Sleep an hour longer? Live an hour longer? The third component of the festival, the Mondaine 25th Hour, is an annual competition aimed at capturing life during the extra hour gained on daylight savings transition to winter time and spent creating, observing, and wandering around the town of Deauville from midnight to midnight.
For one exceptional hour on the night from Saturday, October 29 to Sunday, October 30, 2016, between midnight and midnight, 200 amateur and professional photographers, whether as a couple, family or group, or on their own, will show how they view or imagine the “25th hour” in Deauville.
Competition agenda:
Saturday, October 29
10 PM: Reception of participants at the Villa Le Cercle, 1 rue Jacques Le Marois. Meeting with journalists from Réponses Photo to share night photography techniques.
Midnight: The 25th Hour competition kicks off; participants disperse to photograph.
1 AM: An hour after the kick-off, photographers submit their favorite photo in digital format to the organizers.
Sunday, October 30
10 AM: Exhibition of photos developed overnight.
11 AM: The Planche(s) Contact jury panel deliberation, headed by Bettina Rheims.
12 PM: Award ceremony.
Awards, registration, and rules:
www.deauville.fr
All photographs taken during the competition will be displayed from Sunday, October 30 through the end of November in the Salle des Fêtes.
