LensCulture 2014 Portrait Awards Competition – Call For Entries
‘Photographic portraits are part of everyday life in almost all parts of the world. From fine art to spontaneous selfies, from hyper-perfect photoshopped portraits to seductive (and often fictitious) social media profile pics, to mobile phone snaps altered with digital nostalgia filters. Some are candid, some are staged, some are outrageous and silly, others are just plain beautiful’.
LensCulture are on a mission to discover a full range of great 21st century photo portraits. They are open to everything. All points of view. All levels of expertise. All corners of the world. All ideas of portraiture.
Every photo is reviewed by EVERY judge, so your work will be seen by their notable jury. Hundreds of photographers with highly-rated photos get a LensCulture Portfolio account. Winners and Finalists get worldwide exposure to our global audience of over 200,000.
Awards & Prizes
WINNERS RECEIVE
Cash Prizes in two categories:
PORTFOLIO AWARD
1st prize: $1500 | 2nd prize: $500 | 3rd prize: $250
SINGLE IMAGE AWARD
1st prize: $1000 | 2nd prize: $500 | 3rd prize: $250
An Exclusive Feature Article in LensCulture.
Home Page Spotlight: Winners will be highlighted on our home page for six weeks.
WINNERS & FINALISTS RECEIVE
A LensCulture Portfolio Account: Gain access to an invitation-only network of the world’s most cutting-edge photographers.
High-Profile Exposure to their global audience of over 200,000 influential enthusiasts in the global photography marketplace including editors, curators, gallery owners, collectors, publishers, and festival directors.
Plus, 100 top-rated submissions will win LensCulture Portfolio Accounts
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
