St Petersburg University invites you to participate in the postcard contest "St Petersburg University. 1724-2024"
St Petersburg University and the Union of Postcard Collectors of Russia are holding a contest to create a set of art postcards "St Petersburg University. 1724—2024" to mark the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg University. We invite anyone who is interested in the postcard contest and welcome entries in different genres of photography showing how you see the University today.
A postcard is ideal for conveying the image of the University. It helps to connect different eras and even build communication between them. It can reflect the history of St Petersburg University, its transformation, and scientific discoveries made by researchers of the oldest university in the country.
We have already had several hundred such postcards, but we are still searching more of them. In the entire history of the University, only two thematic sets of postcards dedicated to the University have been published: in 1953 in the USSR and in Russia in 1998. However, the University continues to develop dynamically and invites you to take part in the contest to create your own set of postcards with the image of the University of the 21st century.
We welcome entries consisting of 12, 16 or 24 images united by a single concept and technique. The front side of each postcard should be an author’s photograph or a collage of photographs and reflect the participant’s own vision of events related to the University, memorable places, or researchers. The overall idea is to reflect the role and significance of St Petersburg University as the oldest university in Russia, one of the leading centres of national and world science, education and culture.
The projects of the contestants, praised by the jury and selected during the online voting, will be presented at the exhibition. Based on the creative concept of the winner, a new set of postcards about the University and its staff, students and alumni will be published, i.e. a set representing the image of St Petersburg University in the 21st century.
Applications should be submitted via the electronic registration form until 15 October. The contest rules can be found on the University website. The results of the contest will be announced in November.
If you have any questions about the content and organisational aspects of the contest, you can enquire via an email address postcard@spbu.ru.