COMPETITIONS
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The World’s ‘Best’ Mobile Photography Travel Photo – Winner Announced
The winner of the ‘best’ travel photo taken on a smartphone has been awarded to Zoe King, for her photo taken in Colombo (Sri Lanka), at the Gangaramaya Viharaya Temple. The search was launched after Celebrity Cruises found that 67% of people now use their smartphone to take holiday photographs. As a result, Celebrity Cruises worked alongside esteemed photographers Stuart Franklin (Former President of Magnum, who took what is lauded as one of the most iconic images of all time: the World Press photo Award-winning picture of a man defying a tank in Tiananmen Square, China); Magnum photographer Ian Berry, Art Wolfe and Massimo Vitali to find winning picture –…
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Thomson Reuters Foundation and Nokia Launch Global Photography Contest
Call for powerful photo submissions capturing women’s empowerment around the world The Thomson Reuters Foundation and Nokia have launched a new international photography contest aimed at empowering women around the world through the power of images. The contest which was announced yesterday evening at the Trust Women Conference, an annual event organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the International New York Times – invites creative individuals and aspiring photojournalists to submit photos to document the many aspects of women’s empowerment on the ground exploring themes such as: leadership, courage, passion, opportunity, innovation and motherhood. Photo entries will be submitted to the public vote and judged by a distinguished…
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TheAppWhisperer (TAW) ProCamera Competition Winners Announced!
We’re delighted to announce the winners of our mobile photography Night Shots competition, held in association with ProCamera app and sponsored by Manfrotto, Olloclip and SnowLizard products, if you missed this originally, please see here. Our main Judge for this competition was Miranda Gavin. Miranda a Freelance writer, blogger, photographer and educator. Additional Judges included Award Winning Mobile Photographer and App Whisperer Contributor Nettie Edwards and our incredibly talented Columnist and Mobile Photographer JQ Gaines. We have some wonderful prizes to giveaway, each first place prize winner will receive: A complete mobile kit from Manfrotto including a new KLYP iPhone Case with PIXI Tripod and continuous LED flashlight. One Olloclip…
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Photo Competition – The Women’s Committee Of The Philadelphia Museum Of Art
THE WOMEN’S COMMITTEE OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART is pleased to announce its third biennial Photography Competition. The Competition is open to all photographers age 18 and over. A jury of nationally recognized experts will select 6 photographs by 6 different artists. Each winning photograph will enter the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and will be exhibited by the Museum as part a special celebratory event to take place in June 2014. Additionally, the winning photographs will be sold individually in editions of 15. Each winning artist will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and will be paid a 5% commission on sales of their prints…
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Paris Mobile Photography Award Is Open!
Many thanks to Cedric Blanchon for bringing this fabulous Award to our attention. Organized by Tribegram, the second edition of The Mobile Photography Fair in Paris is held from Nov. 29th until Dec. 1st 2013. To celebrate this event, an international challenge is organized from Nov.7th until Nov. 21st to award the best Mobile Photographer in five categories : B&W, Portrait, Landscape, Abstraction, and Street Photography. The tribegram awards are a special nod given to emergent mobile photographers coming from all over the world. Held in France, they are designed to help Mobile Photography to become a recognized art form within the photography world, and the art world in general.…
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Competition – The Art of Building Photo Contest – With Special Mobile Category – Free To Enter – £3,000 Top Prize
The Art of Building photo contest is an international showcase for the very best digital photography of the built environment. It is open to both professional and amateur photographers above the age of 18. They accept entries from anywhere in the world. Entrants can submit up to three photographs across any of the categories. The competition is run by the Chartered Institute of Building and celebrates the creativity of the industry, the passion of the people who work within it, and the impact their work has on those who make use of the final construction. They want to see photos that inspire others to look at and appreciate the built…
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Competition – National Geographic Traveller Photo Contest 2014
National Geographic are once again on the the lookout for your vision of the world through a lens. Last year they received thousands of UK entries and were truly impressed at the incredibly high standard of submissions. This year they’re back with more great prizes, new judges and fresh categories. Tour the site, see the existing entries, and then get snapping! You can enter photographs under one of six categories: Action, City, Iconic, Modern, Natural and People. For a bit more information on what the judges are looking for, take a look at the Categories section of the website. All submissions must be the entrant’s own work, and they must…
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Competition – Photo Ambassador for 2014 – Mobile!
Following a survey commissioned by Celebrity Cruises* that a staggering 67% of people now take pictures on their mobile on holiday, the leading luxury cruise company has launched a search – alongside worldwide known and award-winning photographers – for the best travel photo ever taken on a smartphone. Surprisingly, Samsung is the leader in the mobile camera market with a 24% share of the overall market – 4% of those questioned were more likely to use the brand over an iPhone. Despite the much-hyped recent launch of the Lumia 925, Nokia and HTC proved the least popular at 6% each. The dominance of Facebook and Twitter seems to be a…
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Win A Two Day Gold Pass To AppsWorld, London – Worth £995!
As many of you know we’re the Official Media Bloggers for AppsWorld, London, as we were last year too. It promises to be a tremendous event now in its 4th year, Apps World has grown to be the leading global multi-platform event in the app industry. This year’s Earls Court 2 event is set to be the biggest yet with over 250 exhibitors and over 8000+ attendees including developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals registered for two days of high level insight and discussion. With 12 targeted workshop tracks, speed meeting, one-to-one meetings, parties, and awards the event will be tackling a spectrum of issues…
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Competition – The Mobile Photography Awards 2013
The Third Annual Mobile Photography Awards (MPA’s) are now open for submissions. The MPA’s offer mobile artists and photographers opportunities for exhibits, open gallery calls, fine art sales and annual cash and prizes of more than $15,000. There are 20 categories available to enter including Still Life, Portraiture, Macro, Black & White, Landscapes, Nature & Wildlife and much more. I was delighted to Judge the Transportation category last year and this year sees me as Lead Judge for the Still Life category, I can’t wait! We’re also Media Partners to the MPA’s, so keep checking back for all the latest news. We’re hoping to interview Dan Berman, the founder of…
