THEME

“THE ENDLESS PERSPECTIVE OF VISION”
In an era where images dominate communication and technology has transformed the way we perceive, our vision is no longer free. It is conditioned by screens, algorithms, and artificial intelligence. These forces create a reality that isn’t always an unmediated reflection of truth, but rather a selectively curated, manipulated, or fragmented version of it. In this context, documentary photography is often seen as a means of preserving a direct connection to reality. But is that really the case?
"The endless perspective of vision challenges us to explore and transcend these limitations, urging us to look beyond what is readily handed to us or assumed as self-evident
This call invites photographers to reconsider vision not as a passive act of seeing, but as a complex interplay between the subject, technology, and personal interpretation. Where do the limits of our perception actually begin and end?
Are they tangible barriers, physical objects that shape the way we experience space, or are they subtler, deeper, and ingrained influences, such as media manipulation, censorship, social biases, and the conditioned modes of understanding born from our experiences and culture?
Within this framework, photography becomes not only a tool for documenting reality but also a means to reexamine it, to push beyond the confines of what is visible, and to reveal that which lies outside the conventional frame of perception.
"The endless perspective of vision" is an invitation to question, explore, and challenge visual reality in all its dimensions.
Curator Prof. Asc. Albes Fusha
The winners of the Main Theme and the “Press & News” Category will be awarded 1000 EURO.
The prizes for the other three categories will be honorary and accompanied by the respective trophy.
The photos must have been taken in the time period 2022 - 2025. The following photo enhancements are acceptable:
- Cropping, contrast and exposure changes, color correction, desaturation.
- Not acceptable: Importing elements from other photos, cloning and deleting parts of the photo, or using any other technique not mentioned in the list of allowed interventions.
- Photographs created by artificial intelligence are prohibited