5 Jun 2026

Art Calls The Proximity of Harm – Visions of a Compromised Everyday Life

IppocrateOrg –  Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

IppocrateOrg

Opportunity Description

International Deadline: August 15, 2026 – The photography competition “The Proximity of Harm—Visions of a Compromised Everyday Life” is organised by the Ippocrate Foundation as part of a cultural research project dedicated to investigating contemporary forms of harm and their manifestations in everyday life.

“Prossimità del danno—Visions of a Compromised Everyday Life” serves as a platform for visual research that uses the language of photography as a tool for the critical observation of the present. The concept of damage is understood in a broad and multi-layered sense: not merely as an environmental phenomenon, but as a pervasive condition that permeates relationships, social systems and the processes of constructing individual and collective identity. It is a visual research project that uses photography to observe the present.

Damage is understood as a pervasive condition: not merely physical or environmental, but also emotional, social and perceptual. Through images and visual narratives, the project explores what, despite being close at hand and part of everyday life, often remains invisible.

JURY

  • Pablo Ernesto Piovano, Jury President, winner of the 2024 and 2026 World Press Photo Award
  • Silvia Chiodin is an independent writer and director with over 30 years of experience.
  • Pierpaolo Mittica, an internationally renowned photographer and filmmaker
  • Melissa Carnemolla is an Italian photographer whose focus is on marginalized social histories and dynamics.
  • Ilaria Di Biagio , a Tuscan photographer, studied investigative journalism and cultural anthropology in Rome, while also taking photography courses in Florence and Rome, and then in Denmark at the Danish School of Media and Journalism.

APPLY ONLINE – €10 application fee

We are looking for personal perspectives.

About:
IppocrateOrg is a non-profit organization that brings together an international network of doctors, researchers, social workers, and healthcare professionals who pursue an ethical and innovative vision of health.

Via Canova, 15
6900 Lugano, Switzerland
CF: 95100290121

Opportunity Categories: Photography Only. Opportunity Types: Art Calls. Opportunity Tags: Deadlines 07 July thru Aug and Open to Artists Worldwide. Benefits: Exhibition - Group and Exhibition - Online.

Opportunity expires in 72 days.

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