Sirmione Photo Residency: applications open for the fourth edition
A two-week residency on Lake Garda to develop a photographic project in full autonomy
The Sirmione Photo Residency is looking for talented photographers capable, with their sensitivity and skill, of revealing an unprecedented image of Sirmione, uncovering hidden and unexplored aspects of it. They must also be willing to be contaminated by an extraordinary place, dense with history, nature and culture, capable of enriching the way we look at the world.
Selections for the fourth edition of the Sirmione Photo Residency are open: the selected artist will spend two weeks on the shores of Lake Garda to develop a photographic project dedicated to the fascinating territory of Sirmione, an invitation to transform suggestions and inspirations into tangible and meaningful images.
The initiative, now in its fourth edition, stems from the Sirmione Municipality’s desire to see its town in a new light, through the lens of photographers capable of producing an authentic and innovative representation of the territory and its community.
The Sirmione Photo Residency is the first appointment of the 16th Edition of the Sirmione Award for Photography, consisting of 6 different contests (the complete calendar of appointments will be published as soon as possible).
Probably the most significant feature of the Sirmione Photo Residency lies in the great freedom granted to the selected photographer to conceive, propose and realise their own photographic project, letting themselves be inspired by Sirmione and its territory in coherence with their own poetics.
The photographers will be selected and guided in the realisation of the project by two important international photography experts: Andréa Holzherr, Global Cultural Director of Magnum Photos, and Ludovica Pellegatta, Partnerships Director of Magnum Photos.
The call for entries for the fourth edition of the Sirmione Photo Residency is now available with information on how to participate (deadline Monday 31 March 2025).
You will find a summary of the Call for Entries at the bottom of the article.
After the presentation of A RIVA the book by Simona Ghizzoni, the protagonist of the second edition of the Sirmione Photo Residency, Mattia Marzorati, the protagonist of the third edition has already been photographing in Sirmione and is working on his project that will be presented at the end of summer 2025 and that will take the form of the Sirmione Photo Residency BOOK 03.
In this gallery some preview images of Mattia Marzorati’s project:
The Sirmione Photo Residency is a research and development residency in which photography can become the pivotal tool for finding points of union between the different dimensions of collective living and translate into an opportunity for the cultural and ethical growth of society.
Download the announcement for the fourth edition of the Sirmione Photo Residency with information on how to participate.
In detail, in order to participate in the Sirmione Photo Residency it is necessary to submit a single PDF document containing
– a photographic project already realised and composed of no less than 20 images for which the date of production is not relevant (no connection between the project and Sirmione and/or Lake Garda is required). No more than one image per page shall be included in the PDF document;
– an illustrative text of the project (maximum one page, in English)
– the curriculum vitae of the photographer (in English);
– a summary of the project proposed for the Residency in Sirmione (in English)
There is time until 23:59 minutes of 31 March 2025 to submit your application.
The author of the selected project will be awarded
– a two-week stay in Sirmione during the month of October 2025;
– reimbursement of travel expenses (up to a maximum of € 1,000);
– a total daily allowance of € 2,500.00 for the two weeks;
– 50 copies of the volume that will be printed by the Municipality of Sirmione using the photographs of the photographic project realised during the Photographic Residence in Sirmione. The volume will be printed only if the Municipality of Sirmione and the project supervisors consider the material produced during the Photographic Residence worthy of publication. Otherwise no volume will be printed.
Participate in the Sirmione Photo Residency (applications open by 2nd January 2025)
Sirmione Award for Photography is supported by:
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