Urban Photo Race
An empty underground stairway, lit from above · Anna Linmans

UPR ONE ROTTERDAM

UPR One, the heat wordUPR One, the heat wordDaySat 21 Nov, 11:00⁠-⁠14:00NightSat 12 Dec, 18:00⁠-⁠21:00One theme, three hours, three frames
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© Anna Linmans

Three framesthat buildone idea

UPR ONEUPR ONE

One theme Three hours Three frames

The winter race in a shorter format, by day, by night or both, with Anaïs López as the juror.

€20 per race · €35 for both

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Urban Photo Race participants at Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels 2026 · thank-you group photograph

Come race with us in the cities we go to next.

  • 21 NovUPR One · Day11:00-14:00Rotterdam, NetherlandsTickets
  • 12 DecUPR One · Night18:00-21:00Rotterdam, NetherlandsTickets
  • 24 AprUrban Photo RaceParis, FranceSoon
  • Jun 2027Urban Photo RaceManchester, United KingdomSoon
  • Sep 2027Urban Photo RaceEindhoven, NetherlandsSoon
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On 12 September we raced through Amsterdam.
Four checkpoints, from Museumplein to Oedipus Brewing.

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Beyond the race, come and make something with us.

  • Hands holding freshly printed photographs over the workshop table
    © Dennis Misser

    Sat 28 Nov · 13:00-15:00 · CHEF, Amsterdam · €20

    Bring your photographs on your laptop and leave two hours later with a printed, folded zine in your hand.

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Three frames that build one idea. The jury reads each series as one story.

Niels van de Laar · Almost happy · frame 1
© Niels van de Laar · Almost happy · Amsterdam 2026

A theme is an idea and the city is where you find it:
open one and see how photographers read it.

Amsterdam 2011 · selected photograph, 1st place series

Every race since the first one, in Amsterdam in 2011. 34 races: cities, themes and winners.

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