We announce the results of PhotoArtDoc 2024 in both categories!
The projects of Belarusian photographers who took part in the educational and mentor program of PhotoArtDoc festival took part in the closed nomination. During several months the participants of the program worked in 3 groups, each of which had its own mentor. The mentors were Belarusian photographers with extensive experience in documentary and project photography: Sergey Gudilin, Katerina Kuzmicheva and Tatiana Tkacheva. As a result of this program, the participants created projects, the themes of which were to some extent connected with Belarusians and the life of Belarusians. Some of the projects were completed during the program, some of them were long-term and an intermediate result was presented within the framework of the program.
22 projects were submitted to participate in the closed nomination for the competition. Following discussions, the jury members selected three outstanding works without ranking them.
Contest participants were given the opportunity to use pseudonyms.
Best projects of the closed nomination
«Skarb», Jana Shnipelson (Belarus / Poland)
«Jubilee», Cottonyevil (Belarus / Poland)
«In My Shoes», Tatiana Chipsanova (Belarus / New Zealand)
The open category of PhotoArtDoc`24 and the theme THE PLACE attracted the attention of photographers from 40 countries of the world. The international jury had a difficult task: to choose 3 best projects out of 230. The jury members: Artur Bondar (Ukraine/Germany), Sergey Gudilin (Belarus/Lithuania), Maira Dudareva (Latvia), Katerina Kuzmicheva (Belarus/Poland) and Tatiana Tkacheva (Belarus/Germany).
10 projects were shortlisted for the nomination.
As a result of the multi-stage selection process, voting, and discussions, the jury members identified three top projects in the nomination without ranking them.
The best projects in the open nomination
«Altars of Imagination», Maria Vittoria Desiato (Italy)
«Nobody's Wedding», Caroline Dutca and Valentin Sidorenco (Moldova)
«Place of Power», Natasha Lozinskaya (Russia)
Congratulations to the winners!