CIRCUITO OFF 2024 WINNERS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
1. PROMOTING ENTITY
The CIRCUITO OFF is the free and independent section of NARNIMMAGINARIA, born from the spontaneous initiative of individuals.
“CROSSING HUMAN LANDSCAPES”—beyond being a theme—aims to be a space within NARNIMMAGINARIA where both professional and amateur photographers can showcase their talent.
The promoter of the competition is SATOR APS, organizer of NARNIMMAGINARIA.
2. THEMES
For this tenth edition, the organization has chosen to propose THREE THEMES.
FIRST THEME
“CROSSING HUMAN LANDSCAPES”
Human beings exert such a strong influence on landscapes—whether inner or outer—that they become, directly or indirectly, the main actor in their image, living within them and transforming them according to their needs.
Can we perhaps say that humankind is the landscape? Certainly, we inhabit it in a dynamic relationship with everything around us and with the experiences we live through. Certainly, we are a part of it.
To explore humans who live and change—and who, as protagonists, inhabit or transform landscapes—means tracing the footprints they leave behind in places, where the dreams of those who imagined them are deposited.
But the concept of “human landscape” can go further.
Crossing human landscapes means venturing into the invisible territories of people: their stories, their emotions. It is a journey that goes beyond the surface, beyond appearances, where every encounter is a stop along the way, every gaze an open horizon.
Today more than ever, in an era of great transformation, photography can become a tool for deep observation—one capable of restoring complexity without simplification, leaving room for questions more than answers.
SECOND THEME
“THE THIN RED LINE – VISIONS AT THE LIMIT”
There is a thin red line that separates the sane from the insane.
There is a thin red line that separates heaven from hell, life from death.
There is a thin red line that separates good from evil, peace from war.
Or rather—there was a thin red line, and now it is gone.
— Gregory Orekhov
We live in a time when boundaries blur, dissolve, and disappear.
That thin red line which once distinguished right from wrong, balance from imbalance, now seems increasingly uncertain.
Reason and madness, peace and conflict, truth and lies intertwine until they lose all substance.
Convictions turn into dogmas, emotions become laws, the boundaries between what is human and what is inhuman shift and fade away.
It is precisely in this fragile and contested space that the theme of the photographic competition “The Thin Red Line – Visions at the Limit” emerges.
We invite photographers, visual artists, and observers of reality to explore and narrate, through the lens, those delicate margins where the world changes direction.
Where balance falters. Where humanity questions itself.
What happens when that line is crossed?
Which faces, places, objects, or symbols express the tension between order and disorder, between meaning and chaos?
Where is that red line today—and above all: does it still exist?
Suggested (non-binding) themes:
Invisible boundaries (physical, mental, social)
Liminal states: madness, ecstasy, crisis
Zones of conflict (personal, political, urban)
Snapshots of collapse or resistance
The tension between migration, integration, and new forms of slavery
Polarization: the new, uncrossable red lines
THIRD THEME
“TRACES OF CHANGE – IMAGES FROM A TURNING POINT IN TIME”
We are moving through history as always—by living it. But these are not ordinary days. These are days of change. Within each of us lies a widespread awareness of transformation, a growing sense that something profound is shifting before our eyes: the environment, society, work, security, even truth itself. Everything seems to be in flux, and we—often unconsciously—are part of this journey.
A journey we do not entirely choose, but which is imposed on us by ingrained habits. We live in a world where the boundary between the real and the constructed dissolves, where reality is filtered and reshaped by social media, which through invisible mechanisms molds perceptions and amplifies divisions. In this context, recognizing what is authentic becomes increasingly difficult, urging us to dig beneath the surface of images and media narratives.
Yet, a conscious look at the past can give us the tools to understand the present. We can look back, observe the traces left on the land, and read in the layering of places the signs of social, economic, and environmental transformations. Cities, architecture, landscapes: everything tells a story—our story. A story made of overlaps, of constructions and deconstructions, of scars and rebirths.
The theme “Traces of Change” invites photographers, enthusiasts, and keen observers to narrate, through images, these signs of our time.
The goal is to document and visually interpret the transformations of the contemporary landscape, capturing contrasts, harmonies, fractures, and contaminations between past and present.
A visual inquiry that begins with what remains, in order to imagine what is yet to come.
Optional thematic categories:
Landscapes in transition
Architectures of change • Traces of the past in the present
Interweaving of reality and appearances
Human and environment: an unstable balance
We invite everyone to pause, observe, and document. Because only by recognizing the traces can we understand where we are headed.
3. PARTICIPATION
Participation is open to all photographers, without restrictions of age, origin, or nationality.
Each author is free to choose the photographic language they consider most appropriate to narrate the human landscape.
The selected works will be exhibited together with other shows in Narni, within venues in the historic center, for the entire duration of the festival (October 18 – November 2, 2025).
A selection of works participating in the OFF CIRCUIT of NARNIMMAGINARIA 2025 will also be projected during a dedicated event at the Loggia dei Priori.
The submitted sequences must consist of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 18 images, either in color or black and white.
For selection purposes, the images must be submitted as .JPEG files with the following specifications:
long side: 1024 pixels
resolution: minimum 72 dpi
maximum size: 2 MB per file
color or black & white accepted
Submissions must also include:
a short biography outlining the author’s background and experience
the title of the work
a description (.pdf format)
The images must be sent in digital format, collected into a single compressed ZIP folder.
The naming format must be as follows:
NAME_SURNAME_XX.jpg (where XX is the sequential number of the photo in the portfolio).
Together with the materials, proof of payment of €15 (see art. 5 of this call) must also be included.
4. SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All materials must be sent to: associazione.sator@gmail.com
no later than September 14, 2025, at 24:00.
Selected authors will be notified by September 22, 2025, to allow sufficient time for the printing of the photographs.
All participants will be informed of the outcome of the selection.
Printed photographs, in fine art quality, must be delivered to the SATOR association in a minimum size of 30×40 cm, or mounted on a 30×40 cm passe-partout.
The organization will provide frames, as well as handle mounting and installation.
The organization assumes no responsibility for any damage to or theft of works within the exhibition venues.
Selected authors will be required to sign a release form for the exhibitions.
5. REGISTRATION FEE
A registration fee of €15 is required for each photographic series submitted.
Payment must be made using one of the following methods:
Bank transfer to:
ASSOCIAZIONE SATOR – BANCA FIDEURAM
IBAN: IT11X0329601601000064459212PayPal to the account: associazione.sator@gmail.com
(using the “send money to friends and family” option, as it is considered a voluntary donation)
For both payment methods, please specify the following reason for payment:
CIRCUITO OFF 2025 – NARNIMMAGINARIA – Name Surname
This payment is considered a donation as a contribution to financing the activities of the Festival.
6. SELECTION OF WORKS AND JURY
The selection of works will be carried out by the designated Jury, which, at its sole and unquestionable discretion, will decide which entries will be admitted to the OFF Circuit.
The Jury appointed for the 2025 edition is as follows:
- Giuseppe Cardoni
- Rosa Mariniello
- Fabio Moscatelli
The Jury’s decision is final and not subject to appeal.
7. AUTHOR’S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
By participating in this CALL, the author declares that they hold authorship and usage rights for the submitted images, as well as any necessary release forms.
Each author retains full rights to the photographs submitted and is personally responsible for the works entered in the CALL and, if selected, presented in the OFF CIRCUIT NARNIMMAGINARIA 2025.
Any damage to works on display will not be attributable to the organization.
Each author agrees to release the Festival organizers from any liability towards third parties or individuals depicted in the photographs. Under no circumstances may the submitted images contain data classified as sensitive or infringe upon the rights of third parties.
8. USE OF IMAGES
The rights to the images remain the exclusive property of the author who created them.
By participating in the CALL, the author declares, under their own responsibility, that the submitted photos do not infringe on intellectual property, privacy, or any other rights of third parties, thereby releasing and indemnifying the organizers.
The images may be used for:
press and media communications
the NARNIMMAGINARIA website
any printed and/or digital communication and promotional material related to the event.