Driving Energy Award 2023

In praise of balance

The winners of the Prize have been proclaimed. Look here at the faces and names of the authors chosen by the Jury, then come and discover their works at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma from the 27^th of September at 3 PM.

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Terna and FOROF: Conversations in the heart of Rome about the Award’s theme

The prestigious setting of Trajan’s Forum hosted a new stage of the Driving Energy Award 2023 roadshow.

SUB FINIS TERRAE. Naoya Hatakeyama / Andrea Botto

On exhibit in Bergamo until 24 September 2023, in an unprecedented dialogue between Japan and Italy.

WHITE CARRARA 023 Still Liv(f)e. The shapes of sculpture

From 17 June to 1 October 2023, the historic centre of Carrara will be the star of the seventh edition of White Carrara.

Culture is an Enterprise

The third event in the cycle of meetings ‘Culture is an Enterprise’ was held on Monday 15 May. The round table organised by Municipality I of Central Rome

The Award and the Academies

The Driving Energy Award aims at revealing new talent for photography in Italy. That is why the Academy Special Commendation was created, dedicated to students from the higher education institutes for art and photography. Discover the roadshow throughout Italy: the Award meets students under the banner of ‘In praise of balance’.

Brera Academy of Fine Arts

The theme of this year’s Award, ‘In praise of balance’, inspired a multi-voiced academic discussion involving many Academy students gathered in the Napoleonic Hall.

Rome, the Locomotive of Italy

Rome, 28 February 2023 - A series of meetings promoted by ‘Il Tempo’ on the many opportunities for Italy that will see the capital play a leading role in the coming years.

Portraits. Portrait of a Patron

Milan, 23 March 2023, Mia Fair - A series of meetings on the importance of investing in culture with a view to sustainable social development.

In praise of balance: a dialogue between the arts

Photography and music confront each other on the theme of the Driving Energy 2023 Award

Who can enter?

All photographers operating in Italy. It doesn't matter if you're professional, semi-professional or an amateur! It's your interest in photography that counts. Your creative eye, your passion, your inspiration. The ability to interpret reality through images, and to direct this ability towards the topic of this year’s Award.

The theme: In praise of balance

We are inviting photographers to interpret one of the key concepts of our culture, balance, a theme with a wealth of meanings and connotations, a fundamental cornerstone of Terna’s mission, which guarantees a balance between energy produced and energy consumed 24/7, 365 days a year.

How to enter

Simply register on the website, following the instructions provided in the section Participate.

Deadlines

15 February-30 June: registrations; July-September: selection of finalists and their official announcement; 26 September; announcement and award ceremony for winners, inauguration and opening to the public of the Exhibition with the finalist Works. 26 September-15 October: Exhibition open to the public (free entry).

The prizes

Two winners and three special Awards
This year’s competition includes the Senior Award, the Youth Award and “Terna’s Highest Voted Work”.
There are two new prizes: the Amateur Award, reserved for non-professionals, and the Art Academy Special Commendation, dedicated to young people enrolled in an advanced training institute in the sectors of interest of the Award (photography, contemporary art, fine art, visual communication, etc.).

Cash prize: €15.000.
Inclusion of their work in the Exhibition at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, (Italy), in the Driving Energy 2023 photography book, at important exhibitions in 2024.

Cash prize: €5.000.
Inclusion of their work in the Exhibition at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, (Italy), in the Driving Energy 2023 photography book, at important exhibitions in 2024.

Cash prize: €2.000.
Inclusion of their work in the Exhibition at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, (Italy), in the Driving Energy 2023 photography book, at important exhibitions in 2024.

Cash prize: €5.000.
Inclusion of their work in the Exhibition at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, (Italy), in the Driving Energy 2023 photography book, at important exhibitions in 2024.

Cash prize: €2.000.
Inclusion of their work in the Exhibition at Palazzo Esposizioni Roma, (Italy), in the Driving Energy 2023 photography book, at important exhibitions in 2024.

Participate

Register in the dedicated section and upload your photograph.

This year participants can compete in the Senior and Youth categories an also as Amateurs or students enrolled in academic institutes relevant to the Award (e.g. photography, contemporary art, visual communication, etc.).

About us

We are a major transmission grid operator.
We promote energy transition and sustainable development by focusing on people and innovation.
Every day, we work to create a climate of dialogue and trust with the local communities to which we provide an essential commodity for the economic and social life of everyone: electricity.