1st Place – Steven Tze 
2nd Place – Steven Tze 
3rd Place – Richard Halliburton
Visit the VIRTUAL exhibition of this year’s Gallery Submissions of Architectura Obscura HERE!
We are excited to announce the 10th annual Architectura Obscura annual open photography competition! The 2020 event is sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Central Valley Chapter (AIACV), Comstock’s Magazine, Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture, and The People of Sacramento (TPOS).
The purpose of the competition is to highlight the value and impact of architecture, both globally and within the Sacramento region, through the submission of high quality printed and electronic images. Through photography, this competition raises public awareness in the built environment and celebrates design.
Images submitted to the competition must have an architectural theme, or contain an element of the human-made environment.
There are two distinct entry categories to allow for a broad range of photographic interests:
Gallery (Hard Print) Submissions:
In alignment with our previous competitions, this constitutes submission of physical prints along with digital copies for publication
Click here for the submission requirements.
Click here for an entry form.
Deadline to submit is Thursday, July 30th, 2019, 4:00 pm
Digital (Instagram) Media:
We started this new category in 2016 to allow entirely digital submissions through Instagram. The Chapter and Comstock’s Magazine are excited to announce that following a great 4-year partnership with Visit Sacramento, we have a new partner for promoting the Architectura Obscure Instagram competition: Zayn Silmi of the People’s Firm and the People of Sacramento (TPOS). Check them out: https://thepeopleofsacramento.com/pages/about.
Zayn is currently featured as one of Comstock’s 10 Young Leaders in the July issue of the magazine and both he, and TPOS have a HUGE following on Instagram. We look forward to welcoming a new group of local photographers, IG influencers and others who love our Capital Region and want to be part of celebrating its unique character through this competition!
Comstock’s will again be generously providing 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of gift cards valued at $100, $75 and $50 respectively, with $25 cards provided to the other 3 of the 6 finalists. And, the winning images will be featured in the Experience Architecture Event Guide inserted in the October issue of Comstock’s Magazine.
Click here for submission requirements.