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description: 'Seven hundred photographs in the first summer, five hundred the next: the two photo contests the site ran itself, from the call to the winners.'
title: The photo contests
type: collection
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/collections/photo-contests/
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# The photo contests

In its first year Urban Art Core ran an international photo contest, and did it again the next summer with a jury. These posts are the contests as they happened, a small piece of the site’s own history.

1. [Urban Photo Contest](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-photo-contest/) (2009-08-12): The first call: send your best urban photographs.
2. [Urban Photo Contest - Prize Update!](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-photo-contest-prize-update/) (2009-08-17): Montana Cans adds to the prizes.
3. [Urban Photo Contest Finishes!](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-photo-contest-finishes/) (2009-08-21): About 700 photographs from 220 people.
4. [Top 10 - Urban Photography Contest Winners](https://www.urbanartcore.com/the-winners-urban-photo-contest/) (2009-08-24): The top ten of 2009.
5. [Just’s Photo-Postcard Winners](https://www.urbanartcore.com/just-photo-postcard-winners/) (2009-10-19): A small postcard contest with Just.
6. [Urban Art Photo Contest 2010](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-photo-contest-2010/) (2010-06-12): Planning the second contest with the readers.
7. [Urban Art Photo Contest](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-photo-contest/) (2010-07-19): The 2010 contest opens.
8. [Urban Art Photo Contest Finished!](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-photo-contest-finished/) (2010-07-25): About 500 photographs from 200 people.
9. [Top 5: Urban Art Photo-Contest Winners](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-photo-contest-winners/) (2010-07-29): The top five, chosen with Luna Park and RJ.