The contest is organized as a side programme of the Montraker International Student School of Sculpture held from 31st August to 12th September 2026. The school has been devised as a platform for practical work of art academy students, focusing on sculpture. From 1991, more than a hundred stone sculptures were created and placed in and around Vrsar.
More about the event you can read here.
The participants can send their photographs which must be focused on the contest themes:
Sculpture in the making
The photographers will capture the participants of the 36th Montraker International Student School of Sculpture while making stone sculptures in the Montraker quarry in Vrsar from 31 August to 12 September. The students will be working from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. every day except Sunday.
Sculpture in space
The photographers’ task is to capture the sculptures placed in public spaces of Vrsar, which were created from 1991 by the students of the Montraker International Student School of Sculpture. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between the sculpture and the space around it.
Participation requirements
The participating photographers can obtain a map of Vrsar with marked locations of the sculptures at the Vrsar Tourist Board office. Each participant can submit up to three photographs. The participant should have an croatian personal identification number (OIB). A participant who has won one of the first three places in the competitions held in previous years in no longer eligibile to participate in future competitions. The photographs must be sent digitally to the email: montraker@poup.hr no later than 21 September 2026. The email subject must state ‘FOR THE MONTRAKER PHOTO CONTEST 2026’. The application must contain the following data:
Name and surname, address, telephone number and photograph names.
The submitted photographs must have 300 dpi each.
A jury composed of art historians Tina Širec Džodan, Slađana Bukovac, Mia Hunjadi and te representative of the Vrsar Tourst Board Rosana Giusti will review the submitted photographs.
The jury will select the top three entries, whose authors will receive the following prizes:
1st prize – 300 €
2nd prize – 200 €
3rd prize – 100 €
The jury will also make a shortlist of photographs to be presented on an exhibition in September 2026, within the Montraker International Student Sculptor School programme. The organisers reserve the right to use the award-winning photographs in advertising material, with mandatory mention of the author’s name for every publication. For additional information, please send an email to montraker@poup.hr or call 091 431 59 59 (8 a.m. – 3 p.m.).
Find the official photo contest at the link
