COMPETITIONS
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Photography Competition – WeatherPro sponsors “Weather Photographer of the Year 2019”
WeatherPro, the all-new weather app and powerful weather platform, is delighted to sponsor “Weather Photographer of the Year 2019”. In the 4th edition of the global photography competition, the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) encourages talented photographers of all ages to submit their most beautiful weather images to be judged on Photocrowd.com.
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Apple Shot on iPhone Challenge – The 2019 Winners – Announced
iPhone photographers around the world shared their best photos for Apple’s Shot on iPhone Challenge, capturing remarkable moments with the world’s most popular camera. The 10 selected winners will be featured on billboards in select cities, in Apple retail stores and online. The winning shots came from a range of models, from iPhone XS Max to iPhone 7, showcasing the quality of cameras across the line. The top 10 winners came from countries including Singapore, Germany, Belarus, Israel and the US, highlighting the global community of iPhone photographers that participated. These photos capture colourful city scenery, curious animals, creative reflections, the beauty of the ordinary and more. The international panel…
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Mobile Movies – Moment Invitational Film Festival – $100k Up for Grabs
The Moment Invitational is back for Season 4. This is their largest season yet with $100K in cash and gear for filmmakers, fifteen finalists flown to NYC for the premiere, ten amazing sponsors, five categories, and one massive contest to determine the people’s choice. Made by the filmmakers at Moment, this is the festival they’ve always wanted to enter. Make a film. Get invited. Fund your next project. There’s 30 days left to submit your film, go here to do so!
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Sony World Photography Awards reveal stunning shortlist for 2019 Open and Youth competitions
The World Photography Organisation today reveals the shortlisted photographers for the Open and Youth competitions of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards, recognising the world’s best single images from 2018. As one of the world’s largest and most prestigious global photography competitions, the Awards annually celebrate and promote the best contemporary photography from the past year across a wide variety of photographic genres. Over 326,000 entries were submitted across the four competitions of the 2019 Awards, the highest ever number to date. The judges were impressed by the high standard of submissions and noted a wide range of creative approaches, influences and techniques throughout the shortlists. Huge shout out to…
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MIRA Mobile Photography Black and White Street Photography Competition – Deadline Extended
The deadline has been extended for the MIRA Mobile Photography black and white street photography competition until 1 February 2019. This is a free to enter competition. Click here to enter and find out more
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Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year – Deadline Approaching – Mobile Photography Category
The Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition is one of my annual highlights and this year, I am on the advisory panel of judges as well as being a media partner. There are many categories to enter but of course, hands down, our favourite is the Mobile Photography section. It costs £6 to enter, per image and £2 of that will go to Action Against Hunger (registered charity). There’s £5,000 (US $6,500) prize money waiting for the winner and in addition to that top prize you will be invited to a glittering VIP Awards evening at the world renowned Mall Galleries, London, SW1. You will be provided with…
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Apple Agrees to Compensate Winners of ‘Shot on iPhone Competition’
Many of the Mobile Photographers within TheAppWhisperer community have not only submitted their images to Apple’s ‘Shot on iPhone Competition’ but have also won and their photographs have graced billboards around the world in earlier years. Apple has faced criticism though for not compensating winners, suggesting perhaps that they felt exposure should be enough. However, Apple have now backtracked and will compensate winners with licensing fees. A direct quote from Apple reads: “Apple believes strongly that artists should be compensated for their work. Photographers who shoot the final 10 winning photos will receive a licensing fee for use of such photos on billboards and other Apple marketing channels”. The contest…
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MIRA Mobile Prize Black & White 2019 Competition Now Open For Entries
We are delighted to announce the MIRA Mobile Prize Black & White Competition is now open for entries. This is a free to enter competition with three images per photographer being permitted. The Jury consists of four globally awarded and/or recognised with merit for their photography and specifially their mobile photography, artists. These include Brendan O Se, Armineh Hovanesian, Jacinto Lara and Claudia Conteras. The winner of this competition will enjoy a week in Porto, Portugal (from any European country) with accomodation. The deadline for this competition is 26 January 2019. To enter and find out more, go here.
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12th Julia Margaret Cameron Award – Results Announced
The Photography Gala Awards, with the sponsorship of the Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography invited women photographers worldwide to submit images to the Twelfth Edition of The Julia Margaret Cameron Award. This Award is open to 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 are welcomed. In this 12th edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, a total of 760 photographers from 72 countries submitted 5,800 photographs for consideration of the jurors Julia Fullerton-Batten, Andrea Star-Reese and Laura Pannack. Natalie Lennard was selected…
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LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2018 Results
As an Editor for LensCulture as well as a member of the International Press I am happy to publish the results of the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2018, now that the embargo has passed. These Awards were LensCulture’s very first Art Photography Awards and they were eager to see a wide range of creativity from people in diverse cultures around the world. We are therefore delighted to present 38 contemporary photographers (from 18 countries) who are making remarkable work right now. The winning series and singles include everything from sensitive, intimate photographs and thought-provoking conceptual art to celebrations of pure beauty and light. This call for entries attracted submissions from…
