Trieste Photo Days

21/07/2026

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬: 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝! 🥳

We are pleased to announce that 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢 is the winning project of Collectible Shots – A Journey Beyond the Visible, the open call exclusively for members of Exhibit Around and Dotart / Exhibit Around APS, held in collaboration with the gallery in Trieste.

🏆 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐝 by Alma Bibolotti is inspired by Monet's Nymphéas and the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi. Through soft focus, reflections and delicate tones, the project creates a dreamlike atmosphere suspended between reality and abstraction.

The Lilies Pond by Alma Bibolotti will be exhibited at Passage Arte Contemporanea during Trieste Photo Days 2026, alongside 𝐀/𝐑 𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐚 𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 by Giulia Natalia Comito, winner of the 2025 Portfolio Reviews, and Alessandra Spigai's sculptures from the series 𝐋𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢.

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👏 We are also pleased to award two 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, which will be exhibited at the Mercato Coperto during Trieste Photo Days 2026:

🎖️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 by Umberto Verdoliva explores the distance between lived and longed-for time, creating a suspended world between reality and imagination.

🎖️ 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐦 by Markus Born is a long-term black-and-white project exploring historical memory, migration, nature, and the sense of belonging.

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🌐 Read the full article on: www.exhibitaround.com

20/07/2026

𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚! 📸

Today we are showcasing "Seto Generation", the portfolio by Daniela Silvestri, winner of this year's Mythography VI open call! 😎

One of her photographs will be exhibited in the collective exhibition at Magazzino 26 in Trieste and her project will be awarded during the Trieste Photo Days Festival (October 23-25). 🏆

Daniela Silvestri is a founding member and Vice President of WSP Photography, where she is responsible for communication and event organization.
She has produced documentary projects in Italy and abroad, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe.

Seto Generation tells the story of the Seto people, a Finno-Ugric minority living in the Setomaa region between Estonia and Russia, committed to preserving their cultural identity.
The project highlights the crucial role of younger generations in passing on their language, traditions and collective memory.
Created between 2015 and 2024, it offers an authentic portrait of the community through rituals, celebrations and everyday life. ✨

🔗 Website: www.danielasilvestri.org
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🌐 Discover all the Mythography VI winners on our website: https://www.exhibitaround.com/en/news/mythography-vi-winners-revealed

16/07/2026

URBAN Photo Awards 2026: 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝! 📸🥳

We are pleased to announce the photographers who have reached the Semifinal stage in all categories of the competition.

They were selected by the URBAN 2026 Jury, chaired by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 for the Projects & Portfolios category and 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 for the Single Photos category.

Congratulations to all the Semifinalists, selected from nearly 20,000 images submitted by around 5,000 photographers from around the world! 👏

🗓️ What's next:
• Finalists: end of July
• Winners Shortlist: in mid-September
• Winners at Awards Ceremony: 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, during Trieste Photo Days (October 23–25).

🌐 On our website, you'll find the complete list of the Semifinalists, organized by category and in alphabetical order: type your name into the search bar within your category to find your photo or project.

🔗 Discover the 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 of selected photographers: https://www.urbanphotoawards.com/en/semifinalists-2026

16/07/2026

𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚! 🏆

Amor de Cabaret is the project by Nicolas St-Pierre Photo, selected in the Mark Power Special Prize category of the URBAN Photo Awards 2026, successfully making it through the first selection! 😎
The project will also be exhibited in Trieste in October 2026 during Trieste Photo Days Festival!

Nicolas St-Pierre is a Canadian photographer based in Mexico City whose work combines documentary, street, and fine art photography. His photographs have been exhibited and awarded internationally, earning recognition in prestigious competitions and publications.

Through the project Amor de Cabaret, Nicolas St-Pierre captures the timeless atmosphere of Salón Los Ángeles, the historic dance hall in Mexico City where generations and cultures come together.
Through the universal language of dance, he explores human connections, emotions and shared moments, transforming this iconic place into a symbol of memory, humanity and belonging.

🔗 Discover the full list of selected photographers on our website: https://www.urbanphotoawards.com/it/selected-2026

15/07/2026

Artist Spotlight with Alena Ivochkina! 📸

Alena Ivochkina worked in economics for many years before discovering photography in 2019 during her hiking trips in the mountains. From that moment on, her journey developed quickly and with determination.
In 2020, she completed a course in artistic and professional photography. In 2023, she turned to fine art photography and began exploring self-portraiture. ✨

Based in Chelyabinsk, Russia, her work has received recognition in international competitions and has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. 😎
Her artistic practice filters reality through the lens of imagination: everyday objects and ordinary scenes are transformed into something unexpected and refined, never quite what they first appear to be. Surrealism, minimalism, colour and digital manipulation are the visual tools she uses to create compelling and surprising narratives.

With Colorful Mood, a project published in Mythography V by Exhibit Around, she explores the relationship between clothing, identity and communication.
In each image, the face remains hidden. Instead, the clothes become the voice of the subject, expressing the mood she chooses to reveal to the world while keeping her innermost feelings private.👗

In this interview, Alena Ivochkina shares how Colorful Mood came to life and discusses her artistic approach to photography.

🎥 Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT1Mk3zHPpo

Website: alenaivochkina.com

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15/07/2026

𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞: 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝! 🥳

We are proud to announce that La soglia by Cristina Cosmano | InRepo - Cristina Cosmano is the winning project of Female Portraits in Dialogue: from Historical to Contemporary Photography, the international open call promoted by Exhibit Around APS in collaboration with the Fototeca dei Civici Musei di Storia ed Arte | Musei Civici Trieste of the Comune di Trieste, with the support of the Consiglio regionale FVG.

Website: https://topphotoawards.com

Cristina Cosmano’s images will be displayed at the 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨 during Trieste Photo Days 2026, in dialogue with works by authors active between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including Giuseppe Wulz, Marion Wulz, Ugo Borsatti, Adriano de Rota, Emil Rabending, Carl Pietzner and Giovanni Battista Berra.

🏆 𝐋𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐚 is a global portrait project portraying women without showing their faces, shifting the focus to posture, gestures and body language as expressions of identity. Through images created across different cultural, religious and social contexts, it explores how female visibility is shaped and regulated, inviting viewers to reflect on presence, representation and how much of a person we need to see in order to recognise their existence.

The selection of works and the exhibition curation were entrusted to Claudia Colecchia, Head of the Fototeca and Library of the Civici Musei di Storia ed Arte of Trieste, who praised the project for the strength and clarity of its investigation into the language of portraiture. The work opens a timely reflection on the relationship between presence and invisibility, identity and representation, and between what is revealed and what remains hidden from view.
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👏 Congratulations also to our two 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, whose outstanding projects will be exhibited at the Mercato Coperto during Trieste Photo Days 2026:

🎖️ 𝐇𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 by Yinna Higuera explores the relationship between photography, memory and nature through chlorophyll prints on leaves, transforming each work into a fragile, organic object. A project that combines material experimentation with poetic depth.

🎖️ 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 by Marylise Vigneau brings together portraits of women from diverse places and backgrounds, creating a multifaceted portrait of contemporary womanhood. A project that reflects on identity, resilience and the many ways women are represented today.
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🌐 Read the full article on our website:
https://www.exhibitaround.com/en/news/la-soglia-the-threshold-by-cristina-cosmano-wins-female-portraits-in-dialogue/

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

14/07/2026

There's still time to visit the exhibition at the elegant The Modernist Hotel! ✨

The photographs on display are:
📸 "Fermati" by Andrea Marti
📸 "Everyday Robots" by Andreas Geisinger
📸 "Untitled" by Susanne Baumgartner
📸 "Next Train, Unknown" and "Red Silence" by Chiara Leoni
📸 "Oceanic Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey" by Eric Falk
📸 "Electric Eden" by Feijia Yu
📸 "Manarola" by Luana Bagnasco
📸 "Echoes in Glass" by Michael Kofteros
📸 "Untitled" by Michael Whitehouse
📸 "Near Times Square" by Peter Wach
📸 "Reds" by Radu Pătrașcu

If you're in the area, don't miss the chance to stop by and enjoy the photographs on display!😁

14/07/2026

𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚!🏆

Almendrónes: A Cuban Love Story is the project by David Jacobson, selected in the Projects & Portfolios category of the URBAN Photo Awards 2026, successfully making it through the first selection! 😎
The project will also be exhibited in Trieste in October during Trieste Photo Days 2026!

David Jacobson is a British street and travel photographer based in London, whose passion for photography began in childhood.
His work has been published in national newspapers and magazines, exhibited in prestigious galleries and recognized with awards in major photography competitions. 🤩

Through the project Almendrónes: A Cuban Love Story, David Jacobson explores the deep bond between Cubans and their iconic vintage cars.
Kept alive through their owners' ingenuity and creativity despite the chronic shortage of spare parts, these vehicles become powerful symbols of the country's resilience, identity and history. ✨

🌐 Discover the full list of selected photographers on our website: https://www.urbanphotoawards.com/it/selected-2026

13/07/2026

URBAN Photo Awards 2026: 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝! 📸🥳

This year, we received nearly 𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 from around 𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 worldwide.🌍

Congratulations to all the Selected Photographers, who now move on to the next stage of the competition! 👏

⚠ Coming soon: we'll announce the shortlist for the 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐃. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 and provide 𝐔𝐑𝐁𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 participants with voting instructions.

🗓️ What's next:
• Semifinalists: end of July
• Finalists: August / September
• Winners at Awards Ceremony: 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, during Trieste Photo Days (October 23–25), with distinguished jurors 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 and 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬.

🌐 On our website, you'll find the complete list of Selected Photographers, organized by category and in alphabetical order: type your name into the search bar within your category to find your photo or project.

🔗 Discover the 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 of selected photographers: https://www.urbanphotoawards.com/en/selected-2026

13/07/2026

Con profondo dolore abbiamo appreso della scomparsa di Giorgio Rossi, assessore alla cultura del Comune di Trieste.
Nel corso di oltre un decennio con Trieste Photo Days, abbiamo avuto il privilegio di incontrare un amministratore che ha creduto in noi, nel valore della cultura e della fotografia e ci ha accompagnato in una continua collaborazione tra istituzioni e realtà del territorio.
La sua vicinanza, il sostegno alle nostre iniziative e la disponibilità al dialogo hanno contribuito alla crescita di un progetto che oggi rappresenta Trieste ben oltre i suoi confini.

A nome di Trieste Photo Days, dotART ed Exhibit Around, APS esprimiamo la nostra più sincera gratitudine per il percorso condiviso e il nostro più sentito cordoglio alla sua famiglia, ai suoi cari, al sindaco e a tutta l’amministrazione comunale.

Grazie, Giorgio. Il tuo impegno per la cultura e per la città rimarrà nel ricordo di chi ha avuto il privilegio di lavorare al tuo fianco.