Silver camera

The competition was established by the Moscow Government and the Committee on Culture of Moscow and is held under the patronage of Mayor Yu. M. Luzhkov .

The Silver Camera contest is held in three categories:

• "Architecture",
• "Events and everyday life",
• "Faces."

The competition is open, both professionals and amateurs can take part in it. The Moscow Government has established three prizes in each category, as well as special prizes for partners and sponsors of the competition.

The total prize fund today is about 50 thousand dollars.

Over the years, the grand prize winners in various categories were Vladimir Mishukov , George Pervov , Vladimir Sumovsky, Sergey Bermenyev , Yulia Bychkova, Ilya Keitelgisser, Lyudmila Zinchenko , Vladimir Vyatkin , Sasha Auerbakh, Igor Makov, Igor Mukhin , Nadezhda Filatova and Andrei Fioletov, Alexander Abaza and many others.

• “Architecture of Moscow” was awarded to Oleg Parshin for the series “Construction of Moscow City”, “View of Moscow from the Copernicus House”
• "Events and everyday life" won Lyudmila Zinchenko , a series of "Square of Europe"
• “Faces” Vladimir Vyatkin , the series “The Departing Generation”

Grand Prix in the nomination:

• “Architecture of Moscow” received Roman Kanashchuk for the series “Moscow: 25th frame”,
• "Events and Everyday Life" won Alexander Gronsky with a series of "Outskirts"
• “Faces” became the best Vladimir Vyatkin , who received the award in two series at once: “Rulers of musical instruments” and “Generation of Vasily Aksenov” [1] (inaccessible link)

The main winners who received the Grand Prix: ^[1]

• in the nomination "Architecture" Kirill Savchenkov won with the series "Void" ^[2] ,
• In the nomination “Events and Everyday Life” Ilya Varlamov received for the series “Riots on Manezhnaya Square” ^[3] and Andrei Stenin for the series “Manezhnaya Square. December 11, 2010 ",
• in the nomination "Faces" the best was Roman Kakotkin , who received the award for the series "Hero of the day. Close-up ” ^[4] .

The main winners who received the Grand Prix: ^[1]

• In the nomination “Architecture”, the Grand Prix received: George Pervov for “Human Landscape”,
• in the nomination "Events and Everyday Life" won Anatoly Belyasov,
• Vladimir Vyatkin won the Faces nomination with the series “Valkyrie” by Richard Wagner in Close-ups of the American Conductor Kent Nagano.

• In the nomination "Architecture" Eduard Ilyin for the series "Architectural Relay".
• in the nomination “Events and Everyday Life” Vasily Popov won with the series “It is Hard to Be Lenin”.
• in the nomination “Faces” Vladimir Vyatkin became the best for a series of works “Generations of Moscow in Faces”.

• Official website of the contest
• List of winners of the Silver Camera 2005 contest
• “Competition of the Moscow House of Photography“ Silver Camera - 2006 “in the Manege”
• “Silver Camera Competition” Victoria MUSVIK
• Regulations on the Moscow City Photography Competition “Silver Camera”