First Impressions... Photo Competition 2025

Categories

1. Nature (sky to water)

2. City & Coast (cultural landscapes)

3. Interactions (acting together)

4. Peace (from home to the world)

Prizes and certificates for the winners.

https://nettskjema.no/a/537759

Purpose

• A platform for communication about life in Northern Norway
• Foster creativity, visibility and engagement among exchange students
• Promote inter-campus activities

Instructions for Participants

• Take a picture/make a drawing of something that has made a positive impression on you in Northern Norway.
• Add your personal information, a title and a line of thought for the picture. The text should situate the picture in the topic.
• Submit as .jpg file in 3:4 format into one of the four categories announced.

Eligibility criteria

• Only exchange students in their first semester can participate.
• One entry per participant.
• Only original photos taken with a mobile phone or hand-drawn sketches are allowed.
• No advanced image processing.
• The author gives permission to publish all the information digitally or in print under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Be Aware of

• Useful techniques in photography: https://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphone-photography-tips/
• Ethics in photography: https://greatbigphotographyworld.com/ethics-in-photography/ 

What are we going to do with your information in the exhibition?

The selected pictures will be printed with the title, author name and a line of thought. By submitting a picture, you agree that we will handle these personal data. The material will be made available at the exhibition and online under the CC BY 4.0 license, which means that it cannot be replicated without credits.

Itinerant exhibition 2025

Narvik

Harstad

Alta

Hammerfest

Tromsø: 21.11. Polar Night Celebration at Bazinga Cafeteria, Campus Tromsø. Prizes and certificates.

Selection

• Assessment by a wide jury from UiT
• The three main selection criteria are agreement with the category, photographic quality, messages and uniqueness.
• Depending on the category, other characteristics like expression, simplicity and humour will be valued; geographical area of origin may be considered.

Organisers and jury

• Craft Research Lab
• Centre for Arctic Humanities
• UiT Environmental Humanities Research Group
• International Section/ Polar Night
• University Chaplaincy

Have a look at First Impressions ... 2024?

https://zenodo.org/records/14711147

First Impressions UiT Teaser

https://youtu.be/9Dr6HeCx22o?si=fpf-MJt681r1PofE