The International Heritage Photographic Experience—Heritage
and Landscape (IHPE), now in its 14th year, has enjoyed a
growing success, a fact for which we are all very glad. This
“Experience”, whose very name calls forth young people’s
imagination and creativeness, has now come to form part of
the permanent landscape of cultural heritage events.
Since it began in 1996, the Council of Europe has been delighted
to host the award ceremony, at which diplomas are distributed
to the young people whose sensitivity has enabled them to
capture the mystery and beauty of our historic buildings and
landscapes and the questions they raise.
It is a question of promoting a perception of space that takes
account of the cultural heritage, realising its value and placing it
in its setting. In its context, the monument as perceived by the
young people who photograph ot will from now on have all its
sense and meaning. They will discover the connecting thread
that binds the monument to its environment and learn how the
architectural heritage fits into the landscape.
The Council of Europe considers that the four aspects of
sustainable development are interdependent de facto. The
greatest possible synergy, or complementarity, must be
sought between these aspects, namely the social, economic,
environmental and cultural. The interplay between nature,
culture and landscape mutually reinforces them to form the
very basis of “sustainable development”.
The IHPE effectively contributes to making young people aware
of the Council of Europe’s “heritage conventions”, on nature,
culture and landscape, and we would in particular like to
congratulate Mr Esteve Mach Bosch, Coordinator of the IHPE,
for the extraordinary work he has done.
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