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what colour is your city? city hues

the brief

every city has a story to tell of its history, people, culture, and evolution. from everyday changes to the periodic evolution, a city stands tall facing many changes and witnessing millions of stories.

a park or a beach in the morning where people come for a walk; changes into a marketplace in evenings; to structures built in different periods by different people reflect the evolution of the city and its stories.

even after times change, people gone, technologies evolved – cities are always the part of every story occurred within its confine. few stories are written in the history books and others fade away as time passes by or sometimes completely forgotten.

city hues is a photography competition which ponders on the idea of people, perception, city, and stories being defined by the architecture of the particular place.

“cities are much like humans, they have their own stories to tell and many faces of evolution”

city hues | story of your city

the challenge

city hues is a 4 week long photography competition with an overall 4 submissions, 1 submission every week to be submitted :

• we will give you 1 word every week and the participants have to submit a photograph with an article of 200 words which justifies

your concept related to the word given.

• the concept of submissions should revolve around the theme of architecture, interior, urban & landscape only.

• participants can narrate their stories in any form of expressions –philosophical, satirical, investigative, emotional, comic, etc. the

story can be imaginary or based on true events & facts, the participants have complete freedom on the narration of it.

• you can submit multiple pictures supporting the primary (main) photograph along with the story but you will be judged only on

the primary photograph.

“every city has a different narrative and most narratives are defined as perceived by people”

city hues | story of your city

submission requirements• the size of the photograph is restricted (10 mb max) and the

ratio(4:5) to be followed strictly in portrait or landscape mode.

• participants are free to edit their photographs using any editor. but they cannot submit any downloaded or stock images.

• submission details should include - 1. name of the city; 2.place/location in that city; 3. 200 words article. extra multiple photographs can be submitted to support the story.

city hues | submissions

judging criteria• 60% marks on the photograph and 40% marks for the article

(story). the complete submission will be judged on originality of idea, creativity and interactivity of story-telling and how the story justifies the photograph & engages the jurors & audience.

• strictly use original photographs only. any member found of copyright theft should be ready to bear rigorous consequences.

registrationthe registration for the competition is free

city hues | details

awardsweek awards

top 3 individual winners – inr 1,000 per winner every week2 people’s choice + editors choice winners – inr 750 per winner every week

overall winning prizes 1st prize - inr 10,000 | 2nd prize – inr 7,500 | 3rd prize – inr 5,000

eligibilityanyone from the architecture community or similar fields. (individual participation only)

Important dates & detailsthe word of the day will be announced on every sunday at 5 PM IST given & described by judge of the week

participants will have to submit entries max by every friday 5 PM IST for the given wordwinner of the week will be announced on every sunday before 8 PM IST

competition period - 15th september to 6th october 2019

city hues | honorary jury panel

mr. fernando guerra

one of the world’s most well-known architectural

photographer from Portugal who has been a

pioneer in the way architecture is

photographed and divulged. also known as

“the flying photographer”

ar. sanjay puri

the top modern architect from India

whose work is acknowledged around the globe. the firm has

won over 140 International & 100+

national awards including WAF, SARA and

LEAF awards

mr. tom blachford

he is one of Melbourne’s most exciting young photographers. his images have been

published in various famous newspapers and magazines such as the

New York Times, Vogue Australia, Domus, iD,

etc.,

mr. matthieu venot

the famous French contemporary

photographer to whom, colors are of utmost

importance. his recent work includes shooting for Times Luxx mag &

GQ Style with Tylor, the creator – the famous

American rapper

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We have organized a more than 9 paid & free competitions previously.

Past Competitions

Reinventing Gwalior’16

Envisioning Gwalior Trade Fair Archcemember‘17

SqrFoot House –Housing For One

https://www.archdaily.com/794416/open-call-envisioning-gwalior-

trade-fair

https://www.archdaily.com/794416/open-call-envisioning-gwalior-

trade-fair

https://sqrfactor.com/competition/sqrfoot-house-housing-for-one

https://sqrfactor.com/competition/archcember17

Travel Unravel

Plug & Play Living Skins

https://sqrfactor.com/competition/plug-play-living

https://sqrfactor.com/competition/travel-unravel

https://sqrfactor.com/competition/skins

Few of them are listed below:

Ar. KrishnaraoJaisim

Ar. Karan Grover

Ar. KrupaZubin

Ar. Sheila Sri Prakash

Ar. ShirishBeri

Ar. Jitendra Mehta

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Ar. Sathya P Varanashi

Ar. GitaBalakrishnan

Ar. VijayNarnapatti

Ar. Akshay Heranjal

Ar. MelikeAltinisik

Ar. AditiPai

Esteemed Panel of Mentors who have been a continuous support to us (All mentors/jurors are not listed here)

Mentors & Jurors

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