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German Magazine C’t Fotografie Special Issue PhotoTouren 2024 2-25
The article in the German Magazine C’t Fotografie Special Issue Photo Tour, untitled “TIRANA’S DIVERSE ARCHITECTURE - A PHOTO TOUR” , shows a wide variety of sights, places and architecture in Albania’s capital, from a photographer’s point of view. Link below to the magazine:
Photo Exhibition ALBANIAN SCAPES at the University of Regensburg Germany, 13-31 May 2024.
Photo Exhibition ALBANIAN SCAPES at the University of Regensburg Germany, 30 prints from the series Albanian Scapes, displayed in the Oberes Foyer der Zentralbibliothek from 13-31 May 2024. part of the events for European Week for Albania, Europawoche 2024
Has been released “The Paper Proceedings Book IFAU19 – 3rd International Forum for Architecture and Urbanism. Modernization and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities in Architecture, Urbanism, Cultural Heritage”, Tiranë: Flesh, 2019. ISBN: 978-9928-346-01-8 (paper version), ISBN: 978-9928-131-92-8 (e-book PDF)
The Article: “EXPLORING MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN TIRANA”- Photography Series, Alketa Misja Photography
Group Exhibition at “Oda Gallery” Shkoder- VITA VIA EST
25 December 2020 - February 2021
13th International Color Awards, Nominee at Architecture Category Professional,
“Between Parabolas” photography Alketa Misja
“ARTIFACT - Ex-Automobile Plant of Tirana” Video on VIMEO
LOS ANGELES -11 march 2019
12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER ALKETA MISJA, FROM ALBANIA
Professional photographer Alketa Misja of Albania was presented with the 12th Annual International Color Awards Nominee “Palazzo Reale, Genoa Museums” in the category of Architecture at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow streamed Saturday, March 9, 2019.
“Palazzo Reale, Genoa Museums”, © Alketa Misja
The live online gala was attended by 11,829 photography fans around the globe who logged on to watch the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography. 12th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Sotheby's, New York; Benetton, Ponzano Veneto; The Art Channel, London; Kolle Rebbe, Hamburg; Droga5, New York; Preus Museum, Norway; Art Beatus, Hong Kong; Forsman & Bodenfors, Gothenburg; Wieden & Kennedy, Portland; Fox Broadcasting Network, Los Angeles; Gallery Kong, Seoul; and Phillips, New York who honored Color Masters with 761 title awards and 1,032 nominees in 37 categories.
"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 7,241 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Alketa Misja's "Palazzo Reale, Genoa Museums," an exceptional image entered in the Architecture category, represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present her with the title of Nominee."
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography. www.colorawards.com
LENSCULTURE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2018
Review Feedback “Genova Italy Series”
“….There is a gorgeous sense of light in these images, and the compositions are very strong. I find images 4, 8 and 10 to be the most interesting. The use of shadow in these, and how the darkness unsettles the picture frame, making us not quite sure of the space we’re in, is really exciting. There’s something strange and original about them. They are also beautifully exposed, with just the right amount of detail in the shadow areas, giving a soft velvety feel to the images… … I would say they reflect more of an idealized or imagined version of the city. In those three images it seems to become a imagined or dreamed space, almost slightly surreal….”
September 2017
MAGNUM AWARDS, LENSCULTURE 2017.
Review Feedback "ARTiFact Project" Series
"This series is very interesting and timely. It addresses a specific past while also bringing up universal questions of humanity and labor and the very real concerns for the future economy in a post-industrial world.
The images themselves are very well made. The even toned, open exposure allows the viewer to study almost every detail within the images from highlight to shadow, which works well for this type of content. It doesn't drive the viewer toward a specific emotional response, rather allowing for a calm contemplation. The color palette is consistent and works to enhance the sense of decay in the spaces. The images of specific machines have a quality somewhat similar to Bernd and Hilla Becher's works, elevating these machines in a sculptural, almost monumental way. The center weighted composition lends itself to a cool study of the subjects, giving a sense of objectivity. However, the compositions still have enough formal interest to make the images engaging.
As these images depict something specific to late communism in Albania, they also predict a future for many in late capitalist economies elsewhere, giving them a further poignance."
March 2017
"Palazzo Rosso, museums of Strada Nuova" copyright Alketa Misja photography
Photography "Palazzo Rosso- Museums of Strada Nuova" is Nominee in Architecture Category by INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS 2017 10th Edition
Photography "Summer Lights- Himara by Night" receives Lucie INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS IPA 2016, Honorable Mention in Architecture-Cityscapes Category.
International Color Awards 2016, 9the edition, in Architecture and Still Life Category, with photography "Foundry/Formation Unit" and "Old Telephones used in Ex-Automobile Plant" from the Series "ARTiFACT Project Ex-Automobile Plant of Tirana, Albania"
"Foundry/Formation Unit, in Ex-Automobile Plant of Tirana". Copyright Alketa Misja photography
"Old Telephones used in Ex-Automobile Plant". Copyright Alketa Misja photography
20 May 2016
ARTIFACT VOLUME 1 EXHIBITION, AT COD
ARTIFACT PROJECT Volume 1, Ex-Automobile Plant of Tirana, Exhibition, 20 may - 30 september 2016,
MINILAB, COD Centre for Openness and Dialog,
Prime Minister's Building, Bulevardi "Deshmoret e Kombit" 1, Tirana, Albania
ARTIFACT Project ex Automobile Plant, wins IPA Honorable Mention in Architecture Industrial Category
PRESS RELEASE
International Photography Awards Announces Category Winners of the 2015 Competition!
This year, The International Photography Awards received 17841 of submissions from over 230 countries, and is pleased to declare that Alketa Misja was awarded Honorable Mention in Architecture - Industrial for the winning entry ARTiFact, ex-Automobile Plant.
Alketa Misja is Architect/Urban Planner and Photographer from Albania. After studying City Planning and Management, she is interested in the photographic representation of urban transformations and processes. Recently working on ARTiFACT Project (documenting the industrial heritage) and UrbanScapes photography series
The Photograph “THE CONSTRUCTION OF AIR-ALBANIA STADIUM” is selected as Honorable Mention by Analog Sparks Awards in the Category Architecture Large Format .