KOBE Biennale 2011

The photo competition formally known as Artistic Photo Competition is an open photo exhibition and solicits submissions of photos regardless of theme this year.

A senior section (age 60 or older) and a junior section (age 18 or younger) have been newly set up, and about 80 prize-winning/selected photos of freely chosen objects will be exhibited.

■Exhibition period

October 1 to November 23, 2011

■Exhibition place

Kobe Harborland (Main venue)

■Exhibition works

80 works

■Application total

(1) General: 517 entries (272 applicants)
(2) Senior: 127 entries (54 applicants)
(3) Junior: 16 entries (8 applicants)

■Judge

OOMORI Masao	Director, Hyogo Parks and Horticulture Association Director-General, Community Center for Garden and Greenery Promotion
Takeyoshi Tanuma	Director, Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art
Teiji Morii	(Photographer, Chairman of Hyogo Photo Creators Association)

■Hosted by

Organization Committee for Kobe Biennale, Kobe City, and The Kobe Shimbun

■Co-hosted by

Hyogo Prefectural Government

■Sponsored by

Hyogo Photo Creators Association

■Cooperation from

Cannon Marketing Japan Inc., and Fujifilm Corporation