‘ICrimea!’ Photography Competition


In the run-up to – and as part of – the VII International Forum of the University’s Foreign Students and Graduates Crimea in the Global Research and Education Community, we are launching
a photography competition with the theme “I Crimea!”.
Tel.: +73 652 516 518
Е-mail: fotolab@cfuv.ru 

All our international students and graduates are encouraged to enter!

Organiser – Office of International Affairs of Vernadsky CFU
The competition is free to enter.

Terms and Conditions of ‘ICrimea!’ Photography Competition

The Rules
Dates for Submissions

Submissions will open on Wednesday, 20 September and close on Monday, 2 October 2023

Email your submissions to

fotolab@cfuv.ru

Max number of submissions per entrant 

5 photographs

The following information should be provided in a separate text file

The entrant’s full name, year of study, group number, name of the University’s academic unit, contact email address and phone number, when and where the photographs were taken, people depicted in the photographs, short description (optional).

Format of Submissions

Photographs must be submitted as a maximum-quality and minimum-compression JPEG files and must be saved at their original size (must not be scaled up) with a minimum 300dpi.

Preference

Will be given to photographs that contain images of non-Russian nationals.

The Jury
Mobirise
Gevorg Gabrielian
Chair

Head of Vernadsky CFU’s Office of International Affairs

Mobirise
Leonid Zelenin
Deputy Chair

Head of the Division of International Cooperation and Protocol at Vernadsky CFU’s Office of International Affairs

Mobirise
Anastasia Yutina

Lead expert of the Division of International Cooperation and Protocol at Vernadsky CFU’s Office of International Affairs

Mobirise
Natalia Maretskaya

Head of the Division of International Education at Vernadsky CFU’s Office of International Affairs

Mobirise
Ksenia Gasitsa

Chief PR expert at the University’s Media Office

Mobirise
Aleksei Vasilev

Photojournalist, columnist for the Krymskie Izvestia newspaper

“ICrimea!”
Photography Competition Results 2023

We are excited to announce the results of this year’s competition! After receiving numerous entries from talented international students and graduates, we have finally chosen the top three winners.

1st Place: Mbandzany Rossy Laskony, a fifth-year student at the Medical Institute named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of the Congo)

2nd Place: Aswin Asok Saralamma Kurup, a forth-year student at the Medical Institute named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India)

3rd Place: Purohit Suraj Kumar, a fifth-year student at the Medical Institute named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India)

Congratulations to all the winners of our 2023 Photography Competition and a big thank you to all the photographers who shared their photos showing things they love about Crimea!

We believe that the competition has inspired our international students and graduates to explore the beauty of our peninsula, and we hope to see more amazing work from them in the future!

“ICrimea!”
Photography Competition Results 2022

In 2022, the competition was traditionally co-hosted by Vernadsky CFU and the Foundation for the Promotion of Research, Culture and Cinema Development “Odyssey” represented by Director Odissei Pipiia.

We were delighted to receive some 80 entries from our 13 international students and graduates to this year’s competition and the results of the judges’ deliberation are listed below.

1st Place: Barath Jeya Sekharan, a third-year student at the Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India)

2nd Place: Cadrol Mpouyi-Ngouala, a forth-year Political Science student at Taurida Academy (Republic of the Congo)

3rd Place: Mabiala Gilbert, a graduate of M.I. Kalinin Crimean Agricultural Institute (1993)

We would like to congratulate this year’s winning photographers, and also wish to thank all the students and graduates who submitted the many wonderful entries. We hope you enjoyed taking your fantastic photographs, and that you are looking forward to our 2023 Photography Competition next year.

We wish you all continued success, good luck and all the best for the future!

“ICrimea!”
Photography Competition Results 2021

In 2021, the competition was co-hosted by Vernadsky CFU and the Foundation for the Promotion of Research, Culture and Cinema Development ‘Odyssey’ represented by Director Odissei Pipiia.

A total of over 200 entries which came from 43 international students and graduates of the University were submitted for consideration by the jury, and here are the winners of this year’s competition:

1st Place: Purohit Suraj Kumar, a third-year student at the Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India);

2nd Place: Arvin Raja, a sixth-year student at the Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India);

3rd Place: Barath Jeya Sekharan, a second-year student at the Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India).

Thank you and well done to everyone who took part in the competition for their wonderful entries. The judges had a very difficult time selecting the best images. We hope you agree that the winner and runners up did a great job.

There will be more competitions to enter and win in the future, so stay tuned for updates!

“ICrimea!”
Photography Competition Results 2020

In 2020, the competition was co-hosted by Vernadsky CFU and the Foundation for the Promotion of Research, Culture and Cinema Development “Odyssey” represented by Director Odissei Pipiia.

A total of over 120 entries – which came from 25 international students and graduates of the University – were submitted for consideration by the jury, and here are the winners of this year’s competition:

1st Place: Cadrol Mpouyi-Ngouala, a second-year Political Science student at Taurida Academy (Republic of the Congo);

2nd Place: Elena Zakharchenko, a fourth-year Design student at the Humanities and Education Sciences Academy (Donetsk People’s Republic);

3rd Place: Asan Khalilov, a second-year student at the Faculty of Crimean Tatar and Oriental Philology of Taurida Academy (Republic of Uzbekistan);

Vernadsky CFU Prize: Maishan Osman Gani, a fourth-year student at the Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India);

Odyssey Foundation Prize: Shivam Dhaked, a second-year student at the Medical Academy named after S.I. Georgievsky (Republic of India).

We would like to thank everyone who took part in the competition for their creative entries. There will be more competitions to enter and win in the future, so make sure to check out our pages for updates!

Contact us

Office of International Affairs
V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Email

Send us an email and
we will respond you as soon as we can

fotolab@cfuv.ru

Telephone

Mon - Fri 09:00 - 17:00

Call us on +73 652 516 518 

V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University