Current Photography Competitions and Grants – May 2015
There are a huge number of photography competitions and grants currently vying for your images. We have listed the details and deadlines below, with links, to help make it easier for you to enter and find them all. Hope this helps! If you know of anymore competitions, please let me know and I will add them to this list.
Mobile Photography/Art Competition – FIPA/TheAppWhisperer Special Award – ‘Gates of Paradise’
The theme is ‘Gates of Paradise’ I selected this theme to honour the gilded bronze doors of Florence’s Baptistery of San Giovanni and as inspiration for all mobile artists to create a magnificent work of art; not depicting the literal ‘Gates of Paradise’ but to portray, what the ‘Gates of Paradise’ represent to you. Think widely a place of contentment, a garden, being with a loved one, a tranquil location to retreat in times of stress.
More details can be found here
Deadline for this Competition is May 15, 2015
NEM/FIPA – Pro Series Open Call
The theme is ‘Lifestyles’, deadline is May 15, 2015. More details can be found here.
Siena International Photo Awards
The Cultural Association Art Photo Travel, is a society which focuses on creating cultural activities with the purpose of speaking, promoting and valuing art, monuments, traditions, cultures, natural wonders and landscapes around the world.
The projects are not only for those who love art and culture, but also for those interested in the unknown aspects and less touristic places, for those who like dreaming impossibile dreams and for those who want to know them through the eyes of others who have lived and recorded their experiences.
An approach oriented at growing a sensibility toward a culture mainly imprinted by understanding the people and the place.
Deadline for submissions: May 18th, 2015 – 12:00:00 p.m. (GMT + 0:00)
The Mobile Digital Art and Creativity Summit (mDAC15)
The Mobile Digital Art and Creativity Summit (mDAC15). The mDAC Summit will feature work of more than 100+ fine artists, illustrators and photographers from all over the world with work exclusively created on iPhones, iPads, Androids and Surface tablets and other mobile devices. This event is sponsored by the Palo Alto Art Center, California, US and hosted by the Mobile Art Academy.
There are three categories to enter, Mobile Digital Art, Mobile Photography Art and Layer Magic. The submission deadline for entry is May 31st, 2015. The top 100 artworks will be announced on June 18th,2015.
The Exposure Award Offering Photographers $75K In Awards & Prizes
Exposure is a photography award and a global celebration of the image, premiering July 13th 2015, at The Louvre Museum in Paris with submissions from 191 different nations over the past five years; the photography submitted to Exposure has been seen by over 3 million viewers.
All entries and payments must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday May 8th, 2015 (the “Initial Deadline”). Entries will be accepted after the Initial Deadline, but in any event prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday May 29th, 2015 (the “Final Deadline”), time being of the essence, provided any such late entries may be subject to an additional Ten Dollar ($10.00) late entry fee. Any entries and/or payments submitted after the Final Deadline will be automatically void.
Getty Images Instagram Grant – Up To $30,000 To Be Awarded
Getty Images have announced a collaboration with Instagram to offer a grant to support photographers using Instagram to document stories from underrepresented communities around the world.
A total of three grants of $10,000 each will be awarded. Winners will not only receive a cash grant, they will also have the opportunity for mentorship with award-winning Getty Images photographers.
Application deadline – June 4, 2015, 11.59 pm (GMT)
To find out more and to enter, go here.
Renaissance Photography Prize 2015
The prize is looking to discover talent and celebrate the best in photography, giving image makers access to new opportunities and world-wide audience for their work. It is open to anyone worldwide, and closes 12 June 23:59 GMT+1, London, UK time.
A prestigious judging panel, exhibition in London and over £6000/$9000 worth in prizes.
All profit from entry fees is donated to the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, to help younger women suffering from breast cancer.
iPhotographer Magazine Cover Competition
The theme is ‘water’, there is a charge to enter this competition but also a $500 top prize among others. We have a discount code to slightly bring down the cost of entering for our readers. Instead of paying $6, the code will reduce it to $5. Enter this code: imp_aw_water on the main site.
Submission period opens May 1, 2015 and runs to June 1
International Mobile Film Festival
The purpose of the mobile film festival is not only to create interest and spark creativity in people of all ages with limited income or resources, but to actually inspire creative filmmakers to live to their potential and realize the opportunity to fulfill their dream. The International Mobil Film Festival™ is for everyone around the world! All ages welcome.
Submissions open June 19, 2015 for 2016 entry – click here for more information.
SUPER 9 – Mobile Film Festival
Nine competition months, to find out more, go here.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
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Carolyn Hall Young
Thank you for this!