Wild City

Photo Competition 2024

Nature Enters the Dream, the City is Reborn

Organizer

Asian Art Association Singapore

Exhibition Venue

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Deadline

Oct 31, 2024

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Otters in Marina Bay, Singapore
Since the 1960s, Singapore has been committed to greening efforts, incorporating natural elements into urban development. Today Singapore is recognized as one of the greenest cities in the world, truly A City in Nature. It is a global benchmark in urban greening. Parks, green spaces, and wildlife scattered throughout the city showcase the deep integration of nature and modern urban life. This bustling metropolis is renowned not only for its advanced technology and infrastructure but also for its unique environment where nature and humanity coexist, attracting global attention.

In order to further promote the concept of ‘Harmony between Human and Nature’, the Asian Art Association Singapore invites photography enthusiasts from all over the world to participate in the ‘Wild City Photography Competition’, which aims to capture the wilderness and nature of the city through the lens, and to showcase the beauty of nature in the midst of modern urban life. The competition aims to call on the public to become more aware of urban nature through the art of photography. It will also explore how to preserve the natural wilderness in a highly urbanised environment, and the possibilities of co-existence between the city and nature.

The "Wild City Photo Competition" encourages photographers to capture natural landscapes and wildlife from various perspectives, showcasing the interactions between humans and nature. It seeks to explore how wilderness continues to thrive in modern cities. The winning entries will have the opportunity to be exhibited at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, allowing audiences from around the world to appreciate the beauty and power of urban wilderness while advocating for greater attention to nature conservation and urban ecological development.

In today's rapidly developing global and urbanized world, finding a balance with nature amid concrete jungles has become a critical issue. The "Wild City Photo Competition" provides a unique platform for global photography enthusiasts to tell the story of nature and urban integration through their lenses, presenting a vision of future green cities. Photography is not only a record of beauty but also a way to inspire people to reflect on the relationship between humans and nature.

We warmly invite photography enthusiasts worldwide to pick up their cameras and participate in this competition, using images to interpret the wilderness in the city and document the harmonious beauty between humans and nature. Let us explore the perfect balance between wilderness and city together, adding more green inspiration to urban life through art!

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Raccoons in New York City's Central Park

Highlight

- Unique Theme: Explore the wilderness and nature in the city, capture the beautiful moments of coexistence between modern cities and nature, and emphasise the harmonious relationship between human and nature.

- Global Participation: Photography enthusiasts from around the world are invited to participate, providing a platform for cross-border photographic exchanges and joint discussions on urban ecology and nature conservation.

- Authoritative: Excellent works will be exhibited at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where they will be showcased to a global audience, enhancing the international influence of the participants.

- Multi-dimensional creation: Diversified groupings covering urban wilderness, human-nature interactions, climate impacts and other perspectives will stimulate photographers' creativity and thinking.

- Advocating Green Cities: Through the art of photography, the public will be called to pay attention to the natural ecology in the city and promote the dissemination of the concepts of ecological conservation and sustainable development.

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Nachi Falls, Japan

Eligibility

Photographers, Nature lovers and Professionals from all over the world

Schedule

1 September, 2024:
Opening of entries

31 October, 2024:
Deadline for submission of entries

6 November, 2024:
Announcement of the results of the competition

10 November, 2024:
Decision on entries for the exhibition

2 December, 2024:
Opening of the exhibition at the Singapore Botanic Gardens

15 December, 2024:
Opening of the e-Award for download

28 February, 2025:
Exhibition closes at the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Group Arrangements

WILD IN THE CITY: Capturing wildlife in the city, such as birds, insects, trees, etc., showing how the wilderness takes root in urban life and forms a unique ecosystem.
URBAN OASIS: Showcases green spaces in the city such as parks, green spaces, plant walls, and rooftop gardens, reflecting the survival and development of nature in the city.
HUMAN-NATURE INTERACTION: Records scenes of human interaction with urban nature, such as morning runners, walkers in parks, and citizens moving in natural environments, demonstrating human ecological participation in the city.
COEXISTENCE OF INDUSTRY AND NATURE: focuses on the coexistence of urban infrastructure such as industrial buildings and transport facilities with nature, reflecting how human beings protect and maintain natural ecology in the context of industrialisation.
URBAN WILDERNESS BOUNDARY: Photographs the intersection of the city with the countryside or undeveloped areas, showing how the wilderness at the edge of the city contrasts or blends with the urban environment.
CLIMATE AND CITIES: documenting the impact of climate change on urban environments, such as extreme weather events like heavy rainfall, droughts and floods, and their impact on urban nature and human life.
WILDERNESS CITIES AT NIGHT: Capturing the natural elements of cities at night, such as moonlit parks, nocturnal animals, and the interplay of city lights and nature, to show the beauty of wilderness in the urban nightscape.

Works Requirements (Summary)

- The theme of the competition is ‘Wild City’. Entries should capture natural landscapes and organisms in the city from a variety of perspectives, capturing the interaction between humans and nature, and exploring the ways in which wilderness can be sustained and thrive in the modern city.
- Each participant can submit a maximum of 20 photographs in the same group at a time.
- Entries can be taken with digital cameras, film cameras or mobile phones.
- Participants must submit their photos as electronic files.
- The file format of each photo shall be JPEG with a resolution of not less than 1080 pixels.
- The file size of each photo shall not exceed 10MB.
- Participants must provide the title, location and a short description (no more than 100 words) of each photo.
- It shall not be created with the help of any artificial intelligence technology.

Judges

We will be inviting some of the world's best photographic artists and World Heritage experts to serve as judges, the names of which will be announced at a later date.

Grading Standard

- Aesthetic value of photographs
- The expression and presentation of the subject by the photograph
- The use and innovation of photographic techniques
- Unique perspectives and discoveries of wild city

Prizes and Bonuses

PLATINUM (1): S$99 prize money and Competition certificate
GOLD (Several): Competition certificate
SILVER (Several): Competition certificate
BRONZE (Several): Competition certificate
OUTSTANDING (Other all entrants): Competition certificate

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Contact

WhatsApp: +65 8136 2782
Email: [email protected]