iwan Baan, Tam\u00e1s Bujnovszky, Nicolas Grospierre, Andr\u00e1s Krizs\u00e1n, Josef Schulz, Jan Stempel and Gy\u00f6rgy Szeg\u0151, as we felt this was a guarantee of the genuine openness of the award process. The jurors assessed online the images and series submitted in an electronic format relying on their own professional criteria as well as subjective concerns, and thus established a ranking order based on the overall achievement of each photographer (1 to 10 points). Based on the assessment of these evaluations the winners of the professional and open category were announced. The shortlist for the finals which was the result of the jurors\u2019 votes included 10 photographers in both categories and thus we are hereby announcing one winner for each. in each respectively. Owing to his occupations, Iwan Baan could not take part in the jury\u2019s activities in its very last stage.
\nAs a recognition of Hungarian photographers\u2019 activities who participated in the award in large numbers and submitted works of high standards, the managers of the award, the Association of Hungarian Architects and the periodical Magyar \u00c9p\u00edt\u0151m\u0171v\u00e9szet awarded to eight Hungarian photographers a certificate of merit.
\nThere are two tendencies observable in architectural photography today, and the entries also reflect this. One of them is represented by technically perfect photos or series made by photographers who act as colleagues of architects, whilst the other is a photo or photo-essay recording the unrepeatable effects of light conditions, weather phenomena or other performance-like scenes or spectacles with the ambition to generate emotions. A version of the latter uses and stages characters, or applies means used in the finishing stages of photography, or even the approaches of experimental photography. As a rule, it is fairly easy to distinguish between the two types of motivations in \u201emade-to-order\u201d and purely \u201ecreative\u201d photography. as a rule.
\nAs managers of the award we successfully applied for a grant to cover the expenses and costs of the architectural award to the Visegr\u00e1d Fund which supports co-operation between countries in Central Europe to connect their economies and cultures. Our partners in this project were the Prague-based CTU (Czech Technical University), the Association of Polish Architects and the Association of Slovak Architects. Thanks to this co-operation, the exhibition presenting the winning entries shall be hosted by the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland as well.<\/p>\n
<\/span> Results of the Architectural Photography Award 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n The winner of the Professional category:<\/p>\n \u2022\tZhang Yong<\/strong><\/p>\n Finalists of the Professional category:<\/p>\n \u2022\tLaurian Ghinitoiu The winner of the Open category:<\/p>\n \u2022\tMatt Portch<\/strong><\/p>\n Finalists of the Open category: Certificates of merit have been awarded by M\u00c9SZ-M\u00c9 to:<\/p>\n \u2022\tZsolt Bat\u00e1r
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\n\u2022\tJ\u00f3zsef Hajd\u00fa
\n\u2022\tRadu Malasincu
\n\u2022\tCatalin Marin
\n\u2022\tWang Ning
\n\u2022\tRobert Pufleb
\n\u2022\tLiang Shan
\n\u2022\tParham Taghioff
\n\u2022\tTam\u00e1s T\u00f6r\u00f6k <\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n\u2022\tAurelien Chen
\n\u2022\tAnastasiia Gamalei
\n\u2022\tEszter Holl\u00f3
\n\u2022\tKishan Kumar Thasma Seshier Kuppusamy
\n\u2022\tCorentin Lespagnol
\n\u2022\tMarcel Moonen
\n\u2022\tBal\u00e1zs Nagy
\n\u2022\tAlexander Shmelkov
\n\u2022\tShigeru Takato<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2022\tL\u00e1szl\u00f3 Francsics
\n\u2022\tP\u00e9ter Gyukics
\n\u2022\t\u00c1ron Lality
\n\u2022\tTam\u00e1s R\u00e9they-Prikkel
\n\u2022\tAnita S\u00e1rosi
\n\u2022\tM\u00e1rton Domonkos Schneller
\n\u2022\tG\u00e9za Seres <\/strong><\/p>\n