Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

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Prizes:

• The $15,000 Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture.
• Adobe presents the Breakthrough Photography Award to celebrate artists creating compelling works through digital imaging. An award of $1,000 prize and Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Master Collection will be given to the winner.
• The Marty Forscher Fellowship Fund cash award to one professional and one student winner.
• The Sony Emerging Photographer Award to one emerging photographer who will receive a Sony camera and a $1,000 cash prize..
• Ten winners will receive a Nielsen Photo Group membership which includes; subscriptions to PDN and Rangefi nder magazines, a PDN PhotoPlus Expo Gold Expo Pass, a PhotoServe portfolio and discounts on WPPI and PDN contests.
• PDN Editor’s Choice Award: one winner will receive a full-page self promotion ad in an upcoming issue of PDN.

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

As in the two previous editions, WPGA invites women photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements will be welcome.

Categories:

• Portraits
• Landscapes and Seascapes
• Street Photography and Cityscapes
• Fine Art
• Nude and Figure
• Documentary and Editorial

Award:

• 12 women photographers will be invited to exhibit (and sell) their work in a very selective collective exhibition in Paris during 2013, honoring one hundredth year of the birth of Robert Capa, co-founder of Magnum Photos and famous war photojournalist. WPGA will take care of the framing and matting, as well as all gallery expenses. A catalog will be printed, and all 12 awardees will receive one free copy.

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Theme:  "Migration, Stories of a Journey"

Submit a photographic essay consisting of three digital images that explore one of the following:

• migrants’ struggle and difficulties as they seek a better life in their adopted country or
• migrants’ accomplishments and contributions as successful members and leaders in their adopted country.

Awards for 3 finalists:

• A group exhibition at the Royal Horseguards, London
• Return flight to London
• Accommodation in London for 2 nights
• Accademia Apulia Art Award certificates
• Accademia Apulia UK offers the winner:  €1,000

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Theme: Humanitarian action, international cooperation and social exclusion – human rights violations, armed conflicts, natural disasters, refugee and immigrant populations, socially excluded groups, etc. – and/or to efforts aimed at building a fairer, more egalitarian world.

Prizes:

• First Prize: a project grant of 8,000 euros
• Two Runners-up: 1,000 euros each
• Selected photos will be a part of a travelling national and international exhibition.

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

The goal is to support young international contemporary creation, and discover and promote new talents. The selection panel will pay particular attention to the consistency of the artistic approach in its form and content. This prize is open to all types of contemporary photography (photojournalism, documentary, portrait, landscape, conceptual photography, etc.) and all still image techniques.

Awards:

• 10.000 euros grant
• the production of an exhibition during the Photo?Levallois festival (november 2011)

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JOSEPHINE ULRICK AND WIN SCHUBERT PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD: The Gold Coast City Gallery presents the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award – one of the most important annual surveys of contemporary Australian photographic practice, from Saturday 9 April – 22 May.

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Theme: Contemporary portraiture photography

Pose and Gesture, Image and Identity, Constructed Narrative, Self Portrait, Environmental, Vernacular and Snapshot, Fashion and Nude, all have visual arguments to make in the world of portraiture photography.

Award:

• Exhibition in Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon  (June 1 – 22, 2011)
• Black Box will provide all framing, matting and printing for our exhibitions. Each exhibition will have 20 photographers included by the juror.

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Copyright 2010 :: Open photo contests and competitions

WPGA is inviting women photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements will be welcome.

Categories:

• Single Images:
  • Portrait, People and Figure.
  • Street photography
  • Nude
  • Self Portrait
  • Wedding
  • Children
  • Documentary and Editorial
  • Architecture and Interiors
  • Landscapes and Citiscapes
  • Nature
  • Fine Art
• Portfolios:
  • Documentary and Editorial
  • Landscape and Citiscape
  • Fine Art

Awards:

• The Julia Margaret Cameron Award will be given to the best photographer according to the Jurors’ team.
• The first runner up will be awarded with The Julia Margaret Cameron New Talent Award.
• Winners will receive a cash prize of $ 5,000 and $3,000 each, respectively, and their works will be published in Zoom Magazine during 2011.
• The winners in each category will receive a diploma from The Julia Margaret Cameron Award as Outstanding Photographic Achievement in her category.
• In every category Honorable mentions will be awarded at discretion of the Jurors.

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Copyright 2010 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Street photography is perhaps more easily defined as a method than a genre. The results can fit into documentary, portraiture and other genres, but the key elements of spontaneity, careful observation and an open mind ready to capture whatever appears in the viewfinder are essential.

Prizes:

• First Prize
  • £1,000 cash
  • All-expenses-paid trip to the exhibition launch in London
  • An Olympus PEN camera (worth over £500)
  • Open Award catalogues and £100 book voucher from Blurb to print their own books
• Second Prize
  • £500 cash
  • Open Award catalogues and £100 book voucher from Blurb to print your own books
• SELECTED ENTRIES submitted will be projected during the Awards exhibition and profiled on the LSPF website.
• ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS who enter will receive a £28.95 voucher to print your own book with Blurb.

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Copyright 2010 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Rainwater, as a source, is the purest form of fresh water. The aim is to raise awareness in the public of the various advantages that rainwater harvesting offers by providing sustainable access to water

Prizes:

• The first winner – CHF 1000
• The second winner – CHF 600
• The third winner – CHF 400

Themes:

• Water is Life, the essential element that supports human, animal and plant life
• Rain
• Sacred or ritualized use of water or the celebration of rain in spiritual ceremonies
• Thirst, scarcity and drought
• Water distribution, including the politics of water distribution, water as a commodity. Impossibility to provide pipe water in remote regions and the role of harvested rainwater for satisfying of the needs.
• Rainwater Harvesting, the best tool for adaptation to the climate changes (storms, floods, drought)
• Rainwater collection, simple technologies at work, water purification

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