Event History
Unpublished Photo is now in its fifth edition and the competition continues to attract a growing number of young artists from all over the world every year. The initiative was first launched by the Milanese gallery 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS, and then taken forward by MUSEC in Lugano, in 2020 with the aim of strengthening cross-border collaborations and showing continual support of young artists' work.
What Makes this event different?
The contest is promoted by the Fondazione culture e musei and MUSEC Lugano, in collaboration with the 29 ARTS IN PROGRESS gallery in Milan and the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Venice. Unpublished Photo is a global open call that embraces, new, young, and emerging contemporary photographers, aged between 18 and 30. Applicants can submit their applications until April 15th 2024 (12:00 am local time). The “open call” has no theme constrictions or entry fees and applicants just need to submit a project consisting of 10 images, a description of the project and a short biography. The images submitted must not have been published on or offline before. An online application form is available at the following link: https://www.fcmusei.ch/contest/
Copyright Policy
The rights to the photographs remain the exclusive property of the author, who authorises their use free of charge for events or publications and merchandising related to the contest and for other activities related to the institutional or promotional purposes of FCM Lugano. Each author is personally responsible for the works submitted, and by participating in the contest he/she permanently and expressly authorises the FCM to use the submitted images free of charge, for the purposes described above. The FCM commits itself to always cite the name of the author as foreseen by the regulations in force.
Image Usage Rights
Personal data provided by the competitors will be used for the activities related to the realization of the contest according to the regulations in force. Submitted material will not be returned.
The photographs of the winners printed by and at the expense of the FCM become part of the FCM art collections and are the property of the FCM, which may use them in the future free of charge for any total or partial reiteration of the exhibition.
At the end of the exhibition in Lugano, the works will exhibited will become part of the MUSEC collections, thus enriching a photographic heritage that today counts over 40.000 works from the mid-19th century to the present day. So very special for the winners.
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