Photography lovers, this is the chance of a lifetime, the chance to follow your dream, to study professional photography! How can it get better you ask? Your dreams could come true and the possibility to win an amazing Scholarship @ the Italian Institute of Photography is something you cannot miss. You just have to participate in this competition!
“All human beings are dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.“
Jack Kerouac – Book of Dreams (1960)
What does dreaming look like? This contest invites participants to take a photo that is inspired by a dream, a day dream, a night dream, a metaphorical dream, someone else’s dream. We are not Sigmund Freud so we will leave the interpretation of ‘dream’ up to you!
Here is what you have to do to participate:
- Take an analogue picture that represents a dream.
- Describe your interpretation of dream and why this photo represents a dream. Write your description in the comments section under the photo please.
- Upload the picture on our contest site to participate.
- On 11 November 2011, find out if your dream comes true.
- Film/Camera Type: Any analogue photo not digitally enhanced or manipulated
- Maximum number of images: 3
- Size of images: Submissions must be at least 768px in either width or height
- Meta data must be completed: camera, film, location & 3 tags
- Competition end date: 6 November 2011, 23:59 Central European Time/GMT+1
Prize
A full scholarship (value 8000 Euro) to attend the Intensive Professional Photography Course at the Italian Institute of Photography in Milan, Italy. Drop to the http://www.istitutoitalianodifotografia.it and read all the details about the course you could win!
Read all the competition Terms and Conditions here!
Do you wanna get in touch directly with the IIF?
Write an e-mail to study@iifmilano.com
88 comments
antibiotyx
love the theme and prize!
emilios
Wow! Nice
tallgrrlrocks
Just 3 images? Oh my!
lighttomysoul
hoooooly fuck!!
neja
I don't understand where should I write the description....
welland
Crumbs, this is good
laurasulilly
wow, that's lovely! i won't participate though, because i couldn't take the course anyways( it'd be clashing with my Master exams). plus I don't think I'd have any chance of winning anyways, plus I think only those who'd be really able to take the course should participate, because else the prize might forfeit. however, i'm so exciting so see which talented community member will win and with which photo!!!
hervinsyah
:( For me, it's just a DREAM to win this :)
laurasulilly
well, i gave it a second thought. i might try it (although there's no chance of winning, really). in the unlikely event of winning (haha) there will be a way...so exciting!
icomewhenieatcaponata
yes i don't understand it too:::
freyfrey
where do we write our dream interpretation?? It would be financially tough to move to Italy for half a year but not impossible. My skin tingles just thinking about it!
devrimarie
this is very exciting.
tuureluure
This photo represents dreaming because you are never sure what reality is. Perhaps we are dreaming all the time. (Even if it's just a daydream.) Since i was little i'm very interested in lucid dreaming, meaning the dreamer can actively participate and manipulate imaginary experiences in the dream environment. I think it's a very fascinating scientific part from a Dutch psychiatrist named Frederik van Eeden.
webo29
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14411675 I picked this photo for the contest because of the hazy way it turned out. Dreams are often not crystal clear. The image of Marilyn Monroe also represents dreams of grandeur, fame and celebrity.
webo29
http://www.lomograph(…)os/12099823 - classic daydreaming post. I picked this photo because of its simplicity. Having said that, I believe it is centered and well balanced in terms of composition, colour and subject matter.
t82
...have a wall titled "dreaming"!
http://www.lomograph(…)59-dreaming
hervinsyah
HELLO ADMINISTRATOR, should we wrote the represents/interpretation of our dream in here or in our photo comment?
bribri89
YES YES YES!!!! my dream school!! can't believe that u offer that... its amazing thanks!!
mgeorgiavaldes
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13955254 a bit dusty but the reason i submitted this was because it reminds me of a dream i had about my friend hanging himself. thankfully that was only a dream and this is only a photograph of a prop.
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14282593 after a day tie-dyeing i fell asleep and dreamed of a where everyone's skin was tie-dyed. next morning i took a picture of a towel i'd done and double exposed it with some friends.
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13807352 this is a park in Carmel, California. With all the beautiful flowers everywhere, the place looks like its a dream already but when i printed this image the slight blur and whimsical colors really remind me of being in a dreamlike state.
Thanks so much for the opportunity, the prize is to die for!!
mgeorgiavaldes
of a place where..*
cohetesnaranjas
http://www.lomograph(…)tos/6225511
This is like a dream because I think that in the dreams you never know where you are stay, you never know the dimension of the place, you are like in another orbit.
cohetesnaranjas
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13776049
In the dreams all of the things are possible, like you have three eyes, like you have another point of view of the things...
cohetesnaranjas
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14198048
In the dreams you can dream things that you would want that exist in the real live like swim in the city
prettymeggy
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14519115 - The Beauty Of My Dreams
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" - When I was young, i don't have plans, didn't think future all i did is to live my day and let my days will leads me to. Then I met my beautiful man, get married and give birth to a wonderful child. Now I realized the beauty of having dreams, of believing for future and making plans. I have so many dreams for my son, for my husband and for our little family. Little by little I know I could make it...
prettymeggy
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14519089
This flower represents my name. My personality and my character - "you can kill the dreamer but you can't kill the dreams.
domo-guy
wow. intense.
prettymeggy
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14518562
A garden forever - if i had a flower for everytime you made me smile and smile, i'd have a garden to walk forever.
paytenpurdy
a competition to win a scholarship in photography AND in milan IS a dream come true!!! Oh man!
freyfrey
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13785782
Here is my first entry. I have included why the photo represents a dream in the description.
freyfrey
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13785790
This is my second entry. Description as above :)
freyfrey
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13785785
And this is my final (and favourite) one. I am so excited about this rumble. I hope my dreams come true ;)
freyfrey
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13785785
In a dream you are in everything and everything relates to you. You want to sing to the sea but the sea sings to you. You are both lost and found, the good and the bad. you are everything and nothing. You could swallow the world or the world could swallow you. Which will happen first
freyfrey
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13785790
In dreams you fall through worlds and different realities. One minute you are lovers despite all the odds. The next you have skipped forward in time, you are on a beach trying to hold onto her but she has gone and you are in another life. You try to put the pieces together when you wake up but you can't. You wish the dream was reality but by the time you have finished wishing you have forgotten that you love her. Until tomorrow night
freyfrey
In a dream anything is possible. You are still you but tonight you are a child and you play hide and seek in your memories. You play the games you always loved. Wait, no, you FELL in love! Oh dear, you cant remember. As you wake the dream flies away from you, like a kite with a broken string and it's gone.
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13785782
The same photos but with the descriptions in the message board. I really dont want to mess this up...
nishichauhan
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14429848
This photograph was inspired by a dream I had on 'memories'. It is about all these memories that I have from my past, happy, sad, strange and all kinds. The photograph represents how dreams are, hazy, blurred in some places, bright in others. I love how it has turned out. I like to call it, 'Memories of memories'.
tpl27
crazycameracollector28
sciezka
kiri-girl
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13590251
When you’re all alone and the world around you still moving at a million miles an hour. You take time out, you go for a walk to think and to dream. Dream to escape reality, to escape the rat race that surrounds you, you dream that there is something out there that may be what you never thought possible. Then the sun sets.. and the moment is captured and represents the dream. Dreams are free.
reiga
http://www.lomograph(…)ns/12596925
A Dream, its a journey that you could not do in reality. It is like Aristotle cave man, where the cave man interpreted the world from a shadow of a fire inside the cave about what world look like, but reality its not a monochrome shadows though its reflected reality but lack of details. Therefor its half through of reality. You need to do exposure to get the depth of the details. We might want to set our aperture in order to get a correct light so things not always dark for our eyes, and we need speed to paid attention of the movement so we dont miss momentum that might an important for us to grow up, at last our journey its a composition of life, a continues fragmented frames, which at the end we realize that we already walk in the history with a guts, even just to remember it. Dare to live, dare to dream
mantozauras
http://www.lomograph(…)hotos/35004
I like dreams because you can see all kind off people in it. Mostly I like the image of my grandfather who is resting in peace for about 10 years. I remember the short journeys in my grandfather car while we were exploring our country. And still I remember and the view from the back seat of the car and the smell of that car which brings my memories from the past.
http://www.lomograph(…)tos/6038389
It is common that man meets woman in his dreams. All kind of woman. Some of them you know well in your regular life and the other ones are living only in your dreams. Once I had a dream with a woman in it. Special one. And I felt in love with that woman. I understood that this woman is not real. But she was so special that I did not wanted to wake up at all. And night after night we were living in the dream. Suddenly one day she was gone. I miss her.
http://www.lomograph(…)hotos/18139
One of the most terrible nightmares in my life was the dream where I was an old guy and I did not have any relatives and friends. I was so lonely. After that dream I like to visit my grandmother more often and take more photos of her.
laurasulilly
I submitted 3 prints of mine to the competition, comments can be found with the pictures themselves:
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13403603
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14216923
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14375599
While I think that the picture with the little girl (last one in row above/first one submitted) fits the theme best, I nevertheless decided to submit 2 more which I found fitting in the sense that they convey a poetry which I think goes alongside what I conceive of dreams.
coca
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14331267 A boy at the beach, having fun, playing in the sand, feeling safe…. something is going to change dramatically but he doesn’t realize…
coca
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14178184 This photo represent the dream of reaching yourself, an invitation to getting to know yourself so clearly like the reflection of a mirror
coca
http://www.lomograph(…)tos/5853282 Represent the eternal dream of flying freely and just letting everything go
saidseni
I didn't understand where we should submit the pictures but since everybody is doing it here...
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13939355
This picture is like a dream to me because:
- I always dream of the sea;
- In my dreams, I live in this island;
- It reminds me of the movie "Arizona Dream";
- Sensia 100 pictures always have a dreamy look;
- I think that besides of the movie I mentioned and kite festivals, only in dreams you can see fishes in the sky... :)
saidseni
Am I thinking of him or is he dreaming of me?
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14304382
weidong
http://www.lomograph(…)ns/14398782
the expired film brings me in another dimension, and this picture represent for me a really idea of a dream
http://www.lomograph(…)ns/13970861
this moment, captured in a sunny day of summer, for my point of view is one of my fav picture and represent a dream because my girl is always happy, but in the pic looklike worry about something, and is impossible, so i think is a dream.
http://www.lomograph(…)ns/14432714
no explanations regarding this. i selected because looklike a real dream, it seems those people come from another world..
beatnik_eyes
http://www.lomograph(…)otos/316217
dreams are chaos, subconscious splatter and streaks of memories, forgotten visions, and light
http://www.lomograph(…)tos/3582295
they're also blurry wonders that can go anywhere and become anything
tpl27
sahilkarkhanis
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14429941
In your dreams you can be trapped in your own mind!
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14429946
Inspired by those angsty dreams where it seems like a struggle/ fight between you and yourself!
mephisto19
i am not sure if i should join when i read, that you need a digital camera for the course... just sent an email to ask if analogue was also possible...
ahben10
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14569344
Everyone has a dream, but not everyone has the courage to try, to try to fulfill it. maybe for once, let me dream for a little longer...
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14424412
Music was my passion, my everything. Gave up everything because someone said 'I am not talented'. but deep inside I know it is still a part of me. right now my dream is to snap everything and everyone is around me, everywhere and anytime. i wouldn't want to live in regrets. "Shoot forever!" @ccwu
neonelectricmel
maymosciaro
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14433792
http://www.lomograph(…)os/12607416
http://www.lomograph(…)os/12562674
all comments are on the information boxes of each pic!!!
;)
ccwu
@ahben10 Shoot forever!! :D
veronicy
kshen
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14432347
I had a dream, a route not many would consider, it is the road less taken. The dream would lead me on to a rough journey, I would be sailing through the rough sea. Would I be able to make it? I don't know. It was a dream, because I only chose to dream, I dare not embark on the journey. Hence my ship will forever be bottled up, and displayed, as a dream,a once-upon-a-time dream.
kshen
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13935679
I dream about the road ahead of me, I can only dream, because I cannot see the future. It is too bright, too full of possibilities. It is a rocky road, getting to the light will not be easy.
kshen
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14593783
What would I become in the future, how would my life be, what would I look like.....I do not know...it is not clear to me, but I can dream....I can imagine. The blurred image of my future will be clear.....slowly
iif_milan
Hi everyone! Thanks for all the fantastic comments. I noticed that some of you were not sure where to write your description/interpretation of a dream. When you make the submission, there is a space for a description of the photo, so you can write your dream interpretation there. Otherwise, please write the interpretation in the comments section underneath your submission (this is after you have completed the upload and you see the photo on the contest page already...the space where others can also comment).
Best of luck to all of you! And we look forward to seeing one of you at IIF in Milan soon!
liberadawilly
ludoka
elvismartinezsmith
http://www.lomograph(…)os/12673430
dreams are like multiple exposures: patchworks of memories pasted on each others, creating a whole, which seems damn real. Nothing is impossible, a submarine textured with the multiple sides of a gigantic metal ball, all enlighten by a great rising sun, making it all surreal! But in a dream, as in multiple exposures shots, everything is possible. More than that, in a dream surprise is the essence, it may be a good or a bad one, but you're never prepared to what's going to happen in the end. If you may prepare yourself to something, it should be that nothing is going to be as expected, just like in a dream.
mariaratfingers
beautiful competition! i can't pay a ticket to milan though! good luck everyone!
nanagigi10
nanagigi10
rizkiutami
rizkiutami
rizkiutami
raffivanosi
fabioduarte77
Competition: What does dreaming look like?
I remember a recurring dream where I remember the days of childhood with a lot of fun, full of friends and everyone was very happy represented the first photo http://www.lomograph(…)os/14365545 , the second represent my dreams about love between people on a more free and unbiased http://www.lomograph(…)os/14235756 , and in the third picture represent another recurring dream in which I appear on a deserted beach talking to myself http://www.lomograph(…)os/14108851 . My job as a photographer has an analog load and playful dream that comes very close to not real, not documentary. My idea was to get the relative time and space and it was clear from the photographs, causing the idea of time extended or fragmented, which are characteristic of experiments belonging to experience the act of dreaming. Also tried to work thinking about the aesthetics of cinema, time and motion.
email: fduarte777@gmail.com
paytenpurdy
Oh shucks. The institute only allows digital photography during session? :(
katey_finley
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14615071
First Submission: Dream 1- After all the disaster, the task of bringing beauty back to the burnt world was given to me. I spent so many days recreating the flowers and planting each one by hand, until finally I was so tired I could not go on. I laid down to rest for a day. And then I woke up.
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14608916
Second Submission: Dream 2- When I open the book my lover gave me to read, all of the pages are blown away by a sudden gust of wind. The breeze carries them into a dense forest, and I have no choice but to follow the path of pages deeper and deeper into the woods. I gather the lost chapters for hours but the story never seems to end, and now I am lost. Night passes, and as the first light of morning illuminates the words once more, I wake.
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14608761
Third Submission: Dream 3- The Oracle told me I would find the key to the chest hanging from a branch in this forest. Upon reaching the tree in question, however, I see that not one, but five keys hang from this same limb. The Oracle never said which one to pick. After much deliberation, I reach for the middle key. As my fingers close around it, I wake up.
clintdarby
pedronobrega
d_s_elle_r
ariannapaloma
these are my photos:
http://www.lomograph(…)ns/14403822
http://www.lomograph(…)ns/14065169
http://www.lomograph(…)ns/14403257
i repeat my comment here, just to be sure ;)
There's nothing easier and - at the same time - more powerful than a DREAM. Everyone of us has, at least, one great dream and uses it as the first step to make great changes in his life.
So, in my pictures, i try to interpret these characteristics of dreams through two of the most simple-but-powerful visual things that life offers to us: COLORS and LAUGHTERS.
In my life as in my works, I believe there's nothing as intense as a bright color; nothing as expressive as a loud laughter. Nothing as POWERFUL as a dream and the will of its DREAMER.
Thanks for this great opportunity!
dylanl
http://www.lomograph(…)os/14377121
Dreaming. It's art of your own mind. Simplicity and complexity. Close your eyes to see. Taking you farther into your mind the any drug could. Find things your try to hide or find. The deepest colors of insanity and euphoria. Close your eyes to see.
_nat_
guilhermecunha
a_lion
Dreaming is escaping, it is to break free of the constraints of life, without consequence, without change. To be able to dream, by day or by night, is to release trapped thoughts, to evolve lives of their own, and make anything happen. It is to lie above the world and watch it take on a hyper reality, that you are both a part of, but at the same time, merely an observer of. Dreaming, is a key to a new world, that surpasses the emotions, and feelings of reality- a time and place where logic, and sense take a back seat, and absurdity becomes the driver. A key that gathers the confusing, disturbing and mixed-up thoughts of reality and sets them free to re-arrange, led by absurdity, to create a new truth, a new understanding.
What do dreams look like? some dreams can be vivid, so lifelike they lie on the cusp of reality. Sometimes they don't even have a visual manifestation. They can be just a feeling, an awareness of a subconscious state, where the confusion, and thoughts and feelings have already been released, and are replaced by a comforting void of visuals and thoughts- it is a dream, of dreaming.
http://www.lomograph(…)os/13938088
bonesai
bloemetje
Awww, I just saw this right now, too late... But I wish all the applicants very very much luck & succes! ♥ Hopefully there will be any competion like this one sometime again!
glenn
I submitted the photo. I recognise that I must write about the dream: It is good to dream but reality is also important. We must create a balance between both reality and dreams. A dream can become a reality. A reality can inspire a person to create a dream. The camera can create both a dream and a reality. The image can inspire people to dream while also showing a reality!
glenn
http://www.lomograph(…)os/12891105
OK. I spent too much time writing about my dreams, that I had forgotten to post the photo that represented the dream...
in3sa
sadiekiss