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Contemplating Time, Ann Francis, Ireland

In the suggestive courtyard of the Palazzo della SS. Annunziata in Sulmona on 7 June 2025, the Sulmonese Academy of Photography celebrated the conclusion of the International PhotographyCompetition “Otium vs. Negotium” held under the auspices of FIAP.
216 competitors from many countries around the world participated in the Competition, sending over 800 photos; 20 of these were selected and printed, the most significant and responsive to the theme of the competition, which, curated by the FIAP-Sulmona-Abruzzo Exhibition Centre, will be exhibited from 7 June to 14 September 2025, in the adjacent archaeological museum rooms of the “Domus Arianna”. The photos are by international authors (India, Vietnam, Argentina, Canada, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus, Romania, Georgia …. and also Italians).
The Award Ceremony of the Competition and the Inauguration of the Exhibition took place in front of a large and knowledgeable audience, in the presence of the local Authorities and the FIAP President Riccardo Busi, together with the FIAP Secretary General Ioannis Lykouris, the Director of the FIAP Ethics Service Pierluigi Rizzato, the GPU President Metzakis Manolis, the PSA Treasurer Lucie Di Pronio, the FIAF National Councilor Simone Sabatini.

"Otium vs. Negotium” - June 2025

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