{"id":48255,"date":"2026-01-23T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/?p=48255"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T17:44:48","slug":"novastan-photo-contest-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/photo-of-the-day\/novastan-photo-contest-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Novastan photo contest 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;white-space: normal\"><strong>Novastan launches its 2026 photo competition on the theme \u2018Yesterday and today in Central Asia, between tradition and modernity, the new faces of Central Asia\u2019.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our world is changing rapidly, and Central Asia is no exception! Cities are undergoing a transformation, making a clean break with the past to showcase a desirable but globalised modernity. At the same time, countries are reviving traditions and mythical pasts to create a strong national identity&#8230; and attract tourists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the face of Central Asia today? Post your best photo on the theme of \u2018Yesterday and today in Central Asia, between tradition and modernity\u2019. Try to win one of our prizes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publication of the 10 best photos on our website, in our Photo of the Day section and on our social media accounts between 28 February and 9 March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People&#8217;s Choice Award: receive a 30 x 40 cm enlargement of your photo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jury prize: a one-year subscription to the French version of <strong>novastan.org <\/strong>and a 30 x 40 cm enlargement of your photo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition is open to everyone, amateurs and professionals alike, <strong>from 26 January to 23 February 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to enter?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Post your photo on Instagram (not in Stories or Reels) with the hashtag <strong>#novastanphotocontest<\/strong> and tag Novastan as a collaborator on your photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t have an Instagram account? Send us your photo by email to the following address: photo@novastan.org, attaching the following by <strong>23 February at the latest:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your full contact details (surname, first name, country)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A title and caption<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location where the photo was taken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results will be announced on 16 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Credits : Hannah McMillen<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/the_crease_in_the_atlas\/\">@the_crease_in_the_atlas<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0UE),\u00a0<strong>Turar Kazangapov<\/strong>(<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kazangapov.t\/\">@Kazangapov.t<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0, Kazakhstan), <strong>Sascha Ronneburger (<\/strong>Germany<strong>)<\/strong>, Novastan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Authors are solely responsible for all rights relating to the images they present.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novastan launches its 2026 photo competition on the theme \u2018Yesterday and today in Central Asia, between tradition and modernity, the new faces of Central Asia\u2019. Our world is changing rapidly, and Central Asia is no exception! Cities are undergoing a transformation, making a clean break with the past to showcase a desirable but globalised modernity. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":984,"featured_media":48256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[4087,470,2578,1351,4774,4002,3979,691,3974],"coauthors":[3992],"class_list":["post-48255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-of-the-day","tag-central-asia","tag-kazakhstan","tag-kyrgyzstan","tag-novastan","tag-photo-contest","tag-photo-of-the-day","tag-tajikistan","tag-turkmenistan-2","tag-uzbekistan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48255"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48282,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48255\/revisions\/48282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48255"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=48255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}