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
About the International Photography Awards
The International Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for professional, non-professional, and student photographers on a global scale, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today. Each year, the International Photography Awards (IPA) invites passionate photographers, to compete for the title of Photographer of the Year, Discovery of the Year and Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year. A board of esteemed professionals in the field juries the competition: curators, photo editors, gallery owners, art directors, and other luminaries from the international photography community.
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about Lucie Award
29 April 2014
EXHIBITION ARTIFACT Project VOLUME 1, 29 April -12 May 2014
Saturday, March 18, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., in the premises of the TATI SPACE Photography Center, is open the Exhibition "ALBANIAN SCAPES - a photographic journey into Albanian Landscape" with photography and prints by Alketa Misja. The photos are part of the photography series ALBANIAN SCAPES, that cover a period of time 2008 to 2022. A part of the prints are published in the book ALBANIAN SCAPES by the author. While another part are presented for the first time in this exhibition. The exhibition will remain open until April 22, International Earth Day.