November 2024 Photo Contest: Art Nouveau Around the World (page 1 of 2)

Hello!

With no authority whatsoever, I’m taking the liberty of relaunching the photo contests on VoyageForum, which is now active and alive again 😉

The theme for November 2024 is Art Nouveau, an artistic and architectural movement (1893 to 1913—just before, well, World War I) that has nothing to do with (or does it?) Art Deco, another artistic and architectural movement (1925 to 1940—right before World War II).

**Participation** Every VF member can submit up to 3 photos, until Monday, November 25 at 11:59 PM Brussels time. Each photo must be posted in a separate message, with its number (1, 2, or 3) indicated. Don’t forget to add a short explanation (commentary, location, etc.).

**Voting** Every VF member can vote for the 3 photos they consider the best, based on their own criteria and the theme. Voting will take place from Tuesday, November 26 to Saturday, November 30 at 11:59 PM Brussels time.

Photos will be ranked in order of preference: - 1st photo: 3 points - 2nd photo: 2 points - 3rd photo: 1 point

The winner is the photographer whose photo receives the most points. Results will be published on December 1. In case of a tie, the number of first-place votes will decide. The winner will have the honor of organizing December’s contest.

Photos that have already been nominated (1st, 2nd, or 3rd place) in another contest are not eligible for this one.

**Example of Art Nouveau architecture**



Victor Horta’s house and workshop (considered the "Father of Art Nouveau") on Rue Américaine in Saint-Gilles (Brussels, Belgium).



Villa Melchiorri, Via Cavour in Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna, Italy).

Art Nouveau Around the World – discussion post

Photo number 1

Château Laurens, Agde, France A stunning residence recently opened to the public, whose architecture and decor were inspired by the owner’s travels in the East and his love for Art Nouveau.

Photo 1: Casa Galimberti, Milan. Built between 1903 and 1905.

Photo 2: a detail of the façade of Milan’s civic aquarium. Built in 1906 for the international exhibition.

and finally, photo 3, on this All Saints' weekend when we honor the dead, a tomb in the Monumental Cemetery (still in Milan ) where only a petrified angel now offers a bouquet of wild grasses to a certain Mr. Crespi.

Photo number 2

Facade of the Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels. (I applied a sepia filter to give the building a retro vibe)

Not much success so far... (same for VF, actually). Let’s try to revive this!

Photo #1 Viardot House in Troyes (1908)

Photo #2 The Tiffany glass canopy at the Gran Hotel Ciudad de México, designed by master glassmaker Jacques Grüber (1908): over 20,000 pieces of glass!

Photo No. 3

Building in Riga’s Art Nouveau district, located on Elizabetes iela

Photo No. 1



Hôtel Tassel, considered the founding work of Art Nouveau in Brussels (1893, Victor Horta)

Photo No. 2



Detail of the façade decoration of the Church of St. Leopold am Steinhof (1904–1907, Otto Wagner) (Vienna, Austria)

Photo No. 3



Casa-galleria Vichi, via Borgo Ognissanti, Florence (Tuscany, Italy) Arch. Giovanni Michelazzi (1911)

3 points: UnaMilanese photo 1 (Milan) 2 points: Herodotos photo 3 (Riga) 1 point: Kate photo 2 (Bruxhell) (Don’t let some mediocre photographer become the kingmaker, okay! 😇)

Hi there,

A bit of a strange (if I may say so 😐) contest this time...

4 participants + only 1 voter, who’s also a philosopher on top of that 😛

And it’s UnaMilanese who wins with... 3 points for the photo of the Casa Galimberti façade in Milan.



So she gets the honor of proposing December’s contest (good luck 😊).

In second place, Herodotos with 2 points for a photo taken in Riga (Latvia).



And last but not least, Kate with 1 point for a photo of the upper part of the former Old England Stores, which now house the Musical Instruments Museum (Brussels, Belgium).



I’ll slip away quietly now...

Hey everyone,

.....

What can I say...

Thanks for giving it a shot. Thanks to voyajou for appreciating Casa Galimberti.

And also:

I’d be happy to suggest the theme for the next contest. However, I’m not sure the lack of interest this thread experienced was solely due to the difficulty of the chosen theme. It’s possible that in the revived VoyageForum, there isn’t currently an audience for this kind of friendly challenge—sharing beautiful photos outside of travel journals, which seems to be the only somewhat dynamic section. So, it might not make much sense to keep pushing.

But I could be wrong, so the future of the contest will depend on the following poll: Do you want it to continue? If there aren’t at least 15 "yes" responses, I’ll drop it.

Catherine

Unless there are at least 15 yes responses, I’ll drop it.

Okay if there are at least 15 participants for the upcoming contest :P

Hi there

+1 of course 😉

I'm in for the contest.😉

Okay to keep the contest going.

Okay to join the contest, but yeah, this month’s topic didn’t really inspire me 🤪