Photo Exhibition Capture Your City
Capture Your City is a major photo competition open for all of Europe, and organised by the Danish Architecture Centre in which photography enthusiasts can interpret their city as it looks right now. This exhibition was created in collaboration with cultural institutions and municipalities in Riga, Turin, Milano, Ljubljana and Amsterdam.
New Beauty
This year’s theme New beauty encourages us to see the beauty in patina and weeds. If we want more bees in our yard and less building waste on roadsides, we will have to get used to looking at the world with new eyes.
See the best photos, including the winners, in this exhibition. The exhibition includes photographs from the main competition and from the separate schools competition.
First Prize winner
Fabio Liberati Fidanza: Life Paths København
The jury’s statement: “An aesthetically strong and well composed photograph in which water and sky merge together, broken only by the yellow pants. The people in the photograph are both elderly women – and perhaps, in themselves, they speak of a new type of beauty, at a time when we not only praise youth but we also have a more inclusive perception of beauty. The photograph is also about finding balance – between people, the city and nature; between work and leisure. Winter bathing invites you to go out and feel your body and nature – often in the company of others. Isn’t this an expression of the ability to survive that we will all need in the future?”
Second Prize winner
Jana Uljanova: 'No title', Riga
The jury’s statement: “The photograph captures the time between when the industrial building was abandoned and when it is to be converted into something else. It is a temporary intermission, when a creative community has moved in and transformed the building. There is clearly a new beauty in preserving these buildings and giving them new life, instead of tearing them down to build new. In some cities, such as here in Riga, it can be an advantage to quietly leave places alone and allow them to survive on their own terms. The colors and the simplicity of the motif make an impressive photograph.”
Third Prize winner
Sara Avellaneda Portilla: 'Al lado del camino', Torino
The jury’s statement: “This photograph might just as well have been taken in the 1950s. However, there is also a point, in that perhaps we can find the beauty of the future if we look to the past. At a time when we caused less damage to nature and lived more in affinity with it. There is a connection between the new and the old – a man in an old tram looking out at the new city around him. He is completely alone and there is a particular calm. There is time to think, to take a step back, and to look at it all from a distance.”
Made possible by:
The photo competition is supported by the philanthropic association Realdania and developed in collaboration with the New European Bauhaus project Desire – an Irresistible Circular Society. Desire is funded by the EU.
Praktische informatie
Location: Arcam, Prins Hendrikkade 600
Dates: 6 July – 1 September 2024
Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday, 1-5 pm
Tickets Arcam (all exhibitions included)
Adults: €4.00
Students: € 2.00
0-18 years: € 0.00
accompanying person of a visitor with a disability: € 0,00
Entrance with I Amsterdam City Card: €0,00
Accessibility:
Arcam is wheelchair accessible. All floors are accessible via our lift and there is an adapted toilet on the ground floor. If required, we also offer assistance, please feel free to contact us at arcam@arcam.nl.