Photo Of The Year is an international photo competition for architecture students in celebration of the significance of architectural photography for the development of architecture. This marks the third instalment of the annual competition, which is supported by Dinesen and the Dreyer Foundation.
ABOUT PHOTO OF THE YEAR
In 2019, Aarhus School of Architecture launched an international architectural photo competition for architecture students. The competition, Photo Of The Year, is a parallel to Drawing Of The Year, the school’s other big international competition, which annually receives hundreds of entries from architecture students all over the world.
Like architectural drawing, architectural photography is a specialized discipline closely associated with the development of architecture. The best architectural photographs approach photography from an architectural point of view and bring out the potential of photography – also as an artistic discipline – to challenge how we see and work with architecture. In a world that is constantly being flooded with images, it is more important than ever to address the medium from a critical perspective.
ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES
The theme of this year’s competition, Architectural Landscapes, is focused on the interaction of architecture and landscape – or the lack of it. In a time when landscape and nature are undergoing dramatic transformation, we wish to address how architectural and landscape photography can help spark debate and engage in the conversation about how we plan and build in interaction with nature. Jury member, architect and photographer Christina Capetillo, who specializes in contemporary landscapes, observes:
