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There’s a huge difference between professional architectural photographs and those random snapshots of fascinating buildings that caught your eye when you were on vacation in some swanky European capital or small American town. Or is there? Both types of works are liable to give people a fresh perspective on buildings they might not ordinarily notice. They also might engender a renewed appreciation of vilified structures. Most important, they might just preserve in time what will be no more one day. Sometimes images of buildings can succeed in doing all of the above plus operate as striking works of art, showing off an architect’s eye-catching design and your own knack for interesting composition. Those sorts of prints by amateurs and the general public — more so than crappy vacation shots — are the ones the Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Miami) is soliciting as entries for its 10th Annual International Photography Competition. Doesn’t matter whether your subject is ancient or modern. Doesn’t matter where it’s located (the moon might be off limits, though). All that does matter is that your print contain an element of the built environment and that an architectural theme prevails.
If you’re a budding Julius Shulman (who snapped so many memorable images of modern buildings beginning in the 1930s), or a Jamie Canaves (whose print of New York’s Guggenheim Museum, above, caught judges’ eyes last year), you should probably consider digging through that old box of photos now. You could also pick up the Instamatic and walk around town or elsewhere in search of fodder. Color prints, black-and-white prints, and digital work are all eligible. Category winners will be awarded $300. The best overall work goes home with a whopping $1000. But winners will do more than just pocket cash. They’ll have their creations displayed at Coral Gables gallery the Americas Collection in November during Architecture Week. — By Nina Korman
Entry fee is $35 and is good for 5 prints. Entries must be mounted on 11-by-14-inch presentation-quality white mat boards. Deadline is 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 24. Call 305-448-7488 or see www.aiamiami.com for details.
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