MKIK 5.0 - OPEN CALL
Exhibition: 21- 28 November 2024
Exhibition Preview & Award Ceremony: 21 November 2024
Time: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Venue: KCC
This year, My Kolkata in Kolkata (MKIK), the annual Open Call for Photography Awards and Exhibitions by KCC, returns with its fifth installment, presented in collaboration with Chennai Photo Biennale. As part of the AMI Arts Festival 2024, this annual photography exhibition invites the public to experience Kolkata through a curated collection of powerful, diverse, and evocative images.
For this special edition, jurors Varun Gupta, Managing Trustee of the Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation and Director of the Chennai Photo Biennale, and senior photographer Kushal Ray, selected 15 individual photographs and 5 photo stories from a highly competitive pool of entries. Each image and series captures a unique aspect of Kolkata's timeless charm, uncovering stories and perspectives that reflect the city’s vibrant culture and history.
The selected photographers and winners are as follows:
SINGLE PHOTO CATEGORY
Sachin (Award Winner)
Abhijit Sen, Ananya Bose Majumder, Anirban Basu, Avra Ghosh, Bhuvana Ganguly, Debarpan Dan, Iishita Ghosh, Mouli Paul, Nabarun Raha, Namrata Pandit, Sambit Dattachaudhuri, Soumil Ghosh, Suvrajit Sarkar, Syed Abbas Ali
PHOTO STORY CATEGORY
Arkava Banerjee (Award Winner)
Anirban Dutta, Eshna Rahaman, Soumyadeep Ghosh, Spandan Mahajan
All India Open Call for Photography Awards and Exhibition
Application Deadline: 15 October, 2024
About My Kolkata in Kolkata 5.0:
My Kolkata in Kolkata (MKIK) is the annual Open Call for Photography Awards and Exhibitions by the Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC). The exhibition is a part of KCC’s annual festival, the Ami Arts Festival.
KCC is thrilled to announce My Kolkata in Kolkata 5.0, an event that will showcase the many shades of Kolkata captured through different lenses.
The theme of the Open Call: Kolkata
MKIK invites applications in two categories.
- Single Photo
A maximum of 5 photographs per individual. All the photographs should be collated in a single PDF file, which should not exceed 10 MB.
(Note: The location and year of taking of single photos should be mentioned in the same PDF as well)
- Photo Story
There can be a maximum of 2 photo stories per individual, each with a maximum of 10-15 photographs. The Photo Stories should be collated in a single PDF file that does not exceed 10 MB.
(Note: The photo story should have a small description or overview text (not more than 250 words) associated with it that describes the theme of the photo story, its location, and the year of taking the photographs)
What is a photo story?
A Photo Story is a series of individual photographs that narrate any particular theme, idea, story, event, etc.)
The jury will select one Single Photograph and one Photo Story for the Excellence Awards. The winners will be awarded on the exhibition preview day. The date of the Award and Exhibition will be announced on the website soon.
How to Apply:
The PDF should include the photographs, any official photo ID card, a profile image of the photographer, a small description of the works (mandatory for the photo story), and a little note about the photographer/artists (maximum 150 words).
The applicants should email the PDF file along with the payment receipt or screenshot of the payment notification to mykolkatainkolkata@gmail.com
If the applicant submits entries in both categories, they should send them in two separate PDF files.
The name of the PDF file: Applicant’s Name_Category_MKIK 5.0
The application fee costs INR 500 per category.
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Eligibility:
Any Indian citizen can apply.
No age limit. Applicants below 18 years will have to upload their parent’s ID card in the application form.
Applicants should only send the photographs taken after December 31, 2022.
In the case of mobile photography, the mobile should have a minimum of 12 MP camera. The mobile model, location, and year of taking should be mentioned.
Important Dates:
Application Deadline: 15 October, 2024
No personal calls to the team members will be entertained.
All applicants are requested to complete their applications by filling up the Razorpay form.
For further information, please contact +91 9319413922 or write to mykolkatainkolkata@gmail.com
